A reflection on being a present mom in a day in age when other accolades seem greater recognized.

As a person that seeks a life of balance, I’m learning that, sometimes, we are meant to be imbalanced.

Sharing the items I have found super helpful for the fourth trimester—for myself and for baby.

If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.

I remember, back in October, the moment I found out I was pregnant. I was a couple days late with my period—nothing out of the norm for me—and I thought, why not, I’ll take a pregnancy test, even though I didn’t feel pregnant at all.

Sharing some details and photos from our babymoon at San Ysidro Ranch.

I asked my following one positive thing their mother taught them. Here are some answers.

Sharing frequent pregnancy questions-and-answers as I head into my third trimester.

Our twins taught us a lot, but as their mother, Oliver and Dax taught me this important realization: being a mother is a twofold job. In essence, being a mother isn’t solely about mothering my offspring—I have to mother myself too. I have to remind myself to eat my vegetables. I have to remind myself that everything will be okay, no matter how hard it all seems. I have to remind myself to live in love, not fear, and to never take what matters most for granted.

Almost exactly a year ago from today, I became pregnant for the first time. I remember the day distinctly—the bright two lines, sharing the news with my closest people, and coming home to Michael and slow-dancing in our living room. It felt surreal, knowing I would become a mother and we would have our family.

The excitement and joy quickly turned into sadness, disappointment, grief, and pain when I went to the bathroom one day and my toilet paper was full of blood. Spotting is normal during early pregnancy I read through a frantic Google search. I clung to that hope—that this was normal—and tried to convince myself it would be okay. But the bleeding persisted more heavily, and I started to cramp.