The Pregnancy Diaries: Vol. I

So, I'm knocked up. Now what?

This time last year, I was about two weeks recovered from my first chemical pregnancy. I was coming around, feeling better. And then Mother’s Day happened, and it triggered me in a way I hadn’t prepared myself for.

But this year was different because this year, I finally got to share the news that I am pregnant for real this time and everything is going swimmingly thus far. If someone had told me a year ago that everything would be better than okay in a year’s time, I would’ve asked “but how? And when exactly?” All I cared about last year was the “when” of it all, and no one could answer that riddle for me. I knew (for the most part, except on my worst and lowest days) that it would happen for us, but the WHEN killed me. “I wish someone could say ‘You will get pregnant on this day’ and then maybe I could chill,” I remember saying to friends. But life doesn’t work like that, as we know.

Since announcing my pregnancy on Instagram, I’ve shared a lot of BTS from the past 3 or so months via my stories. I even did a big AMA a few days ago and created a 🤰🏻 highlight to house all my pregnancy content throughout this journey. But I have so much more to say, and while some people might find me a disgrace to my child for setting boundaries and putting up paywalls (IYKYK), most of you are normal, reasonable, non-trolls who get it. So here we go.