Tag: Empowered Pregnancy
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The Day Before I Met You
It’s almost been a year since I gave birth to my Sunshine Babe. It feels like it was just a few short weeks ago when I realized that I was going into labor with him. I’ve shared Ellis’ birth story on my blog, but I wanted to do something a little different and write about…
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Watching and Waiting – Weeks 37-39 Pregnancy Update
As I sit here in front of my laptop on this beautiful last day of August, I am blown away by the fact that tomorrow we enter into a brand new month, the month where my son will finally join our family outside of my womb space. September has always been a favorite month of…
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Weeks 33-36 Pregnancy Update
I’m still a bit behind on writing these pregnancy updates and honestly at this point I feel like all of the weeks are sort of blurring together. Being finished with work has taken some getting used to but I’m thankful for the time I’ve had to rest and start my nesting. Brendan and I got…
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Weeks 21-24 Pregnancy Update
These past few weeks feel as if they have blurred and blended together. As I sit down to type this post I’m trying to think back and recall how I’ve been feeling and what milestones me and my little sunshine babe have met. Between finding out the gender of our baby, Brendan flying out of…
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Searching For The Right Model of Prenatal Care
Written: 2/21/2018 First Impressions of Birth Growing up I enjoyed hearing stories about how my mom gave birth to me and my siblings. When I became a teenager I was intrigued to learn more about the birthing process, what it was like being in the hospital delivery room, how long it took, and my dad’s…
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Weeks 13-16 Pregnancy Update
Written: 3/21/2018 Time for another Pregnancy update! Sometimes I feel like I don’t have a whole lot to say when I write these monthly recaps, but I feel it’s important for me to share how I’m feeling and any changes I may be experiencing. First Ultrasound On March 5th I had my very first ultrasound.…
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Pregnancy Update Weeks 0-4
I’m a little late in sharing these pregnancy updates, but since Brendan and I decided to keep our pregnancy a secret until around 12 weeks I didn’t plan on sharing these right away. Regardless of the timing, I wanted to document how my first pregnancy is progressing and share it with you all.What an exciting…
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Becoming Pregnant – Shift in Mindset and Body and Letting God Lead the Way
Written: 2/13/2018 On December 24th 2017, Christmas Eve, my life changed. The day before, I had a fitful night’s sleep because I was both anxious and excited for the morning to come. I’m normally one to laze around in bed for at least 30 minutes after I wake up if I have nowhere in particular…
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Weeks 5-8 Pregnancy Update
Written: 2/18/2018 Time for another pregnancy update! If you hadn’t noticed the pattern already, I plan on updating you guys on how my pregnancy is progressing in 4 week increments on each of these “pregnancy Update” blog posts. So, updating you as each month passes. By the time week 5 rolled around I started feeling…
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Weeks 9-12 Pregnancy Update
Written: 3/4/2018 Here we are, coming to the close of the first trimester! It seems surreal that 12 weeks has gone by so quickly. When I first found out I was pregnant it felt like 12 weeks was many moons away and there were days when I didn’t think I would be able to keep…
Ashley Blair Smith 