Tag: Honest Motherhood
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Mental Health Awareness Month
I remember that when I took this photo on my birthday weekend in 2020 I thought 27 was going to be “my year”. After the past few months with the pandemic going on and the craziness that the world was in, I thought that surely this coming year would be better and things would start…
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Who Am I?
9/5/2020 Who Am I at Twenty-Six? This coming Wednesday, September 9th, I will be twenty-seven years old. I’m sitting here struggling to figure out how I’ve gotten here and how so much time has passed. Since becoming an adult, the week of my birthday has come to be a time of deep reflection for me.…
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Breastfeeding Journey
I have been breastfeeding Ellis for 14 months now. Its been a beautiful journey! We still enjoy snuggling up together to breastfeed morning, afternoon, and night. And honestly, I don’t see us slowing down anytime soon. From the very beginning of my pregnancy I knew that I wanted to breastfeed my baby. My mom had…
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End of Year Reflection 2018
And Just like that another year has come and gone. It seems like just the other day I was writing 2017’s reflection post on my previous blog, Novel Ideas. I’m pretty sure 2018 has been the biggest year of my life, full of so much growth and transformation. I haven’t blogged since Ellis was born,…
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Weeks 25-28 Pregnancy Update
Hello Third Trimester! I honestly can’t believe that I’ve already arrived to the final stretch of this pregnancy. At this stage in my pregnancy I feel like things have been flowing without much physical change, but there have been a few changes with life during the past few weeks. Travel Within the past 4 weeks…
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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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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 