September 2021

Seven years ago I stood here pregnant with my first daughter. And a few weeks ago stood here again pregnant with my second daughter. My fourth and my last child. The kids and I splashed and played and explored and my amazing cousin captured it all ❤️

It's crazy what seven years does.

It's even more crazy what my body has accomplished in such a short time.

They say it takes two years for a woman's to fully recover and rebalance itself after carrying and birthing a baby.

I have Irish triplets all 18 months apart. And now the new gap is three years. In the last seven years I have spent a total of only two years NOT pregnant / nursing spread out.

I have had one surgery already to repair my umbilical hernia from the pregnancies, which I will need again after this baby girl.

I have surgeries pending for scheduling after I have her for the following: carpel tunnel repair both wrists, hemorrhoid repair and diastatis recti repair to reconnect my stomaches muscles.

I have had to do mandatory pelvic floor therapy after my prolapse last year and we had to buy a pelvic floor machine to strengthen my Pelvic floor from home just to ensure my dream home birth/labor will be safe and successful.

I will have hip dysplasia, sacroiliac joint dysfunction and pelvic inflammatory disease for the rest of my life. Which require routine Pelvic Floor Therapy, and chiropractic care.

This is all from pregnancy in general being hard your body but especially short interval pregnancies.

I eat healthy and exercise healthy.

The physical and emotional burdens, pain and struggles I have with all of this are all well worth it. the babies this body has made are absolutely extraordinary and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Today we are 38 weeks and 4 days

Feeling so emotional because this is probably the last time this belly will ever be this big and beautiful and carry life. This womg of mine has held 4 babies!

So here's to both my baby As! The first for making a momma, and the second for making me truly appreciate and love the body that has carried her and her brothers and sister. And For making the numbers right 😅