pregnancy – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 My Third C-Section (Phoebe’s Birth Story!) /post/2019/05/29/phoebes-birth-story/ /post/2019/05/29/phoebes-birth-story/#respond Wed, 29 May 2019 17:43:20 +0000 /?p=8267 It feels like Phoebe has been a part of our family forever, so it feels very belated to be writing her birth story… but in actuality, it’s been a short seven weeks! It took me a year to write out Isabelle’s birth … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/05/29/phoebes-birth-story/feed/ 0 How we decided on Phoebe’s name (and other names we considered) /post/2019/04/26/baby-names/ /post/2019/04/26/baby-names/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:17:41 +0000 /?p=8250 Thinking of a baby name was hard. Especially since we didn’t know whether we were expecting a boy or a girl, so we had to think of two different names for our little nugget. So much pressure! Five years ago, … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/04/26/baby-names/feed/ 0 I’m about to have a third c-section. Yikes. /post/2019/04/03/third-c-section/ /post/2019/04/03/third-c-section/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2019 04:10:08 +0000 /?p=8241 I had my 39 week appointment with my OB this week, and the entire thing took about 5 minutes. I mean, that’s great because it means both baby and I are looking healthy, but it seems surreal because my experiences … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/04/03/third-c-section/feed/ 1 I’m upgrading my breastfeeding/nursing game! /post/2019/03/25/pink-blush-maternity-clothing/ /post/2019/03/25/pink-blush-maternity-clothing/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:09:04 +0000 /?p=8229 I’ve recently blogged about how this pregnancy has been different than my other pregnancies, and how I’ve been treating it a bit differently, too. (Even with two other kids at home, this pregnancy has managed to be all-consuming of my … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/03/25/pink-blush-maternity-clothing/feed/ 0 37+ weeks pregnant /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/ /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:30:59 +0000 /?p=8212 The final countdown to baby is on. I made the girls a paper chain when there was a month left and they take a link off every morning as soon as they wake up. Then they cheerfully exclaim/question “ONLY __ … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/feed/ 0 Pregnancy is different this third time. /post/2019/03/15/pregnancy-third-time-around/ /post/2019/03/15/pregnancy-third-time-around/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2019 04:53:48 +0000 /?p=8187 Preparing to add a third kid to our family feels so different than preparing to add a first or second. I mean, when I was this pregnant (36+ weeks) with Clara, I was thinking I could go into labor at … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/03/15/pregnancy-third-time-around/feed/ 0 Our (Third) Babymoon! /post/2019/03/01/our-third-babymoon/ /post/2019/03/01/our-third-babymoon/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:27:06 +0000 /?p=8170 OK, I’m calling our last trip a babymoon, but really it was our last trip as a family of four, because we took the kids with us, too. Nothing says relaxation like a trip with two preschoolers, let me tell … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/03/01/our-third-babymoon/feed/ 0 This time around I’m renting maternity clothes (and am loving it)! /post/2019/02/28/maternity-clothes-le-tote/ /post/2019/02/28/maternity-clothes-le-tote/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:12:12 +0000 /?p=8163 One of the things I’m doing differently this pregnancy, compared to my other two, is renting maternity clothes. Let me back up. During my first pregnancy, I mainly wore non-maternity clothes, with a very few exceptions. This worked because we … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/02/28/maternity-clothes-le-tote/feed/ 0 Thoughts on the Second Trimester (the third time around) /post/2019/02/20/second-trimester-4/ /post/2019/02/20/second-trimester-4/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:12:16 +0000 /?p=8137 I’m well into the third trimester of this pregnancy and I simultaneously cannot believe it because it seems so quick, but also it feels like I’ve been pregnant forever. We’re going to meet this baby in about 2 months, and I’m once … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/02/20/second-trimester-4/feed/ 0 Postpartum Survival Kit – what you really need those first few days /post/2019/01/17/postpartum-survival-kit/ /post/2019/01/17/postpartum-survival-kit/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:55:50 +0000 /?p=8082 One of my college roommates is due with her first baby very, very soon (yay!) and the other day she texted me and another friend to ask about what we would put in a “postpartum survival kit”. I thought that was a … Continue reading →

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