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is in the What to Expect community. So if I could talk to the oh for twenty million moms in our What to Expect family right now, I totally would. Logistically we couldn't figure that out. So instead, in honor of Mother's Day this week, we have a very special episod, So we've invited five What to Expect moms from across the country, in all different stages of their pregnancies, here today to share their pregnancy journeys and ask their biggest

pregnancy questions. Those questions may sound a little familiar, because though every pregnancy is different, just like every pregnant mom, we all have questions. And today we're going to cover as many questions as we can. We're gonna talk about morning sickness and gestational diabetes, switching doctors and much more. And at the end we're doing a fun speed round all about pregnancy. We have Amy, Adriana Mignon, Candice and Lindsay all joining us today. So let's start with Amy. Hi, Hi,

so happy to have you here. And Amy, you're you're in Michigan and you have four year old right I do? Oh yes, very rambunctious four year olds A daughter. What's her name? Her name is Rose, and I may or may not have looked and seen her pictures on Instagram. She is adorable. Thank you. Let's just get that out of the way. But I do wonder how has this

pregnancy been different from your pregnancy with her. Well, I'd say, first off, due to COVID, it's been you know, actually a blessing in a way because I've been able to stay home and you know, with her, I was working full time all the way pretty much until like a few weeks before I had her. So I'm kind of more aware of everything that's going on. I'm not like stracted too much by work. You know, I noticed a

lot of similarities. I feel like I was able to predict like how I would feel a little bit, but there are some differences. I have a little bit more like swelling this type around. But it's been a really good pregnancy, I have to say, like I um and coarse the beginning in the first trimester, I had a little bit of morning sickness, but it pretty much disappeared. And with her I had some sciatic pain. I don't know if that's like I was more on my feet, you know, when I was working full time when I

was pregnant with her. Yeah, it probably has something to do with the fact that everything loosens up more the second time, and you don't have as much support from your muscles as you did in your ligaments. So yeah, everything hurts a little bit more. But certainly sitting a lot and being at home that can increase welling too. So right, yeah, I try to stay active all I feel like this pregnancy has been pretty good. So I feel really grateful. Good news, good news. We love good news.

So is your daughter Rose is. She's super pumped about the new baby coming. She's very excited now, Heidi. I like, we'll see what happens when baby get here. But it's very very excited right now. I think it's gonna be a really good age gap too, because she's kind of like really coming into her independence and she I think she's gonna be very helpful, you know so, But I'm sure it'll still be a shock when babies here all

the time. Take your cues from her, like she may get over the baby stuff for she may be totally into it forever. My daughter Emma would breastfeed her dolls and her teddy bears, like when I was breastfeeding her brother Wyatt. It's just, you know, go with the flow. Now. You are hoping for a vaginal birth this time, right, you had a c section last time? Yeah, I am and um my O b G y an, I do have the same one this time that I had last time. He did say I was a good candidate for it

and everything. But I do know that I could go either way, you know, but he he said I was a good candidate to at least attempt it and try for it. Honestly, I wouldn't be heartbroken either way. But I did have a little bit of a hard recovery with my c section from her um. I just had to go through some physical therapy and stuff to really kind of get things feeling back to normal. So it took a couple of months for me to kind of

recover from it all the way. But on the other hand, I was thinking, well, I know what to expect if I do have to go into it this time, it won't be such a shock, you know, but I'm hoping for it. Yeah, if you have a doctor's on board, that's the most important thing. But I hear you have a question not about birth, but about when you bring that baby home and visitors, right, So this is something

I was noticing. Like, I'm like the community forums people have been disgusting too, but I was kind of wondering what you thought about, you know, like masking, Like do you suggest that people who haven't gotten the vaccine should be wearing a mask or on the baby or even visiting or I mean, I know it's a touchy subject, but it's just, you know, something you want to think about. I've got to say that, you know, in a way, this is another silver lining of COVID is that we

are live meetting guests. You know, it's actually the kind of the perfect excuse not to have guests when the new baby comes home, and that's good for a lot of reasons. The most important reason is that it gives you a chance as a family, just the four of you. Now it's going to be all to bond together without outside interference. And I know sometimes the interference can be helpful. Um, you know, they bring cast roles or you know, but they can leave the cast roles at the door. I'm

just saying. But they also bring germs. I think it's a really good thing that COVID has made us more aware of germs, especially for newborn babies. Yeah, there was always like yes for six weeks babies immune systems still needs some beefing up, so you know, limit the gas. But we weren't masking back then. And I feel like most doctors are going aside on on caution right now and say mass are a good eye you not only for those who have not been vaccinated, but even for

those who have. And keep in mind that, you know, COVID's been our primary concern for over a year, but there are many other germs out there and it's important to keep babies away from those two. So I talked to a pediatrician the other day. He said, you know what, let's just go with a two month rule. You know, one baby has that first set of shots. You know, there's nothing magical about that number, but it's a good milestone.

So up until that point, visitors should wear masks, okay, And if you're going out, you want to be super careful, you know, where your baby. That's the best way to

keep your baby away from Germany people. I feel like playing a safe even if the grandparents have been vaccinated, and of course they have to get their tea depths as well, so that everybody around the baby can cocoon the baby until she is old enough to have all of her vaccines um and of course if you had the COVID vaccine, you're going to be giving her antibodies against COVID as well, which is another good thing, very helpful. Thank you so much for your input. I really appreciate it.

And if anyone gives you a hard time, you send them to me directly. Yes, totally, thank you, Thank you, Amy. And now next we are welcoming Adrianna from Florida. How are you doing? Oh? Great? So you have a ten year old boy named Jason, and I've got to ask, first of all, what's it like having an age difference like that in terms of the pregnancy, Like everything's changed, right in ten years. It's completely different, completely different. I mean just everything. How care is baby stuff and go

buy it? It's so different. Now. How different has this pregnancy been. It's been a lot different, you know, um just being that I am ten years older now, so my body is a lot different. Anyways. But with with my son, I had a very very healthy pregnancy, and with this one, I've usually been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I've had some part complications, nothing too crazy, but um so it's just a little more scary this go around. So the gestational diabetes took you by surprise. You had

morning sickness both times? Right, Yeah, super bad. I got diagnosed with h D both times. Oh that's hyperas that's really tough. How long did it last with my son? It was up until I was seven months pregnant. And then with this one, they finally found a medication that worked for me, so I only had it until about sixteen weeks. What medication worked, it was pro mephezy So God send drug. Yeah that's good to know with your g D. What questions do you have about that? I

just wanted to know about. You know, what snacks do you recommend, because I'm having a hard time with my fasting umbers, Like all my other numbers are perfect, it's just being that fast number where it needs to be. So the whole idea when you have gestational diabetes. But actually this is a good tip for anyone who's pregnant.

I call it the six meal solution, right, and it's essentially breaking up everything you eat into smaller amounts and focusing on the two categories of food that will sustain your blood sugar the best, and that's complex carbs and protein. So there are certain snacks that are better than others for keeping your blood sugar level. Has your doctor booked you up with a nutritionist at all? So I did speak to a diabetic nutritionist, but she was very vague

on what to eat. So it's like, you know, three things for breakfast, three things for lunch, three things for then I was like, I'm gonna die. Yeah, you need more variety, girl, Yeah, that's no fun. So years and I mean to pay ending on how much they restrict the carbs, and complex carbs are always a better idea, of course than refined carbs. So if you can stick to whole grains. But also how much fruit they allow

you is are their restrictions on that? Yeah? I have to limit my fruit and take, which is really sad because my number one creating is those little cuties. Oh that's terrible. Which fruits are they allowing you? Um? I can have berries, so raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, that's great. I'm I'm thinking, you know, if you can live on substantial snacks, that's always the best way to go, you know, eating at least five or six times a day. And have

you found something called I trust me. I don't own any stock in this company, but I discovered it like years ago and I tell every pregnant woman about it. Moon Cheese. It's freeze dried cheese. It's like genius. I know they make it in other brands now, but it's crunchy little nuggets of cheese that are not perishable, so you can take them with you anywhere you go. Um, Nuts, almonds, walnuts, pistachios,

all of those are great. Do you like eggs? I mean, I know they can make a stink, but deviled eggs or horribled eggs also those egg bites. Have you ever seen those. Those are awesome. You can also make those and store them in the freezer so you always have some handy Um. Have you ever tried a baked egg in an avocado? No, it's delicious. Top it with a little salt if you're feeling spicy. Um, a smoothie with like Greek yogurt and maybe some frozen berries. That's a goodie. Also,

what about some almond butter on apple slices. That's probably my favorite to see. You've got some amazing snag ideas. Okay, so next we're going to Atlanta to visit with Ninon. Hey, Minoon, So you are having a boy. Yes, I'm having a boy. We found out two weeks ago. So so excited. That's so exciting. And this is your first my first, Yes, that's so cool. What has been your favorite part of pregnancy so far? Honey? This hair is like growing like grass. I have never felt so beaut I was telling my

boyfriend the other day. I was like, I feel so beautiful, like I'm always I grew up having like skin problems acne even into adulthood, and every once in a while I still have, like, you know, a few little things that pop up and like just my skin is glowing, I my hair, I just I feel like a different form of beauty and womanhood. It's it's so, it's like undescribable. I love that. Yeah. Yeah, there's something about being pregnant. It's super sexy and um unfortunately, not every mom feels

that great when she's pregnant. But it sounds like you're having a pretty easy ride. Well, you know in the beginning. Well, so my background, I'm a professional bodybuilder, so I'm used to looking a certain way throughout the year. The biggest transition for me was just really seeing my body go through changes that I had never seen it go through before. And I have a lot of my pro bodybuilder friends that have babies, they've been pregnant and they were like

just embraced the process. So when I let go of that mindset of like what I used to look like and just embraced being a mother, that's when it became beautiful to me. So you have a question, and that is about your doctors. Yes, yes, so I Um, I chose my doctor, my O B from a friend of mine who had twins and she had a great experience, so I got the referral from her and my experience has not been quite so great. Um. And so I talked to other friends that also have babies, and they

referred me to other people. I'm trying to transition from one practice to another, and I know it's business, so it's not going to hurt their feelings that I leave, But I just want to know what should I know going to the next practice, Like what questions should I have for the next physician and for the next practice so that I don't experience the same thing. Oh? Absolutely,

isn't it funny how we always think about the doctor's feelings. Yeah, but no, if you're not happy with those people, you're seeing too many different doctors. Maybe you're seeing a different one at every appointment. Um, and there's not consistency, and you're just not feeling like anybody gets you or taking the time to get you. That's not good. You need to feel comfortable with a person who is going to

deliver your baby. And the biggest red flag for me was I had fibroids back in twenty fifteen, sixteen seventeen. I got them shrunken in seventeen they're starting to grow back, And that was like my first question, and it just kept getting brushed off and brushed off and brushed off until I had my twenty week um ultrasound and they're like, oh my, your fibroids are pretty close to your cervix um. We might need to do a c section, but we'll monitor the growth up until you know it's time to deliver.

And I'm like, I brought this up when I first came in and guys kept brushing it all, so that was a big red flag to me. That is a huge red flag. And I don't know if you other moms have had this experience, but I hear it all the time. You know that the doctor just doesn't listen or underplays, dismisses concerns that you have. Who has lived in your body your whole life, you have you know

it's a partnership. There needs to be communication between you, and that gets exceptionally important later in pregnancy, during birth and also postpartum. You know a lot of times women are not listened to and symptoms are ignored. So you've got to persevere, trust your mom, got and find a doctor who you feel is going to listen. I mean, it's possible you could go to a practice where there's midwives and doctors because that way you have, you know, you get the best of all worlds. The other good

thing to look into is having a do law. I recommend that for every mom. But they're there just for you and to advocate you. So no matter who the doctor ends up being UM and you never know because even if you switch practices and you go to a really amazing doctor, they might not be on call then night that your baby decides to come, and so that you want to make sure you have an advocate with

you at all times. But the most important thing is that you don't leave your old doctor until you get a new one, because you don't want to be uncovered for even five seconds. So go have some pre interviews with various doctors. If you've asked around and you have

some good candidates. Asked those questions about your five woids and anything else that's on your mind, UM, and you'll get a sense just from listening to the answers what kind of communication skills they actually have, and that's important. You also, of course have insurance to consider UM the hospital that you want to deliver at, you know, you have to make sure that they have privileges and deliver at that hospital, one that's close to you, and one

that has a good reputation. So once you do that and you've settled on a practice that you like, then you can even out or call the office and just say, could you please transfer my records to this new practice. That's it, Okay. So I'm in that process now, and that records are transferred to the new office, then I can make an appointment. So I'm happy with the person that I chose. Um, she just had a baby for I think five months ago. Obviously it's from experience, so

oh that's perfect. So we're gonna move on. Candice. Candice is here from Texas. Hello, I hear that you had kind of uh long struggle within fertility. Yeah. I was a student athlete. Um, so I played sports my whole life. Um, losing your period is normal during season, but then mine never came back and my foot I was in college. It wasn't my focus or worry. Fast forward about five six years, I still had no period, and so finally I saw a doctor. Um, he had to refer me

to someone else to referred me to a specialist. You know, I'm with my husband. We're talking about a family. So we meet my ari and go to a fertility doctor right away. He diagnosed me. He's like, I know what you have, malic amnrhea. Fix this um. Getting that diagnosis right away, Like, I feel really terrible for people that are unexplained because there's no goal to work towards. So for me, I knew what I had, so I knew, okay, I need to like not work out as much, I

need to try to gain weight. I did all those things. I didn't ag retrieval. We transferred, and we transferred a boy embryo and I found out it didn't stick. Found out at work. But then you know, we we have to move forward. We have two other embryos. We also had done an I U I before I v f UM. We had a few canceled cycles due to health issues with my family and me having to go home, but

then COVID hit UM, so we got delayed. Then we decided, since we only had two more embryos left and we wanted more than two kids and we didn't know what would happen with the next one, we decided to do another egg retrieval. So we went through that process again and then it got delayed because my husband got COVID, so we couldn't transfer. Um. So it at that point it was if you don't laugh, you cry, and it was like, of course, this all right, this is what happens,

this is our story. It's gonna make it sweeter when we, you know, share with the news with everyone. So then August we did the transfer. This time we said we don't want to know, we don't care, picked the best embryo, and then we found out that we were pregnant. We got the call. We cried each other's arms, called our families and cried until this day. We don't know if we have a boy or girl because we to wait, and I mean going through the trauma of ibia, like

we just literally just want to helpy baby. So I'm so so happy for you and excited for you. I know all the moms here are now after all that, just please tell me you how to really easy pregnancy. I like to say I did my time because it's been a breeze and it almost was like I wanted to have morning sickness. So I wanted to have something because I needed that reassurance. I was so worried all the time. Anything I would do like I don't have symptoms are we sure I'm pregnant, but yeah, I mean

it's been really easy. And I almost kind of feel guilty for saying that, because I know there's like other people who have had a lot of difficulties um during the pregnancy, but I feel like I did my time and then and then, yeah, I'm just worried my baby um was breached last time I got a sonogram. Because being an IVF patient, were monitored more heavily, so I have twice as many appointments. But my worry was that I don't want to have a c section. I want

to be able to recover faster. And so I was doing a lot of research about like breach babies and go. When you're pregnant, you don't have much control over what your body is going to do, and then being an IVF patient, you feel even less control. So I've been doing a lot of different yoga poses or something to try to get my baby to be head down um. And I had asked my midwife if they delivered breach babies, and she talked about a doctor having to break someone's

pelvic phone because the head got stuck. Yeah, So I mean the reality is that fewer than five percent of babies end up breach when it's all said and done, when labor starts. UM. Actually know a mom whose baby flipped during labor, actually flipped the wrong way, so she ended up with a breach baby after the baby was head down. Now, the baby was really small, so smaller babies have more room for moving around and flipping. But it happens. I mean, it doesn't happen a lot. It's

actually pretty rare. But those you know, those few cases of breech birth, like unless it's a super easy, you know, frank breach and the but it's butt down. Um, they usually do go first section. But there's so much time. You're only thirty three weeks. There's so much time for your baby to flip anyway at this point. And they can do that way up until you know, close to delivery, or like I said, even in labor once in a while.

And they can also do external cephalic version, which is where the doctor turns the baby manually from the outside. That's another option, but I wouldn't worry about it at this point. And it sounds like babies moving towards the exit in the right direction at this point. I've been doing everything in my control to make sure that happens. I like put little earbuds there and played music so it or the warm in the cold, yes, yeah, and

turn um. But butt up, I mean butt up is if you're going to do anything, just keep your butt up. So lindsay you're from California, So now you had a really rough first trimester. So rough, I mean like Candice when you were talking earlier about like I feel bad, Like don't feel bad, you know, feel so grateful, and I know you probably do. But I had a really rough go the first I mean I found out early. I found out like I don't even think I was

four weeks. And then by five weeks I think, I like woke up and I told my husband, like with so much arrogance, I was like, oh God, like I don't even feel pregnant, like I have barely any symptoms. This is gonna be a breeze for me. And then I swear the next day I was flattened on my back. It was like famous last words. Um. And that was around five weeks and then probably five to eight weeks I was like, I truly I would have if I were working full time in an office. Um, I would

have had to take a sick leaf. I mean I truly could not get up. I had to either sleep or get on the couch to just like change it up and then go back to bed again. It was awful, And I guess for me, I had no idea how bad it could get. I think sometimes, um, you know, of course, you don't know it until you're in it, right, Like people can say they relate only so much and

only to a certain degree. But you hear the term morning sickness, and you yeah, hilarious, right, I mean, of course we all know that it's not just in the morning it could be. For me, it was all day, everyday sickness. Well any were seven, yes, it was twenty four seven sickness. So I had truly no idea how how bad it could get. So to me, I guess I'm just like, I'm really wondering why. And again I know, uh, there were very few people in my life who had

experienced the you know, degree of sickness that I did. Um, like, nobody in my family, none of my close girlfriends. I really just was not prepared. But to think that, you know, we don't really I know, so many women go through it and then when their baby comes to like, oh, you just forget all about it and that's why you

can have more babies. And Adriana, I know you said you had hyperomesis up until seven months, like you're probably feeling some like even greater than what I have been experiencing because my you know, fortunately only went to about fifteen weeks. It feels a little sad that we're kind of dismissing morning sickness is just all one more like

normal symptom of pregnancy. And you know, it feels like our only options are like ginger candies, which are laughable that doesn't work, or crackers, which also like feels like a big f you, and then also um like scary prescriptions that you have to really weigh out risks for. So it doesn't feel like we have really come a long way in that. And you know, I read somewhere that you know, the early twentieth century that this was listed under hysteria, like female hysteria or something like that,

which just drove me nuts to think about. Right, well, so much of women's health has been in that general category of hysteria. Um, and so you're so right about that, and I think a lot of it is patrenalistic. You know, let's face it, if you haven't had debilitating I'm using air quotes here, then you don't have the slightest clue. So the most you know, empathetic of doctors, um truly cannot feel what you're going through and may, you know, may underplay it. And that's not okay. I mean there

are options that are not as scary. I don't know what you tried, whether I'm just cliges. I tried so fran, I tried from ethazine, I tried reguland I tried vitamin B six and uh, you know some I mean I've I've tried it all. The only the only thing that helped for me was was having dofran on hand at all times. And I'm a little bit holistic. I'm a little bit you know California who who. I'll be the first to admit it. I don't love taking medicine period.

So the idea of taking a medicine like while I'm pregnant that has like a lot of controversy around it was not something that I loved. But like a girlfriend of mine who was ahead of me and our pregnancy, she was like you just have to survive. If you don't survive, if you don't eat, if you don't drink, if you don't have you know, some management over your

stress levels, and that's not good for baby either. That's absolutely true, and I mean that's why we have what to expect as a community is to open up those conversations and tell it like it is, because it isn't all you know, rainbows and unicorns. You just snapp and yeah, well, good news is I'm sixteen weeks and I haven't been sick in over a week. So a corner, I'm so happy. I feel like a different person. I forgot what it feels like to feel normal, So you never know. Now

we're gonna do something called speed round. We could call it a lightning round, but I don't know if any of you have had lightning crotch yet, and I don't want to, like I did, I think twice terrible. Yeah, So we're gonna go around and get your answers to these questions. And this is my favorite one. What was your weirdest pregnancy symptom? Or lindsay you were too busy throwing up? I was gonna say, like the aside from being completely ill for fourteen weeks. I don't know. Veins

on my boobs. I had no idea what that was. I'm like covered in veins. It's odd. It looks like a road map. Yeah, I remember that. Anybody else I would say weird dreams. Um, that was not something I remember with my first this one. So many weird dreams. I don't know if it's just like my mind spinning at night or what. But yeah, it's the hormones talking. And the fact that you you have more rem sleep,

which is dream sleep when you're pregnant. You have more dreams, but you also wake up to pee, so you, uh, you wake up during a dream and then you're more likely to remember it. But the fact that they're so vibrant and strange, sometimes very sexual or very violent. They have all different kinds of themes. You know. There's always the theme about, oh my god, I just drank a whole picture of Martini's, you know, and a plate of sashimi or something like that. Just like the guiltful and

guilt dreams. They are normal. Okay, so anybody else have a weird pregnancy something here? But it's disgusting. It was first try Mr. The gas was off the chain. I would be so embarrassed to be around myself, like I would be in the grocery store and of course you can't help it, and I would try to get away from people. It was so bid. That is so so common. You can keep a dog with you and always say

it was I think the weirdest thing for me. Like I you guys know, I said, I didn't really have any symptoms, but there was one day I was brushing my teeth and I gagged. Huh, So that to me, I was like, what what is this? And that happened. I think there was the first trimester, and I thought, is your body just so in tune that you're not going to get food poisoned or anything. Like You're more likely to throw something up than ingest something that is bad for you and your baby, so your gag reflexes

are heightened. There's also the fact that you have so much drool in the first timester often, and when you're drooling a lot, then you tend to gag a lot. You might have a lot of gagging nocturnal gagging too, So they are all kinds of blessings. Um, how about we're pregnancy food cravings or versions. I couldn't eat meat in the first part and I usually me eater, but

no meat in that first trimester. It would just even the smell, like I was diagnosed with low iron at the beginning, so I had really weird, like kind of cool like I loved like lysol. Oh my gosh, I wanted to clean clank clinks. I couldn't get enough that smell. Yeah, that's called pike. And when you craze something that's not a food, So yeah, you don't want to necessarily um

spray it like in your mouth. But that does commonly mean that you have an iron deficiency, and that could also go for chewing ice And pretty much every woman becomes anemic at some point, usually after twenty weeks, so they'll typically test for it. But if you have one of those strange nonfood cravings, you always always check with the doctor. Okay, do you have a nickname for your baby?

At Adriana, we call ours pancake. Pancake. Oh my god, that's so cute based on what So when the day that we found out we were pregnant, our favorite YouTube family also found off they were pregnant and they were trying to be secretive, the mom and the daughter trying to be secretive about the pregnancy, and the kids running and go what are we having? What are we having? And the dad runs down he goes, we're having pancakes. So ever since then, we've been calling the baby pancake.

And I told my son because he was like, oh, my gosh, you're so sick all the time. I was like, oh, it's the pancakes. He's like, my mom's allergic to pancakes. That's a keeper, Okay, mignon Um. We've always in our mind, even like a year and we were dating years ago, we would call him BJ because his name is Robert, so like Bobby's always call him be J. The baby. It's nothing like spectacular, but yeah, that's super cute. Candice, Well, we don't know the gender, but we named our baby

either way, so it's fin or Finley. I don't mind saying that. So if we're not saying baby because we can't say he or she and we don't want to say it, it's a way for us to connect because knowing the gender, you're able to I think get that connection more. I'm connected, but not to the extent of knowing I have a boy or girl growing in me. Um, So by having that name association, it's able I'm able to connect more with the baby that's in me. That's

totally adorable. Amy, how about you while we're naming our daughter eleanor um and right now my daughter is taking a liking to calling her alle in my belly. It's too cute, Okay, Lindsay Europe, we don't know what we're having either. We're gonna wait, and I've just been calling like a little one, little or a little one or bubba. We do a lot of bubba. What's one nice thing you've done for yourself this week or plan to? Because

this is really important. We need some pampering ourselves. So what's one nice thing you're going to do for yourself. I'm getting a lymphatic drainage massage and I've been doing it like once every few weeks and it just like helps me deep bloat. I feel really relaxed, like and I'm kind of detoxing after. But it's really safe. You just can't do it on your belly obviously, but it feels so good at that and yoga yay. How about you, Adriana,

I'm going to get my nails done. That's important. Yeah, excited, amazing, Okay, Minon, how about you. I actually gave myself like a at home spotty. So I just drew a bath. I got that thing called bump boxes, like my friend gave it to me for my birthday. So it had like the little lavender salts in there, so I put those in there. I bought this like steam facial machine from Amazon with like my favorite essential oils, and just like gave myself a self care Sunday spotty. So that was very necessary.

Oh so nice. Yeah, and Candice, we had a trip to Europe plan that was canceled from COVID, and so I got pregnant, so we canceled the trip and instead we're doing a staycation. We're going to Dallas a nice hotel and taking our dog. We're gonna go hiking and then um just get massages, like a couple of massage, have dinner at the hotel, and just stay one night there. And it's our five year one anniversary too, so the

time it was sorry and Amy, how about you? I'm with you And I've done a lot of the bands. They've been taking a lot of Yeah, you guys, I just chapped all my here and went to the salon. Usually I'm really love here, like six inches cut off, so I'm like still getting used to it. But that was the big thing, Like going to the salon yesterday. Looks good, super cute, super cute. It'll be easy care, yeah for sure. Yeah. Okay, guys, I could talk to

you all day. I may have already done that, but it's so much fun to hang out with you, and I hope that we can do it again soon. And if I end up anywhere else Atlanta, Michigan, I'm gonna I'm gonna totally get in touch. Thank you, guys. And Happy Mother's Day you, I mean every day is Mother's Day, and all the moms listening today, I want to wish you a very very happy Mother's Day. Lots of love and lots of hugs, baby love, my baby love. I need you, Oh how I need you. Thanks for listening.

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