https://www.thesongwithinyoga.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://www.thesongwithinyoga.com/blog/motherhood-expanded monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/24d64e33-6436-4511-be53-62eb89ce2540/BareFamilyPhotos2024-23.jpg Blog - Motherhood Expanded - Make it stand out Our family about one month before Henry arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/f63bfce5-199a-4d41-9ad5-accc51f6bc0e/IMG_8575.jpg Blog - Motherhood Expanded - Make it stand out Henry, after his first bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/9705b7f7-3f55-446d-a00a-b772df9d5f03/IMG_8167+%281%29.jpg Blog - Motherhood Expanded - Make it stand out Henry, Andrew, and I about an hour after Henry's birth. https://www.thesongwithinyoga.com/blog/my-path-to-motherhood-part7-thebirth monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657828217933-F7JD362I08GT2AOW86FZ/HomeBirth3.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Recovering in the first couple of hours after birth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657828072521-946D8EB33TS5D56XT7CP/HomeBirth.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Starting to push on our bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657828146212-XYGSWMCMAR5RWD41LR6I/HomeBirth2.JPG Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Meeting our baby for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657827974801-CFSK0HOS7LT7QHMHDYQI/LaboredInAPoolAtHome.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Laboring in the birth pool in our living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657828407129-59WH6U2C7LPE4M6GXDQZ/ThreeWeekOldBaby.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1657827855759-U4P70X7NU3UA0E79429B/HomeBirth4.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 7: The Birth - Make it stand out Early labor with our amazing doula, Sara. https://www.thesongwithinyoga.com/blog/my-path-to-motherhood-part6-thepregnancy monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1651015875793-543BF6G4F3G7CS0EMFF6/35_Weeks_Pregnant.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 6: The Pregnancy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1651015795528-GO4KQQRY3VFC20DAHP8Q/Third_Trimester_Of_Pregnancy.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 6: The Pregnancy - At the start of trimester three, I joined a six-week series of 2x per week exercise classes for pregnant women, I attended a weekly Kundalini yoga class, I started craving longer walks with Luna, and I met with a nutritionist who recommended I increase my protein intake. During this time, I noticed a decrease in stress, less physical pain, and more energy. Our cabin in Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1651015380044-P3DEJH39W6JF2KM0QCRG/First_Trimester_Of_Pregnancy.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 6: The Pregnancy - At the start of pregnancy, I felt fatigue and nausea. I’d heard of morning sickness, but not to this extent. I felt nauseous most of the time and learned that I needed to eat soon after waking to avoid feeling the brunt of it. I wanted all childhood ‘comfort foods’: mac & cheese, peanut butter & jelly, bagel & cream cheese. I wanted carbs and I followed these cravings (as much as they didn’t align with my pre-pregnancy values) because otherwise, I felt terrible. Although, when I would eat these items too much, I also felt pretty terrible, so I learned over time to balance the carbs with veggies. 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I wanted to get everything done before the baby arrived, to tie up all loose ends as much as possible before my life changed drastically and I wouldn’t have the time. Around the same time, I felt burnt out from all the doing and teaching yoga began to feel like a chore. I took the month of December off from teaching yoga or thinking about what would come next for The Song Within Yoga. At the start of the year, Andrew started an adjunct teaching position at a community college, so a lot of his free time was spent preparing for lectures. I decided to stop teaching yoga weekly after the break I took in December and leaned on hope and trust that I’d return to it in the future. Because I was trying to check everything off the to-do list, work was really busy, Andrew was juggling two jobs, and we were preparing for baby, I felt really stressed and burnt out. 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Her listing on petfinder was perfect. It described her as loving, playful, active, house-trained, and good in a house with children, with vaccinations up to date. Her name was Luna. We went to see her and took her home for a trial weekend. We were told that other people were interested in adopting her too, so we had to make a decision quickly. On July 6, 2019, we decided to adopt Luna. After a four year delay, three apartments, and many tears, it was real! We had a dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60faea4d99d3fc6174e95173/1645390040717-FMOR001G2AXEUYW97XQY/FriendsOfLA.jpg Blog - My Path to Motherhood, Part 1: Luna - So, after one month of living in this apartment, we started searching again. It was mid-November and we were given permission to move out by the end of the year without financial penalty. That was not much time to find an apartment that allowed dogs, was within budget, and in the right location. 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