21 weeks with baby #3: Level 2 ultrasound results (and we finally know who’s in there)

I finally made it to the level 2 ultrasound which feels like it’s been ages, but it’s been two months since the disastrous genetic screening fiasco at 13 weeks. Truly, I wasn’t sure how I was going to make it all the way until 20 weeks to not only find…

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20 weeks with baby #3: Another BP med increase

I spent Christmas Day 20 weeks pregnant. Do I have a picture from that day to show for it? No. The two other kids outside my uterus keep me nice and distracted at all times, especially during holidays. Symptom-wise, I’ve been dealing with SPD (my fantastic lightning crotch and public…

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2022 Freelance Income Report: Q4

This was my best year yet. Last year my actual income was $57,900, so I made over $10,000 more this year ($68,075). Which wasn’t bad considering I found out I was pregnant at the beginning of September and was sick for the next four months. There were 21 projects I…

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Christmas 2022

It’s strange being pregnant this year, instead of having a newborn. Thank goodness for Chris, because I don’t think I would have had half the energy for these Christmas traditions we have. He’s the one that bought the ingredients and pulled out the stand mixer to make Christmas cookies. We…

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19 weeks with baby #3: We’re trying to figure out what’s wrong with my liver. And I want to nest.

True confession: This is the first week of pregnancy where I am actually writing this in real-time. I started writing actual blog posts at about 14 weeks after I announced this pregnancy on Facebook and it’s taken me about 5 weeks to get caught up. Luckily, I started taking notes…

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