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171. Becoming a "Hot Girl Mom"... My Pregnancy Journey · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello, you guys. Welcome back to another episode of the
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Speaker 1: Hawkgirl Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kaylee, and this is
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Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day for you to become
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Speaker 1: the Hawkgirl Energy you want to attract. I have been
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Speaker 1: off the podcast now for almost a month, and I
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Speaker 1: don't think I've ever taken this long of a break before.
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Speaker 1: I think the last time I took this long of
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Speaker 1: a break was, I think, my wedding, which would have
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Speaker 1: been two years ago when I was getting married in
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Speaker 1: Italy and And I think a lot of you guys
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Speaker 1: know what this episode's about. And I feel like this
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Speaker 1: was probably the hardest secret to ever keep from you guys.
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Speaker 1: The amount of times I just wanted to slip and
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Speaker 1: tell you guys what was going on these past three months.
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Speaker 1: It was really hard, but I am pregnant. Hence the title,
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Speaker 1: which is Hot Girl Mom, Hot Girl Pregnancy. Like, I
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Speaker 1: cannot believe I'm pregnant. It is truly such... a blessing
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Speaker 1: to be in this phase in my life. And I
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Speaker 1: think if you followed me for a really long time,
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Speaker 1: this is something that I was very scared of. I
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Speaker 1: have always had really bad health anxiety. And one thing
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Speaker 1: that I was always terrified of was pregnancy. And it
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Speaker 1: wasn't even about like becoming a mom and just like
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Speaker 1: entering a whole different phase in my life in that
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Speaker 1: type of stage, which obviously that is obviously something to
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Speaker 1: be scared about too, because your life obviously changes and
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Speaker 1: you put you know, so much energy towards someone else
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Speaker 1: versus yourself, which is still a very huge commitment and
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Speaker 1: all that. But I felt like the past two years,
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Speaker 1: ever since my wedding, there's obviously been a lot of
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Speaker 1: conversation from parents, family, friends, all that. They're like, oh,
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Speaker 1: when's the baby coming? Like all that. And there was
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Speaker 1: so much stress and anxiety around that for me. And
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Speaker 1: I'm so happy that I took these past two years
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Speaker 1: to really just like find the time when I felt
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Speaker 1: ready to be at this phase in my life. And
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Speaker 1: here we are now. I'm pregnant. I'm currently 16 weeks pregnant.
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Speaker 1: And yeah, I feel like that's just like a weight
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Speaker 1: lifted off my shoulders that I've been wanting to tell
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Speaker 1: you guys for so long. I think a lot of
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Speaker 1: you guys can assume that I also took a break
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Speaker 1: because we also moved into a new house. So obviously
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Speaker 1: like getting my podcast set up just kind of took
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Speaker 1: a while because it was in a storage unit for
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Speaker 1: the past two weeks. And then last week I finally
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Speaker 1: had the opportunity to get my mic, except I had
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Speaker 1: to like purchase a new setup. So if the mic
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Speaker 1: actually sounds better, which I think it does, because I
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Speaker 1: finally had like the official setup to like make this
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Speaker 1: microphone work for the longest time I was having microphone
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Speaker 1: issues and I figured out how to connect it with
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Speaker 1: my computer now properly. So anyways, I'm very happy that
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Speaker 1: we have a microphone working now. So hopefully there's going
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Speaker 1: to be no sound issues moving forward because I know
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Speaker 1: I've had a few sound issues for a few people,
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Speaker 1: but Anyways, I really wanted to dedicate this episode just
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Speaker 1: kind of about pregnancy, pregnancy prep, what has been going
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Speaker 1: on these past few months. It's kind of more of
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Speaker 1: like a life update, but also kind of sharing my
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Speaker 1: journey of how pregnancy has been so far, things I
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Speaker 1: did in my prep to kind of prepare myself for pregnancy, TTC,
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Speaker 1: all that. I've had so many people comment on my
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Speaker 1: social media that they wanted an episode dedicated to pregnancy
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Speaker 1: and just kind of like what's been going on these
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Speaker 1: past few months. So I figured this is the perfect
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Speaker 1: episode to do that since I haven't been on the
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Speaker 1: podcast for a month for obvious reasons. So I felt
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Speaker 1: like it was time to share everything that's been going
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Speaker 1: on and just kind of share my overall journey so
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Speaker 1: far of how things have been going throughout my pregnancy
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Speaker 1: and again, what these past three months have looked like. Okay,
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Speaker 1: let's just start off with the first three months of
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Speaker 1: my pregnancy. Obviously that was the first trimester. And let's
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Speaker 1: just say that the first trimester is truly a eye-opening experience, okay?
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Speaker 1: You have no idea what you're about to get into.
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Speaker 1: And I think even like when I found out I
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Speaker 1: was pregnant, I was like, okay, so am I going
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Speaker 1: to get beyond sick like everyone I know? Or am
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Speaker 1: I going to be that one odd person that doesn't
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Speaker 1: get any symptoms but has a healthy pregnancy and doesn't
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Speaker 1: have to worry about the vomiting or nausea or whatever
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Speaker 1: the case may be, right? Like, I've had so many
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Speaker 1: friends who are currently going through the same journey as me.
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Speaker 1: And I've had a few friends who literally have gotten
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Speaker 1: so sick to the point where they need medication. And
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Speaker 1: I've also had other friends who have had no symptoms
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Speaker 1: at all except like tiredness and, you know, food aversions.
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Speaker 1: And that's really it. So pregnancy could look very different
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Speaker 1: for everyone. With my first trimester, I did get very,
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Speaker 1: very sick. super, super nauseous. The first two weeks, so
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Speaker 1: when I found out at week four and week five,
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Speaker 1: I was kind of a little nauseous when I woke up.
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Speaker 1: I would eat crackers, have a bit of water, and
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Speaker 1: then I felt fine. So I was like, okay, obviously
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Speaker 1: I might be good. I might be in the clear.
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Speaker 1: But some people say your symptoms don't really kick in
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Speaker 1: until week six to week eight is when it really
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Speaker 1: starts to hit you hard. Week six comes around, I
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Speaker 1: get hit by the nausea bus. Let me tell you,
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Speaker 1: I was nauseous all day. It was not just a
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Speaker 1: morning thing. It was not just like when I was hungry.
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Speaker 1: It was 24 seven and it was so bad to
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Speaker 1: the point where I literally could not get out of bed.
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Speaker 1: It basically felt like I had a severe flu. Thankfully,
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Speaker 1: I was never in the position where I had to
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Speaker 1: like feel like I had to like put my head
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Speaker 1: over the toilet and like vomit all that. Like I
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Speaker 1: never had a situation like that, but The nausea just
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Speaker 1: was like so uncomfortable to the point where like getting
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Speaker 1: up made me like dizzy. And, you know, I didn't
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Speaker 1: want to eat food because I was so nauseous. Like
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Speaker 1: nothing was settling in my stomach. Like it just got
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Speaker 1: so bad to the point where my husband's like, we
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Speaker 1: need to go to a doctor. We need to figure
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Speaker 1: out if there's medication that you can take because this
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Speaker 1: is just so bad. I couldn't even do my job,
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Speaker 1: which obviously like that's really difficult for me, especially when
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Speaker 1: I am on social media. I can't just not show
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Speaker 1: up on social media. That's just like not going to work.
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Speaker 1: So I did have to get on a medication, which
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Speaker 1: worked absolute wonders. Oh my goodness. I truly basically felt
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Speaker 1: like I was back to my old self. Like I
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Speaker 1: was like, okay, I'm good. I'm pregnant, but I feel good.
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Speaker 1: Like obviously like there was other symptoms that I had,
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Speaker 1: like food aversions, you know, cramping in my stomach a
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Speaker 1: little bit, the odd time just from like the stretching
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Speaker 1: and like, you know, my stomach just trying to figure
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Speaker 1: out like what the heck is going on. But other
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Speaker 1: than that, like I was able to eat no problem.
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Speaker 1: I was able to work out, which was really great.
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Speaker 1: And obviously my job was the priority of being able
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Speaker 1: to work was a huge one. I still have my energy,
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Speaker 1: which is great. I was never really tired throughout my pregnancy.
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Speaker 1: So that was like a big thing that everyone was like,
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Speaker 1: oh my God, you're so lucky. Like, I feel like
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Speaker 1: everyone like gets really, really tired. I'm like, yeah, no,
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Speaker 1: I've had great energy, which has been really great. It
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Speaker 1: was just the nausea that was like really, really bad.
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Speaker 1: So anyways, everyone has a different experience. Of course, I
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Speaker 1: kind of had a situation where I had to get
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Speaker 1: on medication, but it does seem pretty common. I feel
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Speaker 1: like there is a lot of people like me who've
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Speaker 1: had that really bad nausea where it like literally takes
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Speaker 1: you out completely. Anyways, everyone just has a different journey.
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Speaker 1: And I just wanted to talk about, you know, why
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Speaker 1: I felt like for my body, it was best for
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Speaker 1: me and my baby to do that. So that's what
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Speaker 1: we decided to do. Some of the food versions I
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Speaker 1: had was, protein, which is so crazy because I've never
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Speaker 1: had an issue with protein until I got pregnant. Seeing
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Speaker 1: raw beef or raw chicken literally grossed me out so much.
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Speaker 1: Zach did most of the cooking for the first two
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Speaker 1: months of the pregnancy because I literally could not touch
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Speaker 1: raw chicken. I could not look at it. If it
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Speaker 1: was cooked and in front of me, I was going
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Speaker 1: to eat it, but that was just one thing that
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Speaker 1: I felt like was really, really difficult. The amount of
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Speaker 1: money I spent on takeout food was insane. I think
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Speaker 1: I was ordering something either for lunch or dinner, like
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Speaker 1: every third or fourth day, which is again, beyond unlike me,
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Speaker 1: because typically I always like cook something at home. I can,
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Speaker 1: you know, deal with it. No, I had to buy takeout.
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Speaker 1: I don't know why the cravings were just so crazy.
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Speaker 1: One day I was craving for breakfast, a cinnamon raisin bagel.
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Speaker 1: I used to have these as a kid growing up.
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Speaker 1: I have not had a cinnamon raisin bagel in like
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Speaker 1: a year's I went to three different Tim Hortons that
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Speaker 1: day because I was craving it that badly. It was crazy.
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Speaker 1: None of the Tim Hortons had it for some reason.
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Speaker 1: I have no idea why. I ended up going to Kettleman's.
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Speaker 1: They had it and it literally hit the spot. And
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Speaker 1: I was only craving it for like two days. I
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Speaker 1: bought a whole package at Kettleman's just so I had
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Speaker 1: it at the house because I was like craving it
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Speaker 1: so much. And then by like two to three days
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Speaker 1: after that, I was like, nope, I don't want it anymore.
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Speaker 1: And then I never finished the package. I was just like,
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Speaker 1: this is so weird. Like you go through phases. where
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Speaker 1: you're like craving something so badly and then like you'll
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Speaker 1: love it for like two days and then you don't
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Speaker 1: ever want to eat it again. I also had a
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Speaker 1: weird craving for sweet potato fries. One night we were
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Speaker 1: at the Ella Langley concert and this was like when
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Speaker 1: I was like seven or eight weeks pregnant and it
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Speaker 1: was like midnight and Zach's like, okay, yeah, we're just
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Speaker 1: going to go home. We're tired. I'm like, babe, I
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Speaker 1: need sweet potato fries. Like I need to go to
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Speaker 1: A & W. I need to get sweet potato fries.
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Speaker 1: He's like, you're kidding. It's literally midnight. I was like, no,
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Speaker 1: I need them. I am craving them. So that was
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Speaker 1: like kind of like the funny part. I feel like
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Speaker 1: the first few weeks I was like really having these
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Speaker 1: weird cravings that I just like I needed to have
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Speaker 1: it immediately or else I wasn't satisfied. So whereas now
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Speaker 1: I feel like I haven't really had that. I feel
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Speaker 1: like I'm fully back to normal now. Like I am
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Speaker 1: still nauseous. I still feel nauseous when I need to eat.
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Speaker 1: That's basically it, which is great. So like right now
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Speaker 1: I don't feel nauseous, but like if dinner comes around,
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Speaker 1: lunch comes around, breakfast or like a snack, my body
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Speaker 1: will just like get nauseous and I just eat something
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Speaker 1: and then I feel great. One thing that's really helped
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Speaker 1: honestly is just like eating like salted crackers or bananas.
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Speaker 1: I feel like I always have have that in my
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Speaker 1: purse or on me. That way if I ever do
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Speaker 1: feel really nauseous, I just resort to that and I
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Speaker 1: feel so much better. Some people have recommended those pregnancy
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Speaker 1: pops that are supposed to help with nausea. I tried those.
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Speaker 1: It didn't really work for me personally. Like my stomach
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Speaker 1: did not handle that very well. People also said hot
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Speaker 1: lemon water or lemon water in general. That literally made
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Speaker 1: it worse for me. It was awful. So not everything's
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Speaker 1: going to work. Some things may work for others. But
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Speaker 1: for me, those things did not work. So again, salted crackers, bananas,
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Speaker 1: I just keep that on me at all times. And
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Speaker 1: it works. So that's all that matters. I had so
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Speaker 1: much health anxiety before I got pregnant. I think I've
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Speaker 1: made that very clear from my socials and from the podcast.
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Speaker 1: It's just always been an anxiety of mine. But I
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Speaker 1: feel like since I've gotten pregnant, there's been this like
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Speaker 1: release of my anxiety. And someone actually messaged me saying
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Speaker 1: she had the same thing where she had really bad
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Speaker 1: health anxiety before she got pregnant. And then when she
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Speaker 1: got pregnant, it kind of like went away. So I
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Speaker 1: don't know. I feel like once you're in this journey,
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Speaker 1: you almost like kind of feel like, okay, you're locked in.
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Speaker 1: You're in this journey. You're figuring out, okay, this is
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Speaker 1: how things are going to go. I don't know. It's
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Speaker 1: just like a really– weird feeling, I guess. I just
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Speaker 1: can't believe how much my anxiety has gotten so much
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Speaker 1: better since I've gotten pregnant in the best way possible.
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Speaker 1: The first, you know, 12 weeks were definitely like a
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Speaker 1: little bit of anxiety just because I feel like you're
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Speaker 1: more anxious just to make sure that like the baby's okay.
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Speaker 1: And obviously like that's always like the risky part of
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Speaker 1: pregnancy that you don't know, you know, it could be
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Speaker 1: up in the air of what's going on. So I
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Speaker 1: definitely was a little anxious during that period of time.
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Speaker 1: But like, other than that, I feel like I've been
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Speaker 1: so much more okay and like my body has definitely
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Speaker 1: been changing I'm definitely gaining a bump I have bigger
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Speaker 1: boobs there's just like a lot is changing obviously but
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Speaker 1: the confidence that you feel in pregnancy is actually crazy
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Speaker 1: like I actually feel really confident in my own skin
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Speaker 1: right now and I honestly thought it was going to
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Speaker 1: be the complete opposite I thought I was going to
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Speaker 1: struggle a lot with my body changing because obviously like
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Speaker 1: that's hard right like seeing your body change is not
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Speaker 1: easy but I think I just like again shifted my
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Speaker 1: mindset of like the fact that our bodies are able
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Speaker 1: to do this is so amazing to me and I
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Speaker 1: think like that's what makes me feel so like powerful
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Speaker 1: and like confident and like I find the journey so beautiful.
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Speaker 1: So I feel like I've actually really loved the way
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Speaker 1: that you know pregnancy has been for me and I
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Speaker 1: feel super good as well about just like how I've
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Speaker 1: been feeling, like just like the confidence that I feel
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Speaker 1: with my body changing. Anyways, I do think a lot
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Speaker 1: of people do challenge with that and that's totally okay.
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Speaker 1: I think that's totally normal and definitely something that's a
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Speaker 1: conversation to have with someone if you are going through
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Speaker 1: a tough time with body changes. But I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I think I just like shifted my mindset in the
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Speaker 1: best way possible throughout this journey and seeing it such
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Speaker 1: as a blessing of, you know, being able to be
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Speaker 1: able to do this because I know there is some
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Speaker 1: women out there that unfortunately can't get pregnant. And that's really,
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Speaker 1: really hard, right? So being able to have, you know,
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Speaker 1: the body and the health to do this is such
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Speaker 1: a blessing. And I think shifting your mindset that way
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Speaker 1: is really, really important. Okay, so now let's talk about
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Speaker 1: the pregnancy prep because I know a lot of you
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Speaker 1: guys have seen that I've been prepping almost for an
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Speaker 1: entire year. It's actually going to be a year, I
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Speaker 1: think next week is when I started. It was like
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Speaker 1: end of September of last year. I started to take
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Speaker 1: my prep really seriously in terms of you know, reading books,
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Speaker 1: figuring out foods I should be eating, supplements I should
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Speaker 1: be taking, just like everything that I could do to
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Speaker 1: kind of prepare my body for this journey. And, you know,
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Speaker 1: I think one of the main things that I went
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Speaker 1: into this pregnancy prep wasn't to like start TTC right away.
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Speaker 1: Like the plan was never to start trying to conceive
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Speaker 1: at the end of next year. Zach and I had
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Speaker 1: a plan that we were not going to start trying
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Speaker 1: until we were closer to our move-in date for our
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Speaker 1: new house. The last thing I wanted to do was
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Speaker 1: move into a new house when I was like eight
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Speaker 1: to nine months pregnant or with a one to two
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Speaker 1: month old baby. For us, that just didn't make any sense.
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Speaker 1: For us, we really wanted to kind of be in
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Speaker 1: the first trimester, second trimester by the time I have
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Speaker 1: moved into the new house. And that was just a
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Speaker 1: preference that we both wanted to do. So we purposely
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Speaker 1: waited until April to try to conceive, which April is
14:21
Speaker 1: technically 2027 babies. So that's another reason we just kind
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Speaker 1: of like wanted to wait till 2027 for our baby
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Speaker 1: to be born. Again, just a preference with the timing
14:29
Speaker 1: of where things were at with our living situation and
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Speaker 1: what we thought was like the ideal timing to kind
14:35
Speaker 1: of prepare ourselves for For a baby, obviously like you
14:38
Speaker 1: have to pick out a lot of things for the baby,
14:41
Speaker 1: have a baby shower, have a nursery, all that. So
14:44
Speaker 1: we just like kind of wanted to like have a
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Speaker 1: good few months to like prepare ourself for that phase.
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Speaker 1: So essentially when I started in September, I kind of
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Speaker 1: knew that we weren't gonna be trying till April. So
14:56
Speaker 1: basically it was like six to seven months of like
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Speaker 1: a prep. And again, basically what I was doing, I
15:01
Speaker 1: was just like reading different books, listening to different podcasts
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Speaker 1: and just kind of like writing down any feedback or
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Speaker 1: things that I wanted to do in my health and
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Speaker 1: wellness journey to kind of prepare myself for pregnancy. And
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Speaker 1: I will say one of the main things as to
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Speaker 1: why I did this prep wasn't for like physically being
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Speaker 1: able to conceive. It was also just to like mentally
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Speaker 1: prepare myself because as I mentioned, I do have a
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Speaker 1: lot of health anxiety and I think mentally preparing myself
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Speaker 1: to become pregnant was was the best decision for me personally,
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Speaker 1: like educating myself on what I can do, um, that
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Speaker 1: made me feel really confident with my health and everything
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Speaker 1: before trying to conceive was again, something that I just
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Speaker 1: wanted to do for my mental side. So, you know,
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Speaker 1: I had a lot of doctor's appointments in January to
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Speaker 1: do a bunch of blood work, a bunch of tests,
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Speaker 1: just to make sure that everything looked good and that,
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Speaker 1: you know, I have no issues, which is, you know,
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Speaker 1: obviously a blessing. Um, doing my dentist appointments, making sure
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Speaker 1: all my, you know, teeth are good. Everything looks great
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Speaker 1: health wise. Um, you know, again, just eating healthy, maintaining
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Speaker 1: a good workout routine. I thought that'd be something that
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Speaker 1: was beneficial to also take into pregnancy once I eventually
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Speaker 1: got pregnant and then obviously taking the right supplements. So
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Speaker 1: I started taking a prenatal in January. I wanted to
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Speaker 1: take it at least, you know, three to four months
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Speaker 1: before we started trying that way. My body was like
16:23
Speaker 1: getting used to the prenatal and getting the supplements and
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Speaker 1: vitamins that the baby would need when I got pregnant.
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Speaker 1: And then, of course, Zach, we took his prep really
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Speaker 1: seriously as well, putting him on certain supplements like CoQ10.
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Speaker 1: I think he was also taking zinc. And I want
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Speaker 1: to say another one, but I think just a multivitamin,
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Speaker 1: to be honest. There was specific supplements. I wish I
16:48
Speaker 1: knew them right now. I obviously don't have them on
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Speaker 1: hand with me since our move, but I can always
16:53
Speaker 1: write it out in the description for anyone that's interested.
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Speaker 1: But again, these were things just based off of research
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Speaker 1: of what is recommended for sperm health for men, all that.
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Speaker 1: So we really like took that all seriously for like
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Speaker 1: the first three months of 2026. So we were like
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Speaker 1: taking it very seriously from like January to March. And
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Speaker 1: then I guess also April because we were trying to
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Speaker 1: conceive in April. And the first round, I'm going to
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Speaker 1: be like a little TMI here about, you know, this
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Speaker 1: TTC journey. But first month, My cycle was all messed up,
17:24
Speaker 1: so I felt like my stress was kind of kicking
17:26
Speaker 1: in of like, oh my gosh, we're trying to have
17:28
Speaker 1: a baby. I'm scared. I'm stressed out. I really didn't
17:31
Speaker 1: know how to absorb it. So I actually had a
17:34
Speaker 1: delay in my cycle, which I think kind of impacted
17:36
Speaker 1: why I didn't get pregnant. So I think that was
17:41
Speaker 1: like my March cycle was all messed up. Going into April,
17:45
Speaker 1: we tried to conceive. I ended up getting my period.
17:49
Speaker 1: But again, it was like kind of late, not really
17:50
Speaker 1: on time. So I had two late periods. And I
17:53
Speaker 1: felt like my body was kind of like all messed up. Now,
17:56
Speaker 1: when April came around, I introduced myself to acupuncture because
18:00
Speaker 1: I heard acupuncture was really, really good for people who
18:03
Speaker 1: had chronic stress and also really, really good for fertility
18:08
Speaker 1: for anyone that was trying to conceive. So at this point,
18:10
Speaker 1: I have no idea if I have fertility issues. I
18:12
Speaker 1: have no idea about any of that. I did my
18:15
Speaker 1: tests to see if there was anything concerning, but unfortunately
18:17
Speaker 1: my doctor said you know, we can't check for fertility
18:21
Speaker 1: unless you've been trying for like six or eight months
18:23
Speaker 1: more and then we could like run fertility tests on you.
18:27
Speaker 1: So I wasn't able to check my fertility. I don't
18:30
Speaker 1: know if you can in the States. I just know
18:32
Speaker 1: with our healthcare system, you know, we get everything for
18:36
Speaker 1: free here in Canada because we pay into a system. So,
18:39
Speaker 1: you know, I couldn't get that tested. So I essentially
18:43
Speaker 1: was like going in like, okay, well, let's just hope
18:45
Speaker 1: that my fertility is good. Like I have no idea, right? So,
18:50
Speaker 1: you know, I heard acupuncture was really good for it.
18:52
Speaker 1: So in April, I went, I think, one or two times.
18:56
Speaker 1: I can't remember. But I was connected with this girl
19:00
Speaker 1: in Ottawa who's called Kristen. She works at Refine Ottawa. Incredible.
19:05
Speaker 1: By the way, if you're ever looking for an acupuncturist,
19:08
Speaker 1: she is amazing. Absolutely adore her. So I saw her
19:11
Speaker 1: twice that month. And she kept telling me, she's like, honestly,
19:13
Speaker 1: I think if you came weekly, like you would see
19:16
Speaker 1: huge benefits. Like I would really, really recommend it for
19:18
Speaker 1: your next cycle if you're actively like really wanting to
19:21
Speaker 1: get pregnant. I'm like, okay, cool. So May comes around
19:25
Speaker 1: and I literally booked four appointments that day. Like I'm
19:28
Speaker 1: like every single week, let's just book an appointment. And
19:31
Speaker 1: I even booked my appointments based around my ovulation when
19:35
Speaker 1: I'm like in the period where it's like the two
19:37
Speaker 1: week wait period, you know, before pregnancy. taking a pregnancy
19:41
Speaker 1: test to see if I was pregnant. I booked an
19:43
Speaker 1: appointment every single week to really take advantage of the
19:49
Speaker 1: acupuncture benefits for hoping to get pregnant. So basically, I
19:53
Speaker 1: felt like May was the month where I took it
19:55
Speaker 1: way more seriously. I was like, okay, I'm doing what
19:57
Speaker 1: this girl tells me to do. She literally sent me
19:59
Speaker 1: an email of things that I could do as well.
20:01
Speaker 1: And I just took it so seriously that I was like,
20:03
Speaker 1: I'm doing everything she tells me to do. Like she's
20:05
Speaker 1: like eat a high protein diet, which I kind of
20:07
Speaker 1: was already doing, obviously taking supplements, which I was already doing.
20:11
Speaker 1: Another thing was like wearing socks when you go to sleep.
20:14
Speaker 1: That was definitely something that I thought was interesting, but
20:17
Speaker 1: I did it. I was like, I'm just going to
20:18
Speaker 1: do it. I, again, I did everything she told me
20:21
Speaker 1: to do. It was just supposed to help with like circulation,
20:23
Speaker 1: I believe, which kind of helps with the uterus. But anyways,
20:26
Speaker 1: at these acupuncture appointments, she would know my cycle day.
20:30
Speaker 1: So she'd be like, okay, it's cycle day 10. We're
20:32
Speaker 1: going to be focusing on this for acupuncture today. So again, very,
20:36
Speaker 1: very fertility focused. And so May comes around and I
20:41
Speaker 1: think my period's usually like at the end of the month.
20:43
Speaker 1: And within that two week wait period, it's obviously like
20:46
Speaker 1: very stressful. I feel like you're trying to not think
20:49
Speaker 1: about it and not like, you know, think all these
20:51
Speaker 1: symptoms could be pregnancy, right? Like you could be sneezing
20:54
Speaker 1: a lot one day and you might search on Chachaputi
20:57
Speaker 1: and they might be like, oh yeah, like sneezing could
20:59
Speaker 1: be an early sign of pregnancy. Like you cannot do that.
21:01
Speaker 1: That's one thing that I've learned is that you can't
21:04
Speaker 1: like nitpick everything that feels off. That could be something
21:08
Speaker 1: that could be a sign for early pregnancy, all that.
21:10
Speaker 1: I really was trying to like avoid that in, you know,
21:14
Speaker 1: the TTC journey. Cause I'm like, I really can't, get
21:16
Speaker 1: too much in my head about it because at the
21:18
Speaker 1: end of the day I just kind of went in
21:20
Speaker 1: with the intention that it's God's timing I really kind
21:23
Speaker 1: of leaned into faith of just like if it takes
21:26
Speaker 1: six months it takes six months if it takes eight
21:27
Speaker 1: months it takes eight months if it takes a year
21:29
Speaker 1: it takes a year like I really just was like
21:31
Speaker 1: open to anything at this point I just obviously wanted
21:34
Speaker 1: to do everything I could on my end to like
21:36
Speaker 1: increase the chances of obviously hoping to get pregnant And
21:40
Speaker 1: so May comes around, I'm in my two week wait period, again,
21:43
Speaker 1: trying to like keep myself busy, doing things, hanging out
21:46
Speaker 1: with friends, like not trying to like overthink it too much.
21:49
Speaker 1: And guys, I actually knew I was pregnant before I
21:53
Speaker 1: took a pregnancy test. And the reason being is because
21:56
Speaker 1: I woke up one morning and it was like five
21:58
Speaker 1: days or six days before I could take a pregnancy test.
22:02
Speaker 1: And the weirdest thing happened. I had this like really
22:05
Speaker 1: weird taste in my mouth. It was like a heavy
22:08
Speaker 1: metallic taste. And again, here I am saying like, don't
22:12
Speaker 1: nitpick everything that you like think could be a pregnancy symptom, right?
22:16
Speaker 1: So I didn't do anything. I just kind of was like,
22:19
Speaker 1: you know, drinking my coffee, literally tasted like metal. It
22:23
Speaker 1: was disgusting. Ate some watermelon. I'm like, okay, this is really,
22:26
Speaker 1: really weird. So I had an acupuncture appointment like mid
22:31
Speaker 1: of that week before I could take a pregnancy test.
22:35
Speaker 1: And I told the Kristen, the girl that was my acupuncturist,
22:38
Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't know. I'm like, I'm
22:41
Speaker 1: getting this weird taste in my mouth. It's like, it's
22:43
Speaker 1: been a metallic taste. I'm like, again, I'm not trying
22:44
Speaker 1: to like think this could be an early pregnancy sign,
22:47
Speaker 1: but it's definitely something that's like out of the normal
22:49
Speaker 1: for me. Like really like weird to me. And even
22:52
Speaker 1: Kristen was like, Hmm, like, okay. Like that could actually
22:57
Speaker 1: be an early pregnancy sign. And I was like, wow. Okay.
22:59
Speaker 1: Like that's crazy. Um, so then like those three days
23:02
Speaker 1: before I could take a test, I was like, Holy crap.
23:04
Speaker 1: Like maybe I am pregnant. Like you know? And then
23:07
Speaker 1: Kristen was like, yeah, but again, we don't want to
23:09
Speaker 1: think too much of it. Let's just continue doing your
23:11
Speaker 1: acupuncture or whatever. I'm like, okay, cool. And then, you know,
23:15
Speaker 1: my period day comes around and this is like the
23:17
Speaker 1: day that I could take a test and I didn't
23:19
Speaker 1: get my period. And I was like, oh my God, okay.
23:22
Speaker 1: I am texting Zach. I'm like, okay, I think I
23:25
Speaker 1: need to go pick up a test. Like I'm low-key
23:27
Speaker 1: kind of freaking out. I'm really nervous. I've never taken
23:30
Speaker 1: a pregnancy test in my life. Like really, really scared.
23:33
Speaker 1: And he's like, okay, like, do you want to take
23:34
Speaker 1: it together? And I was like, yeah, I do. I'm like,
23:36
Speaker 1: I don't really want to do this without you. Like,
23:37
Speaker 1: this is something that, you know, we have been talking
23:40
Speaker 1: about for so long. And like, I feel like we
23:42
Speaker 1: should do it together. I think like that would be
23:44
Speaker 1: like really, really special and something to like look back on,
23:47
Speaker 1: especially if I am pregnant. But I was so freaking scared, guys.
23:51
Speaker 1: Like literally, I'm sure you could probably see the video
23:53
Speaker 1: on TikTok and Instagram, but I was like vibrating. I
23:56
Speaker 1: was shaking because I was so scared. Cause I'm like,
23:59
Speaker 1: oh my God, like you're so excited of like wanting
24:02
Speaker 1: to it to be pregnant. Obviously like you want the
24:04
Speaker 1: test results to come back positive. But I also was
24:06
Speaker 1: like so scared where I'm like, okay, like I don't
24:08
Speaker 1: want to be disappointed. Like I don't want to be like, oh,
24:10
Speaker 1: like we're not like, and then obviously be like sad.
24:13
Speaker 1: Cause obviously like that's also very common too for people
24:15
Speaker 1: in the TTC journey. So I just kind of felt
24:17
Speaker 1: like I really didn't want to like overread the signals
24:19
Speaker 1: of what I was getting like for the past few
24:21
Speaker 1: days of, you know, my symptoms. I was like, you
24:23
Speaker 1: know what, like whatever it is, like we're just going
24:25
Speaker 1: to be, you know, happy. We're just going to be like, whatever.
24:29
Speaker 1: If it's negative, we move on and we keep trying.
24:31
Speaker 1: If it's positive, then great. Let's get excited about having
24:35
Speaker 1: a baby and being pregnant. And then of course the
24:37
Speaker 1: test came back positive. I immediately started crying just because
24:40
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my God, I knew. I just
24:43
Speaker 1: knew that I was, even though I didn't want to
24:45
Speaker 1: believe it, I just had this gut feeling that I
24:47
Speaker 1: was just based off of that metallic taste in my mouth.
24:51
Speaker 1: And it was really just the best feeling also seeing
24:54
Speaker 1: Zach get emotional and just see how excited he was
24:57
Speaker 1: And in that moment, it just made me realize like
24:59
Speaker 1: how we were both so beyond ready, you know, like
25:03
Speaker 1: we were so beyond excited for this chapter together. Whereas
25:06
Speaker 1: I feel like if I, you know, did it right
25:08
Speaker 1: after the wedding or, you know, a year before, whatever
25:11
Speaker 1: the case may be, I feel like I wouldn't have
25:13
Speaker 1: been as excited as I was in the moment when
25:17
Speaker 1: we did start trying, if that makes sense. So I
25:19
Speaker 1: truly do believe that there is a gut feeling when
25:22
Speaker 1: you do feel ready and whether you have to do
25:24
Speaker 1: a prep like me to like mentally prepare yourself for that,
25:29
Speaker 1: there is the right timing in my opinion. And I
25:31
Speaker 1: do think our timing was perfect and I feel so excited.
25:36
Speaker 1: I do think there is a perfect time for everybody.
25:39
Speaker 1: And I'm really, really grateful that not only are we
25:41
Speaker 1: pregnant with our first baby, but we're also moved into
25:45
Speaker 1: a new house, and we're starting a new chapter in
25:48
Speaker 1: our new home, which is, yeah, such a blessing. And again,
25:51
Speaker 1: something that I feel like I've prayed for for so long.
25:53
Speaker 1: Now I will say that we do know the gender
25:56
Speaker 1: of the baby. I did record our reaction of finding out.
26:00
Speaker 1: I am waiting to share the results until we get
26:03
Speaker 1: double confirmation from our ultrasound in two weeks because that's
26:08
Speaker 1: just like a double confirmation. I just like want to
26:10
Speaker 1: make sure because I have heard stories where- people get
26:14
Speaker 1: the results back early and it ends up being incorrect.
26:17
Speaker 1: So I'm like, you know what? I don't want to
26:19
Speaker 1: post the results to my followers until we have like
26:22
Speaker 1: a double confirmation that this is the gender of our baby.
26:26
Speaker 1: But I'm so excited to share that with you guys.
26:28
Speaker 1: I think that's like really, really exciting. And there's so
26:31
Speaker 1: many of you that have already messaged me saying you're
26:33
Speaker 1: either the same week as me or do the same
26:35
Speaker 1: month as me, or also just had a baby and
26:38
Speaker 1: like you know, are so excited to kind of like
26:41
Speaker 1: see my journey of being pregnant and like you obviously
26:44
Speaker 1: being in the newborn bubble, or there's people who are
26:46
Speaker 1: just pregnant in general who are, yeah, really excited to
26:50
Speaker 1: have this journey with me, which I am literally so excited.
26:53
Speaker 1: I feel like I have so much fun content planned
26:56
Speaker 1: that I can't wait to share. I really want to
26:58
Speaker 1: do like dress the bump with me, especially now going
27:00
Speaker 1: into the fall season. You guys know how much I
27:02
Speaker 1: love the fall. I've already done a bunch of shopping
27:04
Speaker 1: just because I did have to buy a few new
27:06
Speaker 1: pairs of pants just because my pants are fitting a
27:09
Speaker 1: little snug right now. Um, they fit. It's just when
27:12
Speaker 1: I sit down, the button literally will burst out of
27:15
Speaker 1: my jeans. So I'm like, okay, it's time to start
27:17
Speaker 1: looking for, you know, some pieces to style, but you know,
27:22
Speaker 1: I'm trying to go down more of the, like the
27:23
Speaker 1: affordable route, um, and like style fun things that way.
27:27
Speaker 1: So stay tuned for some you know, styling videos of pregnancy.
27:31
Speaker 1: That's definitely something that I've always wanted to do. So
27:33
Speaker 1: I'm really excited that my job allows me to do
27:36
Speaker 1: things like that. I think that's always so fun. So
27:38
Speaker 1: definitely a lot of like style the bump with me,
27:40
Speaker 1: which I'm excited about. Obviously, eventually we'll have like nursery plans,
27:45
Speaker 1: you know, our baby shower. I think Zach and I
27:48
Speaker 1: are also going to plan a little baby moon, hopefully
27:50
Speaker 1: in the coming weeks. So just a lot to kind
27:55
Speaker 1: of uncover. these next four months. But yeah, there's so
27:58
Speaker 1: much going on these next few months that I'm so
28:00
Speaker 1: excited to share with you guys. We actually had our
28:03
Speaker 1: first ultrasound, you know, I think it's been two months
28:06
Speaker 1: now since that happened. But I want to talk about
28:09
Speaker 1: the first ultrasound for a second because I feel like
28:11
Speaker 1: you don't feel like it's real until you get your ultrasound.
28:15
Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone else has felt that way,
28:16
Speaker 1: like if anyone has kids here on the podcast. But
28:19
Speaker 1: for the first eight weeks of they literally, like you
28:23
Speaker 1: have nothing except you've peed on a stick. That's it.
28:25
Speaker 1: Like you have like weird feelings obviously about like, you know,
28:28
Speaker 1: you're in your stomach and all that. And like, you're
28:30
Speaker 1: obviously nauseous and feeling sick. But I was like, is
28:33
Speaker 1: there something actually inside me? Like, I felt like I
28:35
Speaker 1: needed like confirmation from the ultrasound in order to be like, yep. Okay.
28:41
Speaker 1: There's something in there. I'm pregnant. Like even going to
28:43
Speaker 1: my doctor's appointment, she's obviously talking to me about everything like,
28:46
Speaker 1: you know, OBGYNs, midwives, whatever. And I'm kind of like, okay, yeah, yeah.
28:50
Speaker 1: And then I'm like, yeah, like I need to confirm
28:53
Speaker 1: that I'm pregnant like some other way besides just a
28:55
Speaker 1: pregnancy test. Like this is not enough for me. So
28:58
Speaker 1: then by week eight, you're waiting again, like four and
29:01
Speaker 1: a half weeks until you get your ultrasound. And then
29:04
Speaker 1: once we had our ultrasound, I was like, oh my God, okay,
29:06
Speaker 1: I am pregnant. Like it just kind of like confirmed it.
29:10
Speaker 1: It was such a cute moment though. Like Zach was
29:11
Speaker 1: so emotional. Like I was obviously like so happy because
29:15
Speaker 1: I think that's like a really scary appointment to go
29:18
Speaker 1: into because it's like, You never really know how it's
29:20
Speaker 1: going to go. So I was like really, really scared
29:23
Speaker 1: before that appointment. But like hearing the reassurance of like
29:26
Speaker 1: hearing the baby's heartbeat and like, you know, yeah, just
29:29
Speaker 1: knowing that we had a healthy baby was like, again,
29:32
Speaker 1: the best feeling and something that I was really, really
29:35
Speaker 1: grateful for. But yeah, I'm pregnant. I'm not going to
29:38
Speaker 1: obviously make my whole podcast. about being pregnant, but obviously
29:41
Speaker 1: being in this phase of my life, I definitely want
29:42
Speaker 1: to try and incorporate it in some future episodes and
29:45
Speaker 1: all that. But of course, the next few episodes are
29:47
Speaker 1: really going to be about fall, getting excited about this
29:50
Speaker 1: new season that's approaching. my favorite things to look forward
29:55
Speaker 1: to this season, all that. So I feel like I'll
29:57
Speaker 1: have a lot to uncover for the fall season. And
30:01
Speaker 1: then obviously I am in my new house right now.
30:04
Speaker 1: We're trying to buy some furniture, kind of get the
30:06
Speaker 1: house situated. Right now the house is still kind of
30:09
Speaker 1: a crap show, not going to lie. There's some construction
30:11
Speaker 1: going on in our kitchen. So I'm kind of living
30:13
Speaker 1: at my parents' place and also living at the new
30:16
Speaker 1: house for the time being. I'm sure it's going to
30:18
Speaker 1: be like that, honestly, for the next two weeks. I
30:20
Speaker 1: think we'll technically be officially moved in by the end
30:22
Speaker 1: of September just because we still don't have our appliances installed.
30:27
Speaker 1: Little things like that you don't think about until you're
30:29
Speaker 1: actually living in the house and realize, oh, okay, I
30:32
Speaker 1: need a fridge in order to eat food. I need
30:34
Speaker 1: a stove in order to eat lunch. And anyways, you
30:37
Speaker 1: don't realize how important those things are until you're in
30:40
Speaker 1: that situation where you don't have them. So kind of
30:43
Speaker 1: just living in two different spots for the time being.
30:45
Speaker 1: But yeah, That's today's episode. I really just wanted to
30:49
Speaker 1: give you guys a huge update of what's been going
30:51
Speaker 1: on these past few months. And obviously being pregnant, I
30:54
Speaker 1: wanted to share my journey and how things have been.
30:57
Speaker 1: And yeah, I am very grateful to be in this
31:01
Speaker 1: phase of my life and share this journey with you
31:03
Speaker 1: guys through social media, through the podcast, all that. And yeah,
31:08
Speaker 1: I'm just so grateful to be able to call this
31:11
Speaker 1: my job and share this journey with you guys. So
31:15
Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode. If you're new,
31:17
Speaker 1: definitely make sure to follow at the Hot Girl Energy
31:20
Speaker 1: Instagram page. You can also follow me, Kaylee. I'm on
31:22
Speaker 1: Instagram and TikTok. I've been posting a lot of Instagram
31:25
Speaker 1: and TikTok videos around pregnancy, the new house, life, all that.
31:30
Speaker 1: And then I do plan to have a part two
31:32
Speaker 1: moving vlog on YouTube, hopefully next week. And also a
31:36
Speaker 1: pregnancy Q & A that I had a lot of
31:38
Speaker 1: questions about from my Instagram Q & A that I
31:41
Speaker 1: posted a few weeks ago. So have a lot of
31:44
Speaker 1: content to uncover. But I love you guys all so much.
31:47
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to another episode. And I will see
31:50
Speaker 1: you guys in next week's episode.