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Few bump photos since I haven’t posted any since week 5 here!

I’m 36 weeks now ❤️

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When you change your password and immediately forget what it is, you get locked out of your account for five months.

I’m 34 weeks pregnant. I had my baby shower this weekend and it was really nice, way more people showed up than we anticipated. We expected about 20 and ended up with 40 people in our house! It was really sweet to see how many people were excited for us. Things are really good. ❤️ I’m excited to meet this baby. We still don’t know the sex and I have no intuition. We will be genuinely excited either way.

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9 weeks?

Baby is measuring around 8w2d which happened with my other pregnancies. They always measure a “week behind” and then I go to 42 weeks haha.

There was only one baby, the other sac seemed to resolve itself. The baby already had long legs! And the heartbeat was 170s. They were moving and wiggling like crazy! I don’t remember the girls being that active this early. It had all the midwives laughing because it was so cute.

It’s exciting because the two student midwives are in school with me! And the midwife has been there for all my pregnancies. It felt like being back at home in a way, but this was the happiest experience so far. Tim was so excited and smiling the whole time. It’s such a new feeling to be with someone who is looking forward to this so much and who is so kind and supportive. I’m really grateful, I never thought I’d have this. I look back at my old posts and feel sad because I was hiding so much unhappiness. I’m in a better place now and I’m thankful.

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We got our first ultrasound + unexpected news.

Both of our family’s joked about twins a lot. I have FIVE sets of fraternal twins on my side. (Tim has twins as well, although we know this isn’t genetic.)

We saw what looked like two sacs but one was too difficult to see in. It could either be too early (we did see a baby measuring 6w6d with a strong heartbeat!) or the baby didn’t develop… or it could be a subchorionic hemorrhage which we are hoping is not the case. They can resolve on their own but I’m Rh- and if it increases in size I’d have to be on bed rest.

We don’t have another ultrasound until the 18th so it will be a waiting game until then. We will either see one baby, two, or a resolved or enlarged hemorrhage.

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[id: screenshots of tiktok captions. the images say, “but the only reason we still love princess diana is because she did not have the time to disappoint us.”]

begging queer kids to read up on princess diana’s involvement with the community. yes, she was a rich, pretty monarch. yes, she died young.

but the reason why queer people love her is because she used her privilege during the aids crisis to advocate for sick queer men, when very few others would - much less someone of her status.

diana spent years advocating for the health and care of queer people with hiv/aids. in 1987, at the height of the epidemic, she opened the first specialist clinic dedicated to treating aids patients (the first clinic of it’s kind in the uk).

she also fought public hysteria by hugging and shaking bare hands with aids patients, at a time when aids was thought to be spread by skin to skin contact. not only that, she visited patients in the clinic regularly and even comforted them through their sickness.

and when queen elizabeth told her to try focusing on “something more pleasant”?

diana ignored her and kept fighting.

and this is only her work towards the aids crisis. she publicly called out the royal family, brought attention to numerous world issues, and was known as an advocate for empathy and kindness. she’s known and loved as the people’s princess for good reason

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Had my first appointment today. We didn’t do an ultrasound, but I got my blood drawn. HCG was 14,135. I feel crampy and so tired, I just want to nap but when I lay down I can’t sleep. We have a lot going on this month, I feel too busy to rest.

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Six years ago I announced on this blog that I had my first child. Life has been so much more vibrant, hilarious and fun since that day.

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5 weeks 🌿🫶🏼

starting my bumpdates! (despite the lack of a bump rn, just bloat!) bittersweet to think this is my last pregnancy 🥹💗

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Todays walk 🍂 starting to feel like autumn here

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4w5d. Update, line progression.

I’m trying my best to be patient and trust my body. Nothing about my life has been what I expected it to be and it’s turned out better than I imagined - so I’m trying to keep that in my mind.

But it does bring me some peace so see the lines get darker.

I’ve been BURIED under homework and it’s only the second week of term. Hours of lectures, assignments, and readings. Also, I’m taking a language class on thursdays with my tribe so I’m trying to juggle that as well! I’m telling myself it’ll be worth it 🤞🏼

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Huck

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I feel like this is too faint for 4w3d :(

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4w2d

I don’t feel different really.

My only symptoms are sore boobs and light cramping but it comes and goes. I’ve been tired early in the day and going to bed by 8:30pm which is unheard of for me, but it’s also the kids first week of school + I’m also in school full time and I’ve been running around like crazy trying to balance it all, and the housework.

My first appt is Sept 26, I’ll be 7 weeks. 🤞🏼 really hoping everything is okay. I’ve been nervous because of the loss I had, I don’t want to go through that again but if I do, that’s life. Just hoping for a happy, healthy baby. I’m so grateful for my life right now. Everything is so different in the best ways. Everyone around me, friends and family, tell me I have the best partner in the world and it’s actually true. I used to be so envious of people who has relationships where they seemed so in love and the person treated them with respect and I finally have that. It was worth going through all the hard stuff to get to him.

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Some pictures from my life as it is now.

We haven’t announced it yet, and won’t be for a while, but I’m pregnant. My due date is my partners birthday, May 23rd so I’m 4w1d. Early!