Graduate School
Somewhere between let’s have a baby and let’s finish my masters degree I got pregnant. It's fine really it was all fine. (insert me with an eye twitch) Alex and I knew we wanted a baby and I wanted a baby prior to starting a career as a Nurse Practitioner. We made a big grown up decision to have a baby. We conceived in less than two months (fertile Myrtle over here). It honestly worked perfectly. I would be due during my Christmas break from school and If i went 4 days a week for clinicals I could take 8 weeks off with little E. It was not easy but I knew it would be worth it in the end. I have no advice for anyone. If you find yourself to this part of my blog/story I am sure you think I have some type of magical wand that made it easy and I can help you too. I can't......my one piece of advice for new moms is shower everyday! I do not know how that could apply to me successfully completing my masters after having a baby. I was open with the providers I precepted with that I needed to pump over my lunch and everyone was respectful of that. I did things hat would benefit E and I. Leaving my baby was hard but I knew that he would not remember these days. I am rambling I know but don't we all as moms just ramble. We want to feel connected. We want to feel that someone else understands what we are going through. We don't want to feel alone in our struggles. We want to be heard and someone to listen. It was ok for me to not be ok most days. My hormones were still trying to figure out this new role.
here is my advice for anything you do as a mom:
1. Get a planner
2. Make sure your baby daddy is on board with this plan
3. Call your mom, cry and when she tells you that you can do anything BELIEVE HER!
4. Buy that Starbucks girlfriend!
5. Have faith in yourself because you can do anything once you are a mom.
OK clearly I am not one to give advice. I think the point of this post as my friend Leah says is to Own Your Power. Believe in yourself. Take it a day at a time. Take it a week at a time. Order that you pick two at Panera for lunch. Embrace the few extra pounds you put on during pregnancy because you don't have time now to drop them. You will figure it out. We all always do. I am proud of myself for all that I have accomplished in my new role.Good Luck to whatever journey you are on after becoming a mom.
