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    Luke’s Birth Story – Part Two

    Today I’m sharing Part Two of Luke’s Birth Story…if you missed Part One, you can catch it here! Once we made it to the hospital, it was about 8:00am. Blake made sure I was checked in and settled in my Labor & Delivery room before going to move the car. We had called my parents and Blake’s dad on the way, so Blake’s dad was making his way to Atlanta from South Carolina at this time. My parents live 2.5 miles away from us, so they got a few things together and came to the hospital (my mom told me later that my dad stopped at the gas station and…

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    Motherhood

    What I Packed in My Hospital Bag

    I am a planner through and through. When I was pregnant, I googled everything from “what to pack in my hospital bag” (and started packing weeks in advance) to “what to expect when you bring home a newborn”. Five months later, I realized nothing from that second topic was even close to preparing me for what life is actually like when you have a baby 🙂  However, I picked up a lot of helpful information from different posts about what you should bring in your hospital bag and thought I would share what I ended up bringing with me. I over packed (what else is new) so for any future…