We welcomed our precious baby girl into the world on May 12, 2026. Since then, I have been fully in the newborn bubble, soaking up every snuggle, milky smile, sweet baby sound, and I don’t even mind changing diapers or being up a lot of the night.
May 2026 was the absolute best month of my life and it was that high that led me here to you. Awhile back, I stumbled across this blog. I had forgotten all about it because I started it for a communications class back when I was completing my undergrad at Baylor in 2013. At the time, I thought “it’d be fun to start blogging again, but what would I write about?” Little did I know God was about to change me in every way possible.
My whole life, I have never wanted kids. I never even thought, “maybe, with the right person.” So you can imagine my emotion and feelings that September evening when I saw the faint outline of a second pink line. It wasn’t instant excitement and planning. It was actually panic because I had uncontrolled hypothyroidism and my doctor had just told me to be careful not to get pregnant because it could be dangerous to the baby. Of course I took the test on a Saturday evening so I had to wait until Monday to get an answer, but that’s not the point in this post.
Once the shock and disbelief wore off, I started to get excited and started researching everything I could about baby products for our registry, products safe for use during pregnancy, unmedicated deliveries, etc. I have been an earthy girl for a long time so it was a no-brainer to look for all of the cleanest products I could find, especially since I had a tiny little life on board. Being fully dependable for a tiny human really has a way of changing you.
As we progressed through the pregnancy, not only did I become passionate about taking care of myself and our own baby, but I found myself wanting to share the products and recommendations I had discovered with other mamas. I’m very fortunate to have a job where I have the time to do extensive research and I can’t imagine how stressful it would’ve been if I didn’t have that time. I wouldn’t have even known where to start!
To save other mamas time, and money, I’ve put together a guide for you telling you exactly what I did to have a super easy pregnancy, a comfortable labor at home, and a smooth delivery once we arrived at the hospital. While every pregnancy, labor and delivery are different, I feel like the hard work I put in during pregnancy helped prepare me better than if I had gone in blind, so my hope is that what I learned and experienced can help you have an easier time than you’re expecting!
I also have a newsletter, Earthy Girl Mama, that comes out on Fridays! Here I share what we are doing, loving and using this week, and give you a little snippet of our lives and what we’re up to. Don’t miss it, cause you just never know what might be in there! Sign up below.
And if you get really bored, feel free to go back and read my college assignments from 13+ years ago.
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