I remember looking at the monitor—you can see when the next contraction is coming—and my mom and husband who were both in the room would gear me up for the next one. When she’s not busy running her bedding empire, she can be found watching Paw Patrol and/or participating in “imaginative play” with her 3-year-old son, Henry. Plus, watching the powerful protests that started in June for Black Lives Matter became a crucial part of my pregnancy. You ready to do this?" We made a commercial for @hillhousehome Morning routine in my happy place with Henry (dada is a little camera shy ) Directed by the queen @debtamdesigns, DP @alexgallitano, Makeup by @danaraeashburn, Hair by @jaxseabrooke, perfect plaid suit by @prabalgurung #happythingsforhappyplaces #hillhousehome big thanks to my HHH crew especially @saraworth @kennedysmithh for the behind the scenes work on this one , A post shared by Nell Diamond (@nelliediamond) on Nov 4, 2019 at 9:10am PST. She had been there for 24 hours, checking on me the whole time. He needs formula. In the end, I breastfed Henry until he was three-months-old mixed with supplementing. —specifically a bagel, egg, and cheese and a huge orange juice. And maybe that was a coping mechanism. and You're ready! While well-intentioned, most people offer home remedies like “drinking Sprite” or “eating lemons,” all of which I’m sure is wonderful for common nausea, but in my case, nothing works. There was this moment where I realized, oh, she's actually my doctor and then Henry needs a different doctor, a pediatrician. While I didn’t super enjoy it, I was proud that I lasted that long. About six hours after delivering, he had to go to the NICU. It’s like reality TV! As I had just started a business, my maternity leave situation was nonexistent. They said that Henry’s white blood cell count was slightly elevated. I am so grateful for that medicine and took it for most of my pregnancy. Overall it’s been an entirely different experience from the start. Maybe he'll like glitter, too! I had hospital scramble eggs and thought they were the best thing I’d ever had. The one similarity between both is my Hypermethies—a condition that causes extreme nausea and sickness for the entire pregnancy (particularly leading up to 20 weeks), and is hugely debilitating. So, I think that her immediate response was just, "Thank God." Everything was just heavy. reading. Social Media Guru Holly Liss On Maternity Leave. I could feel everything. And I remember begging for the anesthesiologist to fix the epidural. Food is so hard for me through pregnancy, and not particularly exciting. You’ll also get exclusive first access to new products, launches, and restocks. I hated almost every second of being pregnant. We found out afterwards that he did have an infection and it likely would have been fatal if we hadn't given him antibiotics, which is just an insane thing to think about. She's just this incredibly joyful, buoyant person. We were one person less than 24 hours ago and I couldn't stop thinking: Every step I take is the farthest we had ever been from each other. What does that even mean? We love to pretend. (which coincidentally is my wedding anniversary), I woke up and was pretty sure I had peed the bed. I love being given instruction and love boisterous energy. It just wasn't painful at that point. I never I thought I would be one of these people, but the pushing experience was absolutely incredible. When he got back from the hospital, my milk definitely came in more, but because he was on antibiotics, the hospital had given him formula right away. While I had this with Henry through to birth (literally, I was vomiting in labor! I’m a big reader, but mostly fiction, and I don’t read much about motherhood. When she’s not busy running her bedding empire, she can be found watching Paw Patrol and/or participating in “imaginative play” with her 3-year-old son, Henry. Instead, we have to do what’s best for our babies and children at the moment. You ready to do this?" It’s all too easy to disregard this as “happening elsewhere.” But no, this is happening here, in the city we live in as a result of systemic racism. My milk didn't come in for five or six days. I had all these preconceived notions that he had to have breastmilk strictly; however, the NICU nurses were like, “NO, you don’t have a choice. I have such reverence for the medical field and medical professionals that are getting us through this crisis, and I trust my OB entirely. I’m extraordinarily appreciative of all the essential workers and medical professionals. It was nice to have that. My older brother and I are both IVF babies. We had found a great formula that he really loved—he has always been in the 99th percentile in terms of weight and height, so, this baby was fed! I think it was fine. I remember with Henry, I gained weight and certainly ate, but I didn’t enjoy food for nine months. I had to take myself out of my body and say, "my physical comfort isn't the most important thing now" and really just be humbled by everything that was going on.

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