I can not believe how lucky our daughter is to get to call him Dad. #girldad #parents #pregnancy #knitting #husband

I was diagnosed with endometriosis 2 years ago & i want to forever share my story because so many are struggle to have their voice heard. If that is you, please keeo advocating for yourself, you are not a burden. #endometriosis #endo #endowarrior #chronicillness #womenshealth

body. Today I put on a dance workout & let Marla watch. It was so damn cute, she was babbling away and moving around. Bit by bit I hope she will piece together that she should be proud of her body, that she can move in whatever way works for her & that our bodies aren’t meant to be perfect 🤍 The workouts in doing are from @growwithjo on YouTube, they are SO epic to get the endorphins going & to simply just move!

I often get asked by parents, “how do I teach my kid about different bodies?” I believe the first step is watching how you speak about your body, & how you speak of others around you. Our kids absorb so much of what we say, and how we interact. Another step is allowing their curiosity. I can easily tell the kids who have been told not to stare at me, and yes it’s a hard one to navigate because staring can cause angst but I love nothing more than a young kid who has the confidence and curiosity to ask about my leg and almost every single time their response is pretty incredible. They say it’s like a robot or as my niece says, “aunty Jess, I love your special leg”. Allow them to be curious about those who are different because that is how they learn. Another step is finding ways to surround your kids with those you are different from them, whether that be kids who are a different ethnicity or people with disabilities or different cultures, it’s so important our kids grow up seeing the diverse world we live in 🤍

TW: fertility. I didn’t realise until today just how much anticipation I used to hold each month before my period came. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions while you convince yourself that every symptom you’re feeling is potentially pregnancy but simultaneously undermining every symptom in order to not get your hopes up. Then your period arrives & you try tell yourself it’s ok, you question if maybe it’s implantation bleeding or maybe the timing wasn’t right or maybe I didn’t do the right things or maybe the universe is telling me I shouldn’t do this? And this repeats month after month, while you go about your life. And honestly, it takes a serious toll. Until one day, your period doesn’t come & instead you see a positive test and somehow you forget just how hard it was to get to this moment. For anyone in the thick of this cycle, I am sending you so much love. It’s not easy to silently get your hopes up month after month. I hope more than anything that you meet your little darling soon 🫶🏼 #ttc #periodtalk #fertilityjourney #endometriosis #endowarrior #womenshealth