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The Struggles of Working While Pregnant
I haven’t always been blessed to have a work-from-home job. In fact, up until the day I went into labor, I was working in an office. While I do miss the social aspect of working in an office environment, I don’t miss having to deal with life’s issues with an audience of coworkers sitting in the front row. Take working while pregnant, for example. I didn’t tell my coworkers I was pregnant until I was around five months pregnant. When I did eventually tell them, I only confirmed what they were already speculating. I’m not going to lie, working in an office environment while pregnant had its perks—I didn’t have…
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Exercise at Home With These 5 Workouts for Busy Moms
These days, making time for the gym takes a little more effort. I exercised at least five times a week before finding out I was pregnant. And even then, I worked out throughout my entire pregnancy; I was headed to work out the night my water broke. But now, being a work-from-home mom of a newly mobile baby, trying to carve out time in my day for a trip to the gym isn’t a priority. Thankfully, I’m able to exercise at home between work calls and during naps. During my last visit home to see my family, my younger sister was in town and she gave me some workout tips…
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Being a Mom Along With Everything Else
I celebrated my birthday over the weekend and I’m just now beginning to feel like myself again. I know I said that I wanted my old social life back but I might have to reconsider; I can’t hang like I used to. Back in the day, I could party all night long, even until the sun came up and hopping up the next day was effortless. But, celebrating my birthday since having a baby has shown me that lots of things have changed. I’ve had hangovers before but the worst part about having one this time around was being a mom…with a hangover. I wanted to nap so bad but…
