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I just had a baby...

I just had a baby...

and now you get to read me riff about it.

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Oct 23, 2023
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Hi there,

I hope this message finds you well. If you don’t know, now ya know!

I just had a baby. She’s good. I’m good. We’re all good! (Thanks for asking.)

woman in black and white striped long sleeve shirt carrying baby in blue onesie

I’m going through the postpartum recovery motions. Healing. Breastfeeding. Not sleeping. Nuzzling that newborn smell. Juggling two older kiddos. Trying to sleep and failing miserably. And, then, trying to get back into my creative groove.

Sometimes it works… sometimes it doesn’t.

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