One thing I never thought I’d ever do in my life was donate blood. I grew up in and around hospitals and was very squeamish and hated needles, going to the doctor, or even hearing someone describe an injury or medical issue. When I was in middle school, I went to a big children’s hospital […]
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World Breastfeeding Week
This week is Breastfeeding Week, so in honor of that I thought I’d write about my experience and breastfeeding journey. My son is now 8 months old, and he’s exclusively breastfed and I can’t believe he’s that old and I’ve been able to breastfeed him for this long! I think most moms who want to […]
A Life (since becoming a mom) Update
It’s been a while since I’ve written! But motherhood is going great so far. It just feels hard not being able to have people over and not being able to go out much because of Covid-19. Thankfully, I’m in South Korea, where the virus is being handled pretty well. We’ve had a few outbreaks, but […]
Birth Story – Baby Sejun
Finally – our son Sejun Oliver was born on November 24th, 2019! He is 6 weeks old now and I am still adjusting to being a mom. I had a really positive birth experience, but it was intense. I decided to try for an unmedicated, natural delivery with midwives and an OB, and my hospital […]
We Moved!
Guess what? We bought and moved into an apartment! It’s been a crazy past few months and everything went really fast, but now that we are settled into our new place, we both feel so much better. We started thinking about buying a place (we were technically renting before) and in Korea, most people buy […]
Books on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting
During the past nine months of my pregnancy, and even a while before that, I started reading lots of different books on all sorts of topics related to pregnancy, birth, and raising kids. I like to feel as prepared as I can for everything I do, and pregnancy and motherhood are no exception! Most of […]
Being Pregnant in Korea – Part 2
If you missed Part 1, read it here! I’m 37 weeks along today! That feels so crazy and I can’t really believe it. On the one hand, I’m so ready to be done being pregnant, but on the other, I’m not completely ready for the baby to come! We just moved into a new apartment […]
Fascinated by Florence
After Venice, I was headed to Florence, which I was pretty excited about, since I had a lot of friends who recommended I go. However, there was a problem when I got to the bus stop. The bus showed up and the driver tried to scan my ticket and told me it didn’t work. I […]
Maternity Photos
Less than two months until baby! I’m 31 weeks pregnant now. A while back, Junkyu and I went to a baby fair where there were tons of booths and businesses catering to those in need of baby stuff. They had strollers, car seats, bottles, etc. and one of the booths was set up by a […]
Visiting Venice
I left Switzerland and took a Flixbus bus from Interlaken to Venice Mestre station. It was a good eight hour bus ride, and I mostly watched movies the whole way. We were supposed to have internet, but according to the bus Flixbus staff, there was a law or something in Italy or a contract that […]
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