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By nai Posted on Jul 7, 20197 Jul 2019

10 More Things I Learned About Pregnancy

Make sure you read the first ten here. If you’re curious about knowing more about any of these things, Google it up. There’s plenty more about each than I want … Continue reading 10 More Things I Learned About Pregnancy

Categories: Blog, Pregnancy & ParenthoodTags: baby, Create, dad, family, father, fatherhood, men, mom, mother, motherhood, newborn, poop, pregnancy, pregnant, ultrasound, women

By nai Posted on May 28, 20197 Jul 2019

Vegan Pregnancy Was It?

One of the first things I was told about veganism while pregnant was not to do it and/or that’ll it be hard to get protein. My eyes rolled back so … Continue reading Vegan Pregnancy Was It?

Categories: About Me, Blog, Opinion, Pregnancy & ParenthoodTags: cravings, dairy, detox, eggs, fruits, health, healthy, judge, judgement, meat, mom, motherhood, new mom, nutrition, pregnancy, pregnant, raw vegan, raw veganism, trimester, vegan, veganism, vegetables, vegetarianism

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All my love and appreciation to MIDWIVES, mine in particular, who reminded me BIRTH is a NORMAL and HEALTHY process 🤱🏾. I had a happy, healthy, and very chill little dude 😁👶🏼. • I didn't realize how much fear, stigma, and ignorance I had with pregnancy and birth, but I openly went through them because I knew something was off about what I thought I knew. I also knew I would hate giving birth in a hospital and I'm grateful I had a chance to have a home birth and learn so much 🙌🏾. The level of care I received was better than I could imagine. • A few days before my birth my midwives and partner gave me a touchingly ceremonious foot wash and massage I'll never forget. I highly recommend employing a midwife to everybody. If you have questions about my experience, ask 😁 • Random fact: I don't shave my legs. I did twice when I first got to America because I thought I needed to to fit in. Each shave brought my hairs back thicker so I stopped because I didn't want man-like hairy legs, I mostly wore pants anyway, and I wasn't allowed to date so the boy factor didn't matter 😜. • Wiki: From the 18th century, a conflict between surgeons and midwives arose, as medical men began to assert that their modern scientific techniques were better for mothers and infants than the folk medicine practiced by midwives. As doctors and medical associations pushed for a legal monopoly on obstetrical care, midwifery became outlawed or heavily regulated throughout the United States and Canada. At the beginning of the 21st century, the medical perception of pregnancy and childbirth as potentially pathological and dangerous still dominates Western culture. • #midwife #midwives #midwifery #birth #pregnancy #pregnancy #feet #washingfeet #homebirth #footmassage #medicine #natural #unlearning #traditional #love #care#westernculture #culture #noshave #hairylegs #legs

Just a few pregnancy sorta funnies tipsy with some cynicism. As I near the tentative July 21st due date (even after all this time, it's still weird as faqk to say that I'm due for birthing a being in human form), I'm reflecting on these past 9 months. I still can't believe it's been so long 😲!!! • Insert lots of creatively articulate mushy stuff about it. Stir in some more mush. Look back at the mushiful masterpiece in pride. I'm getting off the internet for now, though if you see me the baby rejected the predetermined eviction notice 😒. Only my future child would stay in there longer just to be funny because that's shxt I'd do 😂. • #blackgoddess #divinity #queen #goddess #pregnant #pregnancy #newmom #mom #moms #motherhood #blackwomen #jamaican #blackgirlmagic #julybaby #pregnantbelly #pregnantbody #beach #darkskinwomen #beachday @thebump #thebump #pregnancythoughts #cynical

Kalapana (1-5) & Kona (6-7) unfiltered weekend with the fam 🤰🏾🧑🏽🐶. I'm so ready to have this baby, but they're not ready to have this world 🤣 • #bigislandhawaii #bigisland #hawaii #kalapana #kona #konahawaii #pregnant #pregnancy #blackwomen #jamaican #julybaby #pregnantbelly #pregnantbody #beach #darkskinwomen #water #beach #beachday #clouds #cloudy #sky #life #lavarock #bluesky

Another showcase of plant based vegan foods I've been eating (left to right, more @growingcouple) 🤤 ° ⊗Spicy Eggplant + Quinoa 🍆 ⊗PB&J + Grapes 🍇 ⊗Chickpeas Salad + Greens + Sprouted Wrap 🌯 ⊗Pad Thai + Homemade Peanut Sauce 🍜 ⊗Scrambled Tofu + Spelt Pancake Dumpling 🥘 ⊗Beyond Meat Burger x1 🍔 ⊗Noxtail (vegan oxtail) + Tricolor Quinoa 🍜 ⊗Curry Soy Chorizo + Couscous & Cabbage 🥣 ⊗Beyond Meat Burger x2 🍔 #food #whatveganseat #foodporn #vegan #vegansofig #vegans #plantbased #meatless #eggplant #quinoa #pbj #grapes #chickpeas #chickpeassalad #greens #veggies #wrap #padthai #peanutsauce #tofu #scrambledtofu #spelt #beyondmeat #beyondmeatburger #veganburger #veggieburger #curry #soychorizo #couscous #veganpregnancy

Does this picture make me look tall? Cause I feel like a giantress Amazonian black goddess queen divine in all her pregnant glory 👑 • I don't usually feel like I'm glowing, more like blowing up in my tummy, which is great cause the baby needs it. But sometimes it's nice to see my body and go, yeaaaah, I'm still there 🤩. I hate the rhetoric that moms don't matter once the baby comes. Without the moms mattering, how will the baby get its basic needs? 🤷🏾‍♀️ • Happy mother's day every day to all the moms out there for donating their bodies to creation. I could have never fathomed 3D printing a being could entail so much. 9 months is a long time to have your body snatched y'all 👏🏾 • I can't wait to write and share another blog post about some other things I learned about pregnancy, some of the more unconventional normalcies. There's so much mystery and hush hush about pregnancy and birth when it's so common! Know what? I'll go do it right now! 🤪 • #blackgoddess #divinity #queen #goddess #pregnant #pregnancy #newmom #mom #moms #motherhood #blackwomen #jamaican #blackgirlmagic #julybaby #pregnantbelly #pregnantbody #beach #hawaii #hilo #darkskinwomen #hilohawaii #water #beach #beachday #clouds #cloudy #sky #life #lavarock @thebump #thebump

Enjoy this celestial new short story 🌌. Don't go all clicking at once!🖱 • #shortstories #write #writing #writer #wordporn #words #spilledink #create #creativity #writersofig #writersofinstagram #writebrained #selfexpression #blackwriters #stories #blackwomen #darkskinwomen #fiction #jamaican #blackgirlmagic #jamaicanwriter #experience #god #rebirth #reincarnation #death #purpose

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