by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 27, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
A lot of women who are currently pregnant or just had babies are advising others to wait. While every situation is unique and personal, I am not one of them. Based on my past experiences, and despite the current challenges, I would not have waited. But my advice is...
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 24, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
MAMA SHARK 🦈❤️ This blanket was a gift from my first pregnancy which I found going through bins to prepare for baby 2. I couldn’t fully understand then what being mama shark would entail. Motherhood is the greatest gift and built within it — and core to it — is...
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 22, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
MAMA’S BOY 💙 It’s a pajamas all day kind of day. A hot humid lazy summer day. When self-care is *maybe* gonna include washing my hair and throwing on some much-needed sunscreen and bio oil and lip balm. Maybe. Right now I’m thinking about how I’m going to be able to...
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 11, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
So how are you doing? How are you feeling?? She asks with smiling eyes. (All I can see of her face since we are both in masks.) It’s a loaded question and I don’t even know where to start. My mind rewinds…..Two back to back miscarriages. Pregnancy after loss....
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 10, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
I always love other people’s professional maternity pictures and family portraits. But for us they just seem too formal or polished or posed. Doesn’t exactly fit us. Or at least now. (Never say never!) I also have an issue with someone else owning (the...
by Lauren Cosenza | May 13, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
We did initial fertility testing at NYU but we were already pregnant. We made the appointment with a highly recommended reproductive endocrinologist right after my second miscarriage, and didn’t think we would be pregnant prior to the first consultation and testing....