• Still getting the hang of taking photos of Lola! Like, how is there time to get them dressed AND take a photo that accurately shows their cuteness 👶🏽😂 Any mom tips welcome! It’s been almost a month with Lola and it’s been the fastest month of my life. Totally enjoying being in the newborn bubble but it’s been hard not seeing loved ones like we want to... soon, we hope! 🤍
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    Still getting the hang of taking photos of Lola! Like, how is there time to get them dressed AND take a photo that accurately shows their cuteness 👶🏽😂 Any mom tips welcome! It’s been almost a month with Lola and it’s been the fastest month of my life. Totally enjoying being in the newborn bubble but it’s been hard not seeing loved ones like we want to... soon, we hope! 🤍
  • It’s World Breasfeeding Week and this new mom is just doing her best. Breastfeeding was something I felt would come naturally, and despite prepping with the classes and allll the advice, nothing can quite prepare you for the physically and emotionally challenging postpartum period that includes nursing your baby and nourishing them from your body. Lola latched right away and knew exactly what she was doing and we do our feeds and pumping at regular intervals. I had a few setbacks with an infection that landed me in the hospital for almost a week and I stopped pumping due to honestly just being WAY too overwhelmed with my own healing. I just took this photo today and I love love our special time together, just the two of us - although my production isn’t where I want it to be (despite doing ALL the things), I love that the practice of breastfeeding is bonding us 🤍 As of now, I breastfeed, we bottle feed formula, and then I pump. Breastfeeding is certainly not easy for everyone and we are all doing our best to love and care for our babies. Sending any mom who needs a little love and understanding exactly that right now 🤍 #worldbreastfeedingweek #fedisbest #normalizebreastfeeding
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    It’s World Breasfeeding Week and this new mom is just doing her best. Breastfeeding was something I felt would come naturally, and despite prepping with the classes and allll the advice, nothing can quite prepare you for the physically and emotionally challenging postpartum period that includes nursing your baby and nourishing them from your body. Lola latched right away and knew exactly what she was doing and we do our feeds and pumping at regular intervals. I had a few setbacks with an infection that landed me in the hospital for almost a week and I stopped pumping due to honestly just being WAY too overwhelmed with my own healing. I just took this photo today and I love love our special time together, just the two of us - although my production isn’t where I want it to be (despite doing ALL the things), I love that the practice of breastfeeding is bonding us 🤍 As of now, I breastfeed, we bottle feed formula, and then I pump. Breastfeeding is certainly not easy for everyone and we are all doing our best to love and care for our babies. Sending any mom who needs a little love and understanding exactly that right now 🤍 #worldbreastfeedingweek #fedisbest #normalizebreastfeeding
  • Best birthday yet. Thanks for making me a mom, Lola!!! You and your dad are my best gifts 🤍 Here’s to 39 and the last year of my 30’s! 🎉
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    Best birthday yet. Thanks for making me a mom, Lola!!! You and your dad are my best gifts 🤍 Here’s to 39 and the last year of my 30’s! 🎉
  • New mom, who dis?! 👶🏽 What a whirlwind this last two weeks has been. As most of you know, I just got out of the hospital after having to be readmitted for 5 days due to a uterus, bladder and blood infection - it was extremely scary and so hard to miss out on newborn time with Lola. I’ll recap these last two weeks in a blog post soon, but for now, I’m trying to put that all behind me and just soaking up every moment with my Lola girl as we get to know each other. Dad has been absolutely INCREDIBLE (like, BEYOND) and we are sinking into our new normal as a family of THREE! Yes, that’s fresh spit up on my night shirt and I’m loving every second 🙌🏽 Thanks so much for all of your love and support, I read each and every message and it lifts me up more than you know 🤍 #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
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    New mom, who dis?! 👶🏽 What a whirlwind this last two weeks has been. As most of you know, I just got out of the hospital after having to be readmitted for 5 days due to a uterus, bladder and blood infection - it was extremely scary and so hard to miss out on newborn time with Lola. I’ll recap these last two weeks in a blog post soon, but for now, I’m trying to put that all behind me and just soaking up every moment with my Lola girl as we get to know each other. Dad has been absolutely INCREDIBLE (like, BEYOND) and we are sinking into our new normal as a family of THREE! Yes, that’s fresh spit up on my night shirt and I’m loving every second 🙌🏽 Thanks so much for all of your love and support, I read each and every message and it lifts me up more than you know 🤍 #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
  • SHE’S HERE! 🤍 Meet Lourdes “Lola” Carol Sousa 🤍 July 12th, 2020, 1:36pm, 7lbs 4oz and healthy! I can’t even describe what it has been like to welcome her into this world after our 5 year fertility journey. Labour was an intense 50+ hours, with 2 hours of pushing and an eventual c-section followed by almost a week in the hospital - I’ll share more soon but I’m getting stronger every day. We have completely fallen in love with Lola and can’t wait to spend our lives with her 🤍 #wemadebabysousa #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
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    SHE’S HERE! 🤍 Meet Lourdes “Lola” Carol Sousa 🤍 July 12th, 2020, 1:36pm, 7lbs 4oz and healthy! I can’t even describe what it has been like to welcome her into this world after our 5 year fertility journey. Labour was an intense 50+ hours, with 2 hours of pushing and an eventual c-section followed by almost a week in the hospital - I’ll share more soon but I’m getting stronger every day. We have completely fallen in love with Lola and can’t wait to spend our lives with her 🤍 #wemadebabysousa #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
  • Baby Mama Dance to celebrate her due date tomorrow! 🤰🏽 Let’s do this, baby girl! FYI: Felt cute, might delete later 🤍 #makingbabysousa #babymamadance #ivfsuccess
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    Baby Mama Dance to celebrate her due date tomorrow! 🤰🏽 Let’s do this, baby girl! FYI: Felt cute, might delete later 🤍 #makingbabysousa #babymamadance #ivfsuccess
  • HELLO SUMMER GIVEAWAY with @fig_face x @mifaandco x @erincsousa 🤍 We are welcoming summer and want to treat YOU and your special person! WIN two @fig_face facials of choice (one for each of you OR the same value in product delivered right to you!) and $100 each to FIG brand @mifaandco to slip into summer feeling GOOD! ☀️💆‍♀️⁣⁣ ⁣ TO ENTER:⁣⁣ ⁣ 1. Follow @fig_face @mifaandco @erincsousa⁣ 2. Tag your bestie/sis/mom/special person with little summer LOVE!⁣ ⁣ Winner will be announced Thursday, July 2nd! GOOD LUCK! 🎉
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    HELLO SUMMER GIVEAWAY with @fig_face x @mifaandco x @erincsousa 🤍 We are welcoming summer and want to treat YOU and your special person! WIN two @fig_face facials of choice (one for each of you OR the same value in product delivered right to you!) and $100 each to FIG brand @mifaandco to slip into summer feeling GOOD! ☀️💆‍♀️⁣⁣ ⁣ TO ENTER:⁣⁣ ⁣ 1. Follow @fig_face @mifaandco @erincsousa⁣ 2. Tag your bestie/sis/mom/special person with little summer LOVE!⁣ ⁣ Winner will be announced Thursday, July 2nd! GOOD LUCK! 🎉
  • Working on her nursery helped me come to terms with the fact that she is REAL. 4 years in, getting to this point made me a very different person and it’s all for the better. It taught me patience, resilience, and compassion for others in way nothing really could! 💗 If you’re struggling, I see you out there. I see how easy it looks for everyone else. I know you are thinking “why me”. The road here didn’t look like I ever imagined but it was the timing of our life. Don’t let the past determine what is ready for you in your future 💕 My @makingbabysousa account is full of content and the real deal of IUI’s, miscarriages, IVF, and resources that are always there for you along your journey and I’m an open book for your DM’s anytime 💕 #makingbabysousa #IVFsuccess #38weeks (all sources in my BABY STUFF highlight)
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    Working on her nursery helped me come to terms with the fact that she is REAL. 4 years in, getting to this point made me a very different person and it’s all for the better. It taught me patience, resilience, and compassion for others in way nothing really could! 💗 If you’re struggling, I see you out there. I see how easy it looks for everyone else. I know you are thinking “why me”. The road here didn’t look like I ever imagined but it was the timing of our life. Don’t let the past determine what is ready for you in your future 💕 My @makingbabysousa account is full of content and the real deal of IUI’s, miscarriages, IVF, and resources that are always there for you along your journey and I’m an open book for your DM’s anytime 💕 #makingbabysousa #IVFsuccess #38weeks (all sources in my BABY STUFF highlight)
  • Baby Sousa is officially 37 weeks which is full term! I called in the big guns yesterday (the in-laws!) to help me pull the last pieces of the nursery together and I couldn’t have done it without them... we are all just SO happy and excited to welcome this little girl into the world and this nursery has been an expression of just that. All sources listed in my BABY STUFF highlight. Soooo grateful to all of YOU for your support along the way... and man, you’ve spoiled us with sweet gifts, too! Huge thanks to @1807_design for helping with the nursery design - this space is our happy place! 🤍 #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
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    Baby Sousa is officially 37 weeks which is full term! I called in the big guns yesterday (the in-laws!) to help me pull the last pieces of the nursery together and I couldn’t have done it without them... we are all just SO happy and excited to welcome this little girl into the world and this nursery has been an expression of just that. All sources listed in my BABY STUFF highlight. Soooo grateful to all of YOU for your support along the way... and man, you’ve spoiled us with sweet gifts, too! Huge thanks to @1807_design for helping with the nursery design - this space is our happy place! 🤍 #makingbabysousa #ivfsuccess
  • On November 2, 2019, I received this disturbing anonymous text message. Last week, I learned that two other women @warnermcdanielagency and @nicolette.zoric received texts from the same number on the same date that included racist and violent content. Understanding the links between the messages, I knew that I had to come forward. I cannot stay silent, living in fear.⁣ ⁣ A lot of personal reflection this past week has brought me here, to share this with you, in an effort to take a stand against racism and hate, and give support to @warnermcdanielagency and the racism she has had to deal with. I have also shared details around this message with Daily Hive (in an article you can read linked in my bio) and the police are currently investigating.⁣ ⁣ Sometimes to support and stand up for what you believe in, and to do what’s right, you have to get uncomfortable. Any discomfort that I have experienced in coming forward, is nothing compared to the overt and covert racism faced by black people each and every day. As I journey into motherhood, I will take these truths with me.⁣ ⁣ I realize that exposing you all to the harassment that I have endured may come as a shock. I have held back on disclosing more than a year's worth of this kind of hurt and more. But now is not the time to get into that, it is about focusing our attention, time and energy into an important anti-racist movement. Thank you for your support as it means the world to me.
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    On November 2, 2019, I received this disturbing anonymous text message. Last week, I learned that two other women @warnermcdanielagency and @nicolette.zoric received texts from the same number on the same date that included racist and violent content. Understanding the links between the messages, I knew that I had to come forward. I cannot stay silent, living in fear.⁣ ⁣ A lot of personal reflection this past week has brought me here, to share this with you, in an effort to take a stand against racism and hate, and give support to @warnermcdanielagency and the racism she has had to deal with. I have also shared details around this message with Daily Hive (in an article you can read linked in my bio) and the police are currently investigating.⁣ ⁣ Sometimes to support and stand up for what you believe in, and to do what’s right, you have to get uncomfortable. Any discomfort that I have experienced in coming forward, is nothing compared to the overt and covert racism faced by black people each and every day. As I journey into motherhood, I will take these truths with me.⁣ ⁣ I realize that exposing you all to the harassment that I have endured may come as a shock. I have held back on disclosing more than a year's worth of this kind of hurt and more. But now is not the time to get into that, it is about focusing our attention, time and energy into an important anti-racist movement. Thank you for your support as it means the world to me.