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The fourth trimester❤️ this was one week postp

The fourth trimester❤️ this was one week postpartum, I’m now five weeks and I literally don’t know how! Postpartum is such a time warp. I remember wishing it away with my first, and with my second I was just so angry and depressed (real talk: yes, you’re still fully postpartum if you’re baby dies, just bc he’s not here doesn’t mean it didn’t happen). So as terrified as I was going into a third postpartum, after loss, I’m happy to say this so far has been the easiest of my three experiences. I wrote a blog post today on my one month postpartum update that goes into all the nitty gritty of pregnancy and birth after loss and how I’m really doing right now mentally and physically — all the intense and big and scary emotions that come along with it and how I’m healing emotionally and physically. I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s all rainbows and butterflies. I mean it is for sure, as deliriously tired as I am I’m just as deliriously in love with this tiny human, but there’s also the hard stuff and I feel like it’s only fair to talk about it ALL✌️🧡
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Happy Small Business Saturday! When you support a

Happy Small Business Saturday! When you support a small business you’re supporting a dream✨ Thank YOU for supporting my dream — every like, comment, story view and DM supports my blogging business and every purchase from my oily biz legit makes me do a happy dance, you guys mean everything to me😭 Running a small business from home, and momming, especially in 2020, is not easy. Soothing baby while creating new content, feeding the toddler while packing welcome gifts, cooking dinner while answering emails and DMs, not to mention the pandemic which makes everything feel weird and uncertain. It takes a ton of hustle and heart and support from family and friends means literally everything! We truly can’t thank you enough🧡
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Grateful & grieving🧡 Today may have been hard a

Grateful & grieving🧡 Today may have been hard and that’s ok, it’s ok if you didn’t feel grateful. Feeling grateful when your heart is broken, when your arms are empty and when a life is missing, is really really hard. I get it, I’ve been there. That’s where I was last year on this day, two weeks after losing Liam. I wanted to cancel the holidays and it was extra triggering to see all the “grateful and blessed” posts, all the announcements also. That’s just the truth. Know that there is no right way to grieve and no right way to feel after a loss, you can appreciate what you have and mourn all you’ve lost. Feel gratitude or not. It’s all valid. Sending you guys all my love and understanding today✨ xo, christine

Happy four weeks of life on the outside my love, y

Happy four weeks of life on the outside my love, you are pure magic✨🤟 #eloraleigh

My dahlias, my other babies🌸 They grew for almo

My dahlias, my other babies🌸 They grew for almost as long as Elora grew in my belly. We planted the tubers on Mother’s Day because honestly I was drowning in grief and wanted to ignore that day at all costs. Mother’s Day was really heavy this year. I had my earthside baby who made me a mom, Luca, my entire world. We had just lost our second-born, Liam, half way through the pregnancy and had just went through the heart-wrenching due date month. And I was in the first trimester of my subsequent pregnancy aka terrified and hopeful all at once. Pregnancy after loss is, for lack of a better term, a shitstorm of emotions. I dealt with them head on, but I also threw myself into my garden this year because that’s what made me feel good. That’s what brought me joy when I needed it most. I was on my hands and knees for three hours that day planting tubers then nurtured them almost daily for the following six months. And guess what? They gave us THE most exquisite blooms, I’ve never seen dahlias as beautiful as the ones I grew this year, not exaggerating! Gardening is one of my therapies, it’s real and it truly helped me survive this year. I’ll always wish Liam were here with us, and I’ll never tell you there was meaning in his death, but in hindsight I truly think he had a hand in our unreal dahlia patch as well as his sister’s arrival. Elora was born on October 28th and just one day later, one week before Liam’s first birthday, frost hit the dahlias and ended their season. Almost like Liam saying “I’m ok mom, you’ll be ok too, it’s time to rest your heart.” I’ll always think of my babies when I grow my flowers, especially Liam. He is entrenched in so many parts of our lives and I love it, it brings comfort and peace and is a constant reminder of our love, I wouldn’t have it any other way💗

Happy due date day baby girl! We’re so lucky to

Happy due date day baby girl! We’re so lucky to have spent two whole extra weeks with you, you are the absolute sweetest💕💕

We celebrated baby brother in heaven today🧡 Thi

We celebrated baby brother in heaven today🧡 This year has held the lowest lows and highest highs for our family — we’ve grieved, we’ve loved, we’ve learned and we’ve grown. Liam James you are so loved and so missed and I still wish you didn’t have to leave us. I’ll always wish I could have all my babies earthside. We welcomed the newest Covino ten days ago and she is a literal light, but that doesn’t mean we grieve for Liam any less, her arrival doesn’t negate what we lost. They both are our children, equally a part of our family, equally loved. Luca, Liam and Elora☀️We are relieved and happy and sad and grateful all at once. To honor Liam today we sang happy birthday and ate cake, we planted spring bulbs that will bloom in April (his due date month) and decorated for Christmas. We feel good about these new traditions, they brought a lot of comfort on a hard day. Thank you for remembering Liam with us today, your thoughts, love and prayers do not go unnoticed, they mean everything to us! Happy birthday Liam💙💙

Dear body, I love you and I thank you❤️⁣⁣⠀
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It’s easy to get frustrated with your body during pregnancy and postpartum, especially postpartum after loss. But this time, my third time postpartum, I’m embracing it all — the stretching, the soreness, the squish, the weird marks and the engorged, leaking boobs.⁣⁣⠀
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I’m embracing the beauty of postpartum this time around and soaking in every moment. I got to bring my baby home😭 It’s surreal still.⁣⁣⠀
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November last year Alex and I left the hospital without our son and I didn’t think I’d survive it. I didn’t think my body could do it again.⁣⁣⠀
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But I did survive it somehow and I did have a successful post-loss pregnancy and birth. My body and my mind did it.⁣⁣⠀
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I’m not magically healed because Elora is here safe and sound now, I miss Liam everyday and that’s the way it will always be. One does not cancel out the other, all my children hold the same space in my heart.⁣⁣⠀
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I guess what I’m saying is no, everyday is not great, postpartum is not all rainbows and butterflies, but today was a good day and I’m holding on to that. I’m celebrating our beautiful new family member. And I’m celebrating the beauty of my postpartum body. My body that gives life.⁣⁣⠀
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Dear body, I love you and I thank you❤️
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“Love bears all things, believes all things, hop

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”⁣⁣⠀
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Baby Covino no. 3 was born two weeks early but right on time. Welcome to the world baby girl!!⁣⁣⠀
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💕Elora Leigh Covino💕⁣⁣⠀
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10/28/20⁣⁣⠀
8:27am⁣⁣⠀
5lb13oz⁣⁣⠀
18.5”

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The fourth trimester❤️ this was one week postp

The fourth trimester❤️ this was one week postpartum, I’m now five weeks and I literally don’t know how! Postpartum is such a time warp. I remember wishing it away with my first, and with my second I was just so angry and depressed (real talk: yes, you’re still fully postpartum if you’re baby dies, just bc he’s not here doesn’t mean it didn’t happen). So as terrified as I was going into a third postpartum, after loss, I’m happy to say this so far has been the easiest of my three experiences. I wrote a blog post today on my one month postpartum update that goes into all the nitty gritty of pregnancy and birth after loss and how I’m really doing right now mentally and physically — all the intense and big and scary emotions that come along with it and how I’m healing emotionally and physically. I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s all rainbows and butterflies. I mean it is for sure, as deliriously tired as I am I’m just as deliriously in love with this tiny human, but there’s also the hard stuff and I feel like it’s only fair to talk about it ALL✌️🧡
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Click the link in my bio✨

Happy Small Business Saturday! When you support a

Happy Small Business Saturday! When you support a small business you’re supporting a dream✨ Thank YOU for supporting my dream — every like, comment, story view and DM supports my blogging business and every purchase from my oily biz legit makes me do a happy dance, you guys mean everything to me😭 Running a small business from home, and momming, especially in 2020, is not easy. Soothing baby while creating new content, feeding the toddler while packing welcome gifts, cooking dinner while answering emails and DMs, not to mention the pandemic which makes everything feel weird and uncertain. It takes a ton of hustle and heart and support from family and friends means literally everything! We truly can’t thank you enough🧡
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Click the link in my bio for my biggest #plantjuice sale of the year, and tag your small business below so this community can support you too! Love you all🧡🤟

Grateful & grieving🧡 Today may have been hard a

Grateful & grieving🧡 Today may have been hard and that’s ok, it’s ok if you didn’t feel grateful. Feeling grateful when your heart is broken, when your arms are empty and when a life is missing, is really really hard. I get it, I’ve been there. That’s where I was last year on this day, two weeks after losing Liam. I wanted to cancel the holidays and it was extra triggering to see all the “grateful and blessed” posts, all the announcements also. That’s just the truth. Know that there is no right way to grieve and no right way to feel after a loss, you can appreciate what you have and mourn all you’ve lost. Feel gratitude or not. It’s all valid. Sending you guys all my love and understanding today✨ xo, christine

Happy four weeks of life on the outside my love, y

Happy four weeks of life on the outside my love, you are pure magic✨🤟 #eloraleigh

My dahlias, my other babies🌸 They grew for almo

My dahlias, my other babies🌸 They grew for almost as long as Elora grew in my belly. We planted the tubers on Mother’s Day because honestly I was drowning in grief and wanted to ignore that day at all costs. Mother’s Day was really heavy this year. I had my earthside baby who made me a mom, Luca, my entire world. We had just lost our second-born, Liam, half way through the pregnancy and had just went through the heart-wrenching due date month. And I was in the first trimester of my subsequent pregnancy aka terrified and hopeful all at once. Pregnancy after loss is, for lack of a better term, a shitstorm of emotions. I dealt with them head on, but I also threw myself into my garden this year because that’s what made me feel good. That’s what brought me joy when I needed it most. I was on my hands and knees for three hours that day planting tubers then nurtured them almost daily for the following six months. And guess what? They gave us THE most exquisite blooms, I’ve never seen dahlias as beautiful as the ones I grew this year, not exaggerating! Gardening is one of my therapies, it’s real and it truly helped me survive this year. I’ll always wish Liam were here with us, and I’ll never tell you there was meaning in his death, but in hindsight I truly think he had a hand in our unreal dahlia patch as well as his sister’s arrival. Elora was born on October 28th and just one day later, one week before Liam’s first birthday, frost hit the dahlias and ended their season. Almost like Liam saying “I’m ok mom, you’ll be ok too, it’s time to rest your heart.” I’ll always think of my babies when I grow my flowers, especially Liam. He is entrenched in so many parts of our lives and I love it, it brings comfort and peace and is a constant reminder of our love, I wouldn’t have it any other way💗

Happy due date day baby girl! We’re so lucky to

Happy due date day baby girl! We’re so lucky to have spent two whole extra weeks with you, you are the absolute sweetest💕💕

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