I needed this tonight.❤ feeling sadness & I feel sweetness here. I love you so dearly.

Hi Izzie <3 Sending you big squishy hugs on your birthday. How you were speaking was my experience of postpartum depression and anxiety, not to say that everything we both feel about society and matressence and motherhood isn't COMPLETELY true and accurate. Because it is, we live in a very isolating, insular society where it's considered a positive trait to be able to do everything alone, isolated and without help. But the constant barrage of negative self talk, the overwhelm, the harshness of the experience of our mind, I think sounds very much like my experience of postpartum depression and anxiety <3 If this is something you are considering I'm very happy to talk around the solutions that really worked for me, with a really quite dramatic turn around within 4-6 weeks id say xxxx Sending big love to you mama bear. Currently 7 weeks pregnant with bebe #2 and with the level of sickness I get (i think similar to your experience of pregnancy too) I feel like I'm really stepping back into the mothering portal again, *sweat* <3

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You never cease to amaze me with your authentic sensitive sharing. Your words are a beautiful message to us all to find the preciousness of where we are at. I love you dearly. 🥹

Oh Izzy this is so beautiful, thankyou for these calm minutes and the reminder to sit in devotion no matter the surrounding chaos, no matter how the devotion looks. I'm 4 weeks pregnant and my week has been so full of anxious energy, family bereavement and overwhelm. It's been a wild ride, where the parenting doesn't stop and I've felt palms sweaty and breathing shallow. I appreciate this reminder to reset our practices so much, I see that mine have lapsed too and i really feel it. I appreciate you and sending much love and light your way mama xx

Have you tried the Lil Helper cloth diapers? I’d be really curious about your opinion on them! I’m 21 weeks now and looking for cloth diaper options. Thank you for the video!!

I really loved your video, I will have a baby in August! I did a lot of research and ended up deciding on the bumbleride era stroller I also live in a super hot climate so even though I love baby wearing a stroller is amazing for us.

I loved seeing your realness, thankyou for sharing the early months so openly <3 I remember this very well! A couple of things I felt moved to share - my mama was a hard core attachment parent, to the point of burn out. At 3 months PP, when i was suffering from extreme postpartum anxiety, I hired a holistic sleep coach and she (now a dear friend of mine) told me that what I was trying to recreate and what my mama had been doing wasn't attachment parenting at all, but total Martyrdom. It was an eye opener for me, that parenting is SUCH a balance of the mamas and the babies needs, if the balance is off it's off for EVERYONE. So we started working on giving me some body space, getting naps more off body then on, having my bubba co sleep in a side sleeper instead of in the bed (only because I was anxiously waking up worrying about his breathing, not because any of us were anti co sleeping). I think the trad wife movement has A LOT to answer too, as does social media glorification where the hard, frustrating, exhausting moments aren't shared. So, I'd say, it's all a balance and it doesn't mean you're not an attachment mama if you work on off body naps so you can do your photo work without your hair being pulled <3 Your milk supply drop would have totally been around anxiety and stress of the move <3 Sending you BIG love, you're an amazing mama bear, beautiful inside and out xxx

The "Dyper" brand gave my toddler a huge rash within days after switching from pampers pure (supposedly less clean) and it also kept on leaking! I then heard that all bamboo diapers feel wet on the outside. Would not recommend

I’ve noticed with all of the “clean” diapers have a very strong chemical smell that I hated! Seventh generation was the only one that didn’t smell. I’m curious to try one of those that you recommend for this next baby! Awesome video, thank you ❤

Thankyou so much for sharing so openly Izzy, I felt the same for my pregnancy which was VERY hard and also during Covid so it was like the craziest year 2021 for me. We're trying for our second baby now and I'm so interested to see how postpartum is this time around when I've already gone through the humongous shift from maiden to mama. My last postpartum was HARDDDDD and was so filled with anxiety and fear, I loved how you shared, I resonated with it all. <3

This is soooo refreshing and totally my experience to! If you have any aussie or new zealand listeners, Comfy Koala are a family run business and super clean and eco friendly... we used those for ezzy a bunch (we're off grid and struggled to get our MCNs clean enough so he'd regularly get nappy rash). We also have tried Eco Originals which is another Aussie brand and they're VERY clean and have wipes, when we tried them the fit wasn't great but I think they've done an update and they're much better. Water Wipes from the UK are the only disposable wipes we'll use <3 I loved a stretchy wrap, linen sling baby carrier and also my ergo 360 carrier but I had a biiiig baby so I needed support for his weight from 2 months. We did the same thing and didn't get a stroller until later on, i think at 6 months ish. We got a second hand Mountain Buggy (the ones with the 3 wheels, cross country style) and that's been great up until he's been 3 years old. I remember getting a second hand bouncer at one point from a friend but it had its moment only really from 2-6 months so I'd recommend borrowing or even hiring one as it's so short lived. We also didn't do the sound machine or the swaddles, binkies, though ezzy did take a bottle with some persistence and we chose some glass ones with natural rubber teets. <3 Really they need you, which is often points the hardest thing for most mamas because we're in a society where we can't just zone in to our babies and be their everything because society expects us to be everything for everyone! (Grrr!) <3 Village of mamas needed xxx

Ouph Izzy, I feel this deeply. The body stuff has been my continual journey since 12-13 years old. I was actually grateful to have a boy as my first bubba because I didn't want to pass on this multi-generational body stuff that I see so clearly in my granny, in my sweet mama and in me and my 4 sisters. Going through pregnancy, being SO sick and being 20kg heavier than I was used to and then the postpartum experience of being in a body i didn't even recognise AT ALL, I feel like I've learnt so much but I still am working on this. I'm always looking back at photos thinking I wish i looked like that and why didnt I know. I so relate to all you shared. I'm calling down my next little one and I'm feeling my girl coming and this is all seriously at the forefront of my mind. I'm DETERMINED. Would love to hear more on any solutions, work you've found in this area that is supporting you to move through this big stuff xxx

Hey lovely, it's been beautiful to find you on here <3 Congrats on your wee one! I had a homebirth with my 'little guy', 72 hr labour, 4.8kg baby <3 Lots of purging and total exhaustion and pain throughout, it was SO intense. I had been to 3 of my mamas homebirths with my much younger sisters and they were nothing like my birth! I also was super sick up until 20 weeks from week 5 of pregnancy, its the closest to chronic illness ive ever experienced, wow. So many connections with your experience. I'm sending you big love from australia xxx

That poem is very well written and beautiful!

You’re so cute, can’t wait to see you. This was the perfect video to watch in the bathtub before bed.😄🙂

Izzy! It’s McKenzie Hendershot (Lewis)! Congratulations! Loved watching your birth story. I had my last baby at home, it was the best labor and delivery out of 4 births. Glad to see you are doing well! ❤

I loved all your intentions and thoughts in this video <3

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congratulations on your beautiful little one. ❤ you have such a beautiful soul that omits from even just your videos. i just found you on here! a happy accident. my only son just turned 3 on january 30th. i know it’s cliche, but please soak up every little moment. the best advice i can give is to stay as present as you can in every moment. be gentle to yourself , and in turn you will be gentle with them. mothers are goddesses. ✨ good luck to your beautiful family. sending you all the love and light.

I loved watching this so much. I'm in moon time and feeling the sweetness of your transition.❤🩸🌑🐺🌹

You're so precious. I love you and baby. I always shed a tear with your videos.🥹

Thank you for this beautiful video 🌼💛 Goodebumps and tears in my eyes

I'm literally crying, curled up in my bed as I listen to the crickets outside in my moon time, watching this...🥹 this is so special...

So very beautiful, so touching. Bowing to your grace Mā

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🥲🥲 I LOVED this. So beautiful.

You're sweet

Beautiful video ❤ thank you for inspiring my soul

Love this! 🤍🤍

You made it ❤

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That is beautiful

Thank you!! I’m excited to see what it becomes too (:

First comment!And I cant wait to see what will be created to!

The painting...😍

Loving you and your awareness.❤

I love this.❤️

The Witness.. Full body chills the entire time you read that. Wow. You sharing your light is such a gift

Thank you for sharing so much truth. New inspiration to make some art today ❤

So beautiful. Loved reliving the retreat through those clips 🥹❤️❤️❤️

i love this sis 💓

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Great song. Great quote 👍🏻

I love your themes lately with return to self. It's so fun to feel the wholeness of your journey. ❤️