oh, baby!🤰🏻👶🏻👶🏻 (...or BABIES?!)
a 41-minute podcast reflecting on all of it ✨
First off, happy Mother’s Day! I know this day can hold a lot of emotions (from beautiful to difficult and everywhere in-between) so just know I am sending love your way, whatever you’re feeling 🌸
And, I’ll be honest, I really don’t know how to ease into this post…
because I am bursting at the seams to tell you that I am pregnant!
…with TWINS.
(Yes, really.)
It feels crazy to even type. While I did have such a weird gut intuition that it was twins this entire pregnancy (but more on that later…), I still feel a bit of disbelief as I type that.
Like, I, Kate Eskuri, am going to be a twin mom. 👶🏻👶🏻 What a unique club to join!
Adam and I are so thrilled about these two littles ones joining our family.
Even with this pregnancy being very much planned, finding out that there are TWO babies will always be such a crazy, miraculous, awe-striking, worry-inducing, joy-filled, stressful, beautiful, surprising thing! Like, we are genuinely so excited *and* have moments of overwhelm at the fact that life is about to be verryyy fast-paced (3 kids at or under 2 years old!), but yet… it all just feels right.
Do we have it allllll figured out? No, of course not.
Is life about to be quite hectic? You bet.
Has this pregnancy been physically one of the hardest times of my life? In fact, it has.
✨ But yet… I feel a peace. A steadiness. A grace. 😌 I am meant to be the mother to these two babies. I feel that so surely. It’s hard to describe, but I am very at peace with it all.
And before I get too far into it, I just want to say I COMPLETELY understand if this is a sensitive or hard topic for any of you & you need to protect your peace when I share pregnancy things. 🕊
We all come from different perspectives, histories, and experiences with pregnancy, fertility, miscarriage, raising kids, infant loss, parenting, etc., and your perspective and emotions are 100% valid. I *completely* understand if you need to distance yourself as I share this pregnancy. If so, please reply to this email and I can help you “opt out” specifically of my motherhood & pregnancy content (you can still receive everything else, if you’d like!).
Whatever best serves YOU and your energy, and I mean that sincerely! I am truly sending love to you, my friend — WHEREVER you are on your journey. 🤍
So, for now, I wanted to keep it brief & just share the general news in the intro, but I’ll share wayyyy more specifics below in this email for those who are interested…
Adam and I are so honored to welcome TWO more children into our family. Wow. 🥹 It’s all so wild & beautiful, and it feels so dang good to finally share the news with you!
Xx,
All of that being said, let’s dive into this Sunday’s R.E.S.E.T. and share some of what I’ve been thinking about, processing, and loving lately.
There’s some depth, some lightness, and more behind-the-scenes of this pregnancy. Thanks for being here for the professional, the personal, and everything in between. Let’s get into it!
…A few things that have made me smile on the internet
I’ve got another lighthearted roundup of links for you today! I pride myself on finding positive, comforting content on the internet (no small feat IMO!!!) and here are a few things I’ve bookmarked for you to enjoy:
🕊️An affirmation for the anxious soul: mmmm, I often need this reminder.
🧑🧑🧒 I’ve never related to anything more as a parent: is this a “parenting style”? Because yes.
🏡 A home tour from the amazing Molly Baz: love the use of color!
📲 The sweetest text a dad sent his kids: this is my kind of love note
👧🏻 A reminder to my younger self: forever chasing this.
💪🏼 Motivation for healthy habits: it’s an investment in your future
…How I’m feeling about becoming a twin mom 🥰🥳🤪☺️😅😍
Let’s just say, I have an LOT of thoughts. So, I sat down at the mic to record a 41-minute podcast full of allllll my initial thoughts on finding out we are having twins (!) and my pregnancy experience thus far.
In this recording, I share… the moment we found out we were pregnant, my experience with hyperemesis gravidarum this pregnancy (one of the hardest physical things I have ever gone through…), the many gut instincts and signs and dreams I had that convinced me it was twins early on (yes, really), how this pregnancy has challenged me physically and mentally (prepare for a few tears), and beyond…