Moms, Let’s Be Real

Sherry gives Ashley a general knowledge pregnancy test! The results are absolutely hilarious! This was meant to see how much Ashley knew about pregnancy and needless to say...it's very little! Ashley is a great friend and we love her so much!

Today Sherry talks about 3 mommy vloggers that she really enjoys! She talks about The Braniff Family from North Carolina, made up of CR, Angela, Kennedy, Shelby, Jonah, Noah, Rosie, Ivy, Amelia, and Benjamin. They are a blended family of biological kids and adopted kids. They chose domestic adoption, international adoption, and embryo adoption! They are an amazing Christian family that homeschools they kids and lives on a farm! They have wonderful children and are just an amazing family to watch. You can find them on Youtube and Instagram at This Gathered Nest. Then she talks about The Swannie Family, made up of Justin, Rachelle, Brynn, Emma, Reuben and Asher. Rachelle is very open about the couples struggle with infertility and the loss of their first born Brynn at 20 weeks. Since her passing they have successfully transferred, through IVF, 3 more children, Emma (2 years old), and Reuben and Asher (twins about 6 months old). It's wonderful to see such a young couple be so open and honest about their struggles with fertility so that maybe other women or couples going through it will have somewhere to feel some sense of belonging. you can find them on Youtube at Rachelle and Justin and on Instagram at Rachelleswannie and Justinswannie. And finally Sherry talks about The Leach Family, however specifically Brittani (the mom) and Crew (the youngest child). In September of 2019 Crew was born and in December of 2019 Crew suddenly and tragically passed away. This story took social media by storm. Since his passing the hashtag #kindnessforcrew has erupted around the world with people doing random acts of kindness in his name to help spread his story. This story was absolutely heart breaking and the internet came together to help support Brittani in this distressing time. However, the small pocket of the internet reared its ugly head and had to say some horrible things to her. I hope we can all remember that saying our mothers taught us as children, "If you don't have anything nice to say dont't say anything at all." You can find Brittani on Youtube at Brittani Boren Leach and also on Instagram at brittaniborenleach.

In this episode, Sherry and Ashley get real when talking about their period! Every month the crimson wave hits and boy does it smack you down! The cramps, the bloating, the hormones, fatigue, and all that comes with it! They talk about the pink tax and how feminine products should be free to all! They did a little research into when modern feminine products were made and how women in the old days dealt with their period! As women we all bleed eventually and let's get out of the habit of feeling shame for it!

In today's episode we talk about things related to the controversial CSection! Why Sherry chose to have one right from the start, how she prepared herself for it, and how she recovered.

Ashley comes on the podcast to talk about her experience with dating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rules of engagement are drastically different in the world of dating now that restaurants, movie theaters, theme parks, and other popular date destinations are closed along with mandated mask wearing and social distancing. The world of online dating and dating apps is more important now than ever before. After using multiple dating apps, Ashley has finally found a new beau, Mr. C, and she talks about how it all went down.

Meeting with her doctor, Sherry discussed why she wanted to have her hysterectomy so young. There were many factors from rupturing ovarian cysts, still having a fibroid in her uterus, health insurance, as well as having an amazing doctor whom she trusted to do the surgery. They dicussed to procedure, rcovery time, and how long the wait to get the surgery would be. Overall, it was a very good visit.

After a slightly complicated pregnancy and rupturing quite a few ovarian cysts, Sherry has decided that it's time for a hysterectomy. Let's follow her through this process.

Sherry shares with us what it was like struggling with fertility for many years. She shares how it felt to learn she was finally pregnant and what it was like being pregnant and suffering from hyperemisis. She talks about advocating for herself in regards to her delivery method and how her C-section went.

This is an introduction to this podcast, who I am and what we want to do with this community! Moms, let's talk about the real parts about being a mom! It's not all sunshine a daisies so let's stop pretending it is!