The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast - Lauryn’s Take On Pregnancy: Routines, Sex, Gaining Weight, Supplements, No Alcohol, & More

Episode Date: November 19, 2019

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are bringing you along for the ride. Get ready for some major realness. Welcome to the Skinny Confidential, him and her. Welcome back to the Skinny Confidential, him and her. Well, today it's just her. It's just me. You have me solo. Michael is not here because I am giving a pregnancy update. Now, if you're not pregnant or you've never been pregnant, I feel like maybe this isn't the episode for you. I don't want to

overwhelm you with every single detail, but if you are pregnant or you have kids, maybe this is relatable because we're going to get into sort of every aspect of my pregnancy and my journey and how it's been. I feel like I've done a blog recap, but I haven't really gotten into specifics. And the mic is the perfect place to do that. And lucky Taylor, because his mic is hot too. So he might chime in with his pregnancy questions. I know, Taylor, you probably have a few interesting ones. I'm sure I'll jump in and think of one here or there. I'm sure you will too. I'm sure you can't wait to hear how the sex is when you're pregnant. Anyways, so that's what you can expect from this episode. We're going to talk about everything

from my baby shower to my morning routine when I'm pregnant to nighttime routine. That's changed a lot to gaining weight, to no wine, to sex, to what I'm eating, to supplements, exercise, nursery prep, my back, the works. So hopefully, like I said, if you are pregnant, this episode inspires you. Maybe you're trying to get pregnant. Maybe this episode is relevant. And again, if you're not a mom or soon to be mom, I apologize. Maybe go listen to the Jordan Belfort episode, huh, Taylor? I can't wait for part two when he comes back on. Yeah, that's one of my favorites. All right. So first, the baby shower. If you guys didn't see the baby shower and you need more context of what I'm about to talk about, you can go on my Instagram

and there's a highlight that says baby shower and it's a whole breakdown. I was so detail oriented when it came to my baby shower. I just really wanted what was in my head. I had this vision of how I want it executed and I couldn't sleep unless it was executed. I feel like once I get attached to a vision, I have to like have the vision come to life. So I decided that I wanted to do an alligator themed baby shower. And the theme of alligators came from Patricia from Southern Charm. She threw this major party on the show and there was alligators everywhere, all over the table, humping and doggy style. And then I wanted to implement my own touch which was pastels. I'm starting to flow my Instagram towards more of a pastel-y look so it was perfect to use the baby shower as a transition on my feed and if you think that's psycho I'm well aware. So I obviously messaged Patricia and I told her what

I was going to do and she offered to send me all of her alligators which was amazing and so we used her alligators and then we also ordered a bunch of alligators, which was amazing. And so we used her alligators. And then we also ordered a bunch of alligators and spray painted them in different pastel colors to decorate the entire shower. So that was like the foundation was the pastel alligators. So think like lilac, baby teal, a little bit of yellow, like a light yellow, though, not a mustard yellow, and then a baby pink, lots of white, bright. We did it at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which is where I did my announcement shoot. We recreated Faye Dunaway's iconic post-Oscar moment in front of the pool. And so I thought having the shower at the hotel was just

like continuing the story. And then we just did pastels everywhere. It was like pastel flowers, petals, LA, shout out. They're amazing. And then we really worked with Encore Events. And if you guys are throwing a party and you're in Southern California, Brittany is the fucking best. Let me tell you, she's at Encore Events 90210 on Instagram. And I found her through one of Kylie Jenner's friends. And she had created this like ballerina baby shower for this girl. And I thought, okay, this girl can bring my vision to life. And Britney

just like did every little detail exactly how I wanted it, which is rare because I feel like sometimes I'm not the best communicator of what I want in my head. And she just, when I walked in, it was just absolutely perfect. There was these huge, large pastel balloons everywhere. We had pastel cocktails with cotton candy in them. There was manservants wearing pastels. You can see the whole thing on my Instagram story. I'm also putting up a blog post. You can Google the skinny confidential baby shower so you can see visuals. I feel like that's easier. The invites, really important. This was like telling everyone the theme without telling them. They were these alligator invites and they were dark green and they had a pink font, pink envelope, pink marble. So you didn't know if it was a girl or

a boy. It kept you guessing. And we went through bliss and bone. They also did my wedding invites. They are major if you guys are looking for invites. So no one knew the gender and they got there. And the way we told them is we had half the manservants wear pastel green and half the manservants wear pink. And then when everyone was nice and toasty because I wanted no games, boys, co-ed, the whole thing, no opening presents. When everyone was toasty and buzzed, just how I like it, I had them come out to girls just want to have fun and they had all switched to pink outfits Taylor did you like that moment I did I like the way that they

came out I missed the the other them wearing the other colors so I only saw them wearing the pink but I also knew so I guess that doesn't really I think I was a little bit biased on what I was paying attention to because I already thought that everybody knew. I accidentally slipped. No, no one knew. Only my sister Faye knew and Michael knew obviously. And so they came out, they, we did girls just want to have fun. They had pink everything, pink cotton candy, pink stereo, pink phone, pink rosé. And then there were these huge signs that said Michael's so fucked. Nice little fun touch. And we found these pictures of Michael dressed as an alligator when he was three. So we blew those up and they were dancing and it was like Bagatelle in south of France, but not in

south of France at the Beverly Hills Hotel. So yeah, the whole party was very fun. I recapped it on the blog and I just thought I would just give like a shout out to the people that helped me bring it together before we got into this episode. Okay. So that was the baby shower. Now let's switch it up to morning routines and we're going to go into nighttime routines and gaining weight and all that stuff too. Morning routines. This has obviously changed since I have been pregnant. It still starts very slow and methodical, like I always like a morning routine because I don't want to throw myself into the day and up my cortisol immediately the second I wake up. But there's also little tiny different things I do because to be honest, it's harder to get around. Everything that used to not be overwhelming is more overwhelming. So I wake up

at seven hopping out of bed. Everyone says they're tired when they're pregnant. I am hopping out of bed. I think it's because I drink wine like three to four nights a week. And so maybe the wine made me tired in the morning because normally I used to wake up at 730. That's what it could be, huh, Taylor? I've gotten my eight and a half hours of sleep. It's seven. I open the blinds, like always make the bed, do all you guys know. I do light movement hydration. And then I make this sports tea. And this is an electrolyte ginseng vitamin C tea.

This is a tea that's super nostalgic. I've had it since I was literally 10 years old. There was this bagel shop by my house that I used to walk to after a dance class. And I would have this tea and it's just like this amazing, nourishing, hydrating tea. And for some reason, when I got pregnant, my body started craving it. It was so weird. It's just full of electrolytes. I think that's why I think my body wanted electrolytes. And I've tried to do that my whole pregnancy, which is like just really listen to my body and be in tune with my body. So anyway, I ordered a whole bunch of this tea. It's sports tea. You can find it on my blog. I think it's like you just Google the skinny confidential best ice tea and it will pop up and it's totally safe. And I make a huge pitcher of it and I have it in my

refrigerator freezing cold so I can just pour it in my hydro flask with lots of ice. So I do that and then water with lemon. And I'm really, really thirsty right now. And I guess that has something to do, again, with the baby. I don't know the scientific reason. You could look it up. But I'm really thirsty. So I do a bunch of water and a bunch of iced tea and like make sure my house is in order

because I'm I'm kind of I know this is so basic, but like I'm nesting, I think, because my house is like so organized. Everything's like down to a T, like labels facing out like crazy, which is I know going to change when the baby comes. But I have my essential oils on. I have really relaxing like French jazz on. And I make those two hydro flasks. And then I go to Pilates. And I like to walk to Pilates because I like to get that movement in. We're going to get into that.

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one of your team members to Skillshare, that's a fun thought too. I did that. I know Taylor's picked up so many skills. He's really, really helped me refine, like I said, my distribution. So one of the specific classes that I went with, if you want to go and search, is the Photoshop Essentials Training Course. Go search that. You'll love it. So many benefits if you're creative and just all around very easy, seamless process with Skillshare. Join the millions of students already learning on Skillshare and get two months free when you sign up at skillshare.com slash TSC. That's two whole months of unlimited access to thousands of classes for free guys. Wild. Get started today by heading to Skillshare.com

slash TSC to sign up. That's Skillshare.com slash TSC. Okay. Back to pregnancy. Now this is kind of different. So before I became pregnant, I was doing strength training and a lot of TSC body and some, you know, heavy paced walking. And when I walked to Pilates now, it's much more mellow. So I'm much more zenned out. I have really comfortable shoes on. I just got custom orthotics because my back was bothering me. So I'll listen to a podcast, usually Lewis Howes, Ed Milet, Rachel Hollis. Oh my God, there's so many good ones. Just something to get my mind stimulated.

And if you noticed at this point, I still have not checked my phone. I don't wanna check my phone in the morning. I feel so much more anxious when I check my phone. So I'm still doing that practice. And so I walk to Pilates, it's like 15 minutes away and I do Pilates. And Pilates has been such a game changer

since I've become pregnant. It's lengthening me. I feel tighter, which is weird because I've gained weight, but it feels like tight weight. Does that make sense, Taylor? Yeah. Like my body feels tight. When I first got pregnant, I was like stuffing my face and we'll get into that. And then I was I said, wait, wait a minute.

I'm not eating for two. OK, so Lauren put down the cinnamon buns. So I did after a month of eating too much. And now that I'm doing Pilates six days a week, I just feel longer. I feel taller. I feel I feel if I wasn't doing Pilates, I wouldn't feel this tight pregnant, if that makes sense. So the girl I do Pilates with has really good energy. And I was really thoughtful about who I was going to spend six days a week with doing

Pilates. Like it needs to be the right energy. Farrah, who came on our podcast, you know her, she recommended this woman to me and she's just been really soothing for me the entire pregnancy. I know that sounds weird, but I'm really a big believer in the energy that you're around the baby picks up on. So any energy that you're feeling, like I feel like it transfers to the baby. So if I'm going to work out fucking six days a week and I'm going to be somewhere for an hour of those six days, it needs to be the right energy. I don't want to be around toxic energy. I don't want my

cortisol up. I don't want screaming music. I want Zen vibes and I want to get a good workout. So I do Pilates and then I walk home. And again, I listened to a podcast. I just like take my cortisol down like Zen. Then I come home and I start to make breakfast. And for breakfast, I've been doing a lot of fruit. Kenzie Burke inspired me to start my day with a lot of fruit. And I feel like that gets things moving. So I've been doing like mango, gooseberries, berries, pineapple, kiwi, just a big bowl of fruit. And then at the same time, I'll simultaneously order a green smoothie or make a green smoothie. And that you guys I've talked about a lot of times. It has iron in it. It has magnesium in it. Things that I need when I'm pregnant. It has kale,

spinach, lemon, ginger, like a green powder and berries, sometimes half a banana. And I just feel like it's getting the baby all the nutrients right away. And if we're going to get specific, I like to drink it in a certain glass and I like to drink it with a softy straw because it's like no BPA. And again, this could just be me being nutty because I'm dead sober and I'm just being extra psycho, but I just like having it with my certain cup and my softy straw. So after I have a drink in my smoothie, I usually start making my list of seven things that I need to do. And that's the Ivy Lee method. We've talked about this before. You can listen to the productivity podcast for details. And I go into my day and how my day is different now is it's slower.

It's I don't cram as much in and I try to walk more, but not like a fast paced walk. Just just I try to move my body as much as I can because I've noticed that I feel better when I move. There's been like a couple of days that I've sat on the couch and done nothing and I noticed my back hurts more. So the movement is really key. And again, the sports tea, I've just been drinking it throughout the day. I think the electrolytes have really helped too. You should note that if we're talking about supplements here, I do take ritual prenatal and I've discussed this on my Instagram before. I've talked to a lot of health and wellness experts and they all recommended ritual.

And then I obviously did my own research after taking the normal ritual. And I like their prenatal. And then since we're just on the supplement topic, I try to drink at least a gallon of water. I try to drink a lot of water. We already talked about that. I like to get my protein usually from eggs. So if you're like, where are you getting your protein? It's usually with eggs.

And then I also try to do in the morning, this thing called Floradex, and I'll put it on the blog. It's an iron supplement. So I'll do a little bit of that. And then I have these tinctures of stuff that I've looked into. So it's a little bit of iron. It's called yellow dock. I'll put this on the blog too. I'll do a whole post on it. So you can just Google the Skinny Confidential Pregnancy Supplements. And then I'll do like a fish oil and I do three beef liver capsules. And this is a little bit more iron. And then later at night, I like to do like a calm magnesium. The magnesium is really important for the baby. And then there's this other tincture that I like to put in my tea called oat straw. Before we get into that, let's discuss prenatals. We discussed them a little bit in this episode, but let's get super detailed. So obviously you

guys know I've been taking Ritual for the last year and a half. It has been a staple every single day, something I put next to my tongue cleaner. But then when I found out I was pregnant, I switched to the prenatal. I'm kind of into the prenatal, like even if I wasn't pregnant though, because I feel like my nails and hair are ridiculous, but that's a whole different story. Taylor, if you're listening and you want to grow your hair, try the prenatal. Anyway, for those of you who are thinking about it, trying, expecting, you got to try Ritual Essential Prenatal. It's conceived to deliver the essential nutrients. It has DHA.

So we want the DHA. I've read a lot about this to the folate. Folate's another important thing. And it's basically what you need at every stage of thinking about getting pregnant or trying to get pregnant or, like I said, expecting. Obviously, if you're pregnant, you're going to be an obsessive label reader like me. So you can go on the site and you can see everything laid out. Everything's very streamlined. They have vegan friendly, sugar free, non-GMO, gluten free, allergen free ingredients, which we all want. Another thing that I like about

Ritual personally is it saves you time. Ritual is delivered straight to your door. So it's a super easy subscription to start. You can also stop it at any time you want, but I'm telling you, you're not going to want to stop it because it's one of those things that you'll just seamlessly implement into your daily routine. You should also know that ritual is essential for women. So the one that I was taking for a year and a half is like a minty peppermint flavor where the prenatal is lemony. So So I mean, there's nothing I like better than lemon and mint. You can't go wrong here. Better health doesn't happen overnight. And right now Ritual is offering all skinny confidential him and her listeners 10% off during your first

three months. So fill in the gaps in your diet with Essential for Women or the Ritual Essential Prenatal. It's a small step that helps support a healthy foundation for your body. Simply visit ritual.com slash skinny to start your ritual today. That's 10% off during your first three months at ritual.com slash skinny. All right, let's get back into the pregnancy episode. So those are a couple of things that I've been doing, and I know that sounds maybe overwhelming. So I am going to do a blog post on linking everything and explaining why I do those. But I do do some tinctures. I do my prenatal, my fish oil, my prebiotic, which is my inulin. I still put in my coffee, which I drink 200 milligrams a day. That was approved by my doctor. So the pregnancy police can suck Taylor's nipple or I do matcha. I listen to my body. Like if I have 200 milligrams of

caffeine in front of me and I don't say I'm going to drink all of this every day. I say I'm going to drink what I want to drink. And sometimes that's two sips and sometimes it's the whole 200 milligrams. And sometimes I'm like, let's do a fucking plot twist. And I switch to matcha. I really just listen to my body and my body tells me yes or no. So like I said, those are my supplements. Okay, quickly night routine. And then we're going to go into gaining weight. Night routine is very different than before I became pregnant because there's no socializing at night.

I'm not a big fan of doing dinner because I get too tired and I'm in bed at like 830, sometimes nine. Turn my salt rock lamp on. We have ocean noise, white noise machine obsessed with that. If you don't have one, you need one. I'm putting one in the baby's room and a lot of reading. I've been reading so much since I'd become pregnant because I'm in bed so early and I'm usually asleep by like nine 30, 10. My, my lights are out. I use this specific long worm pregnancy pillow. And again, anything I talk about, it's on the blog. So if you just Google the skinny confidential pregnancy pillow, you can see a visual. It's this long wiener and that's on my side of the bed. And then I have like barefoot dreams, my silk pillowcase. My sleeping routine is like down to a T.

I've really optimized it because I am in bed more now. And I like to sleep butt naked. Taylor, don't pop a boner. But I do because I just want to let everything hang out like an old sow. You when you're pregnant and you have to wear bras, they can be so uncomfortable. So to just let everything hang out is ideal. Sometimes I'll do a silk robe, but most of the time I'm just letting it hang out and I'll dim the lights. I'm making a mood in the bed. The dogs love that I go to bed early and I will always in the night

with cereal. I'm obsessed with this cereal. It's called Barber's Multigain Cereal and it's non-GMO. It's this delicious, crunchy cereal that's not too sweet. It's kind of like a non-GMO version of life cereal. And then I do Malk, M-A-L-K, almond milk in it. And it's so good. I do blueberries too. It's just like the best way to

in the night. It's probably not the smartest thing in the world to have carbs right before I go to bed, but that's what my body's craving. And I don't know if it has to do with the folic acid in cereal, but that's, that's what I want. I want cereal and I want it pretty much five nights a week. So I, in the night with cereal and then I brush my teeth and I read my book and I am lights out, dead asleep. And then I wake up like three times to pee. But that's a different story. You have to pee like every minute. Poor Michael, he wakes up when I literally breathe too loud. So he has to wake up three times a night. Someone told me, and I don't know if this is true, but your body is prepping you to have to wake up in the middle of the night. Someone told me, and this, I don't know if this is true, but your body is

prepping you to have to wake up in the middle of the night. So that's why you constantly are waking up. And so if I wake up, I have my phone on airplane mode because I don't even want to look at social media. I will read. And some books that I'm reading are Belly Laughs by Jenny McCartney. Good one. Idiot. There's a book called Idiot. Not one. Idiot. There's a book called Idiot, not Jenny's an idiot. There's a book called Idiot that I just read. That's an autobiography. I'm reading some books on the Kennedys, which is like one of my favorite topics. A lot of different ones. I just read Troublemaker, which is about Scientology, Demi Moore, Inside Out, The Life of John F. Kennedy, America's Reluctant Prince, Mom Truths, and To Catch and Kill. So those are some books that I have been reading right now. And my latest is I just downloaded one about Carrie Fisher's life.

So I am just immersing myself in reading. I'm a huge autobiography fan, not a big business book fan when I'm when I'm in bed and like just want to be cozy and relax. So and I feel like the autobiographies for some reason just get my cortisol down, which you're trying to do when you're sleeping. Anyway, so that's my nighttime routine. Now let's talk about gaining weight because this is a subject that was intriguing to me. I feel like not a lot of women, and I could be wrong because I haven't been consuming pregnancy content before I got pregnant, talk about gaining weight. And this is wild to me because I feel, am I unique that I think it's difficult to gain weight. I don't know. Now, I also think that some people think that you can't simultaneously be super happy and grateful that you're pregnant,

but also be like, fuck, this is a lot of weight to gain in a couple months. I don't think that the feelings are any like I think you can totally have different feelings about something. I don't think that the feelings are any like I think you can totally have different feelings about something. I don't think they have to be the same feeling like I'm so grateful I'm pregnant. I'm so excited. I can't wait to meet my daughter. But also the gaining weight thing has been really difficult. And it's the thing is for me is it's not just in my stomach. Like I feel like my ass has widened.

My legs have widened and nothing fits. Everything's uncomfortable. You have to be, I haven't really gone into too many maternity clothes, but everything I've had to order has been larger. You just kind of feel like, I said it earlier, I feel like a sow. Taylor, do you know what a sow is? I have no clue to be honest. I've never even heard the word. It's like a pig that's like on her side. Kind of like a cow. You know when they, is it

when they lay on the side and all the little babies are sucking on the mama's teeth? Yeah. And you're like nipples change because your boobs get big. It's just a lot of change in your body in a short period of time. And so I think if you like, you know, before I got pregnant, when I would gain weight, it would be like slow. Now, when you're pregnant, it happens all at once. And you're like, fuck, this is a lot. And you start to stress like, am I going to be able to get this off? Should I not have eaten that full loaf of sourdough last night and two cinnamon rolls, which happened to me this weekend. And it gives you anxiety. At least that's how my experience has been. So the weight gain has been interesting. And what I've tried to do is just really not give it too much energy. But at the

same time, I think that it's important to use my platform to really talk about what I'm going through. And one of those things is, fuck, it sucks to gain a lot of weight at once. And that's just being real with you guys. Another thing I realized early on is that I told you this earlier that I was not eating for two. Okay. I thought for the first month I was eating for two and I kind of gave myself excuses. And then real quickly, I snapped myself back into reality and was like, I'm not eating for two. I need to eat really healthy. Everything I put into my body is going to the baby. So I need to make smarter choices. And if I want to indulge, that's fine. But I need to like check off the smarter choices of my list, which is why a smoothie for me has been great because I don't

fucking feel like sitting down eating a green salad. Honestly, that sounds gross. Fish sounds gross. Like all these things that I used to crave salad. Honestly, that sounds gross. Fish sounds gross. Like all these things that I used to crave before I was pregnant that were healthy, I'm not craving now. So the smoothie is efficient because I can just drink it down and I'm like, OK, I can check that off my list. But yeah, I mean, all I want right now, to be honest with you, is like carbs, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sourdough, cinnamon buns. Thank God I haven't

gotten into a fast food craving. I'm grateful for that. Like I tried a bite of In-N-Out and it grossed me out. I don't know if it had to do with the meat. So anyway, I'm trying to be mindful about my choices when it comes to what the nutrients that the baby's getting. And then if I can check all those nutrients off my list, like I'm going to have a probably a piece of sourdough and let's hope that it's raw fermented sourdough from the farmer's market, but sometimes it's not. So again, I'm listening to my body. I'm starting to work on a plan for how I want to lose the weight after the baby comes, but I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself because I think upping my cortisol with that would make it harder to lose weight. So that's that. Wait, quick break. We are going to talk about JustFab. So seasonal trends come and go. I mean,

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receive exclusive fun discounts and the inside scoop about collections that have not been released yet. Go to justfab.com slash skinny. Terms and conditions do apply. And now it's time to get back to the show. A lot of questions on if I'm going to breastfeed. I don't know because I've never, ever, ever been pregnant before and I've never had a baby before. So I'm the type of person that wants to go in with my blinders on and see, you know, what my own experience is. I don't want to base what I'm going to do on what everyone else does or what everyone else says I should do. I'm going to go into it with an open mind and see what happens. So I have no fucking clue what I'm going to do when the baby comes. We'll have to see. And I, and just like, by the way, by the way, I am surprised at how the culture is about breastfeeding. I don't know why

anyone would care what anyone else does with their body. I think that that is everyone's own prerogative and choice. And if you want to breastfeed or you don't want to breastfeed, that's you. You do you. So if the pregnancy police want to come for me for breastfeeding, come and get me. I'm here. But I don't know. I just feel like if you're concerned about what people are doing with their body, other people, and you need to get busy. I would like to see it because I guarantee you that she will not go quietly. No, I just think that like you're wasting your energy towards what someone else is doing. Um, when you're worried about, you know, if someone's breastfeeding or not,

it's time to get busy. You would, they would have to drag you kicking and screaming. No, I'm going to do what I want. And I think everyone else should do what they want. So another thing that's been hard is no alcohol. No alcohol has been hard. I mean, it's not that I want to have a drink every night. It's more like when you go out to a social event, you want a glass of wine.

When you go to a Mexican restaurant, a skinny margarita sounds good with chips and salsa. When it's Halloween, you want some champagne. You know what I mean? So I miss alcohol. Again, not every night. I was drinking like three to four times a week, sometimes less, sometimes once a week. But the point is, is to have that choice to be able to have a ice cold martini when I'm out with a friend and now just be like, no, has been difficult. And some people have said, well, you can have a glass of wine when you're pregnant. There's something about it that my body just doesn't want to do that when I'm pregnant. I can't explain it. My intuition's just like, no, thanks. So I think that I would compare it to blowing, like taking a drag of a cigarette and blowing

it into my dog's face. I just don't want to do that. Even if I want it, like one side of my brain wants it because I'm at a social event. I just don't feel the need. Everyone's different here. I know a lot of women that have glasses of wine all the time when they're pregnant and I have no judgment. Again, you do you.

But for me, alcohol has been off the table and I cannot wait to have my first sip of champagne. Sex. Taylor, don't get all excited. Sex when you're pregnant is interesting. You don't really want to go on top because, Taylor, can you imagine that? Like, can you imagine that? Yeah, that would be a little bit difficult. Yeah, well, also, like, I think for the man to see the stomach bouncing in front of them, it

makes them think of the baby, you know, like when Michael asked me if his penis was going to touch the baby's head. That's a real question that he asked me. So I had to explain things to him. A dog is a good position off the bed. It's a good position. Missionary is not great because you don't want pressure on you. You know what I mean? Can you even do that? I mean, you'd miss

those deep thrusts. No, I don't. I don't. What? Because the belly would prevent, you know, it wouldn't be, I guess it would be. Maybe you should go have sex with a pregnant person and let us know. It would be a little acrobatic. Let us know how that goes. Yeah. I mean, missionary is kind of boring anyways, so I'm not, I'm not missing missionary, but sex when you're pregnant is interesting. It's, it's not like the sexiest thing, you know, you don't feel my, I feel sexy if that makes sense, like with my pregnant stomach and I feel sultry and feminine, but at the same time, I'm not, I don't feel like my body's looking the hottest it's ever

looked. You know what I mean? So yeah, I'll have sex cause I want to, I mean, I love sex and I want to satisfy my husband, but it's, it's not my favorite moment in time of our sexual experience. If that makes sense. Taylor, is that covering it for you? I mean, I guarantee you there's a huge demographic of people that fucking love preggo sex. Yeah. You know, like, oh, that's it. They're like, oh, no, I only if the girl's not pregnant, it just doesn't do it for me. So if you're one of those people, I feel like that's you. Yeah, no, definitely not. What I'm eating. We've talked about that. We talked about supplements. We talked about exercise, nursery prep, nursery prep. I am working with this woman named Jada on Instagram. She is at Jada Neoni Kids. That's J-A-D-A-N-E-O-N-I

Kids. And she's a nursery designer and she's really helping me again, have my vision come to life. I want a flamboyant nursery that's also super calming. So I definitely will take you guys along on the ride. I'll have a highlight. I'll make sure that I link everything I'm picking. We're really trying to make a space that's not chaotic, that's really calm and peaceful for the baby. But I also want her to have her own style. For my back, really quick, we got to say this because my back's been bothering me. I go to Dr. Berlin. He is a chiropractor in LA. And I've also been working with a guy that does active release and masto-fascial release. And that's really helped me with the fascia. I know that

sounds weird, but Google it. It's totally a thing. And it just gives you endorphins throughout your whole body. And then lastly, I got a lot of questions on this. Do we have a name? Yes, we do. We have a name. And I don't want to tell anyone the name because there's no context of someone. Once we meet her and we can see her and like feel her and touch her, I think then the name is it's like better to have the context of it, if that makes sense. So Michael and I are not telling anyone. No one knows. I may tell my sister. But other than that, we're keeping it quiet. We have a name and a middle name. And I think it's pretty cute. It's a name we've had for like five years. We've been saving it. So that is my pregnancy update. If you guys like this, let me know on my latest Instagram at the skinny confidential. I would love to know your feedback.

Like, is this too much information? What what more do you want to hear? Ask a question, whatever. And then, um, as always, one of us will slide into your inbox and send you some TSC swag. Uh, this episode's different for me. I knew fucking nothing about pregnancy before I got pregnant. So this is something that I'm just experiencing as it comes to me. I really haven't done a ton of research on it. Again, I'm just trying to like go on my own journey and feel it out and see what works for me and what doesn't. And again, as always, take what you love from this episode and leave what you don't. This is just my experience. Taylor, thanks for hearing every single facet. I'm so informed. And just in case

there's a chance that I get pregnant someday, I'll know exactly where to go for information. I mean, I don't even know what to say to that. You could be a dad soon. You could be a dad right now. You just never know. You know, there could be somewhere out there that there's like a mini Taylor running around. No, I mean, I've fact checked. I've looked. I don't know, Taylor. You've had a lot of interesting sexual experiences. I would not be surprised. There's a many tales you die running around right now. Papa, is that you?

I'm going to make our daughter call Michael Papa. So she's going to be like, Papa, Papa. I want her to do it in like a long formed sentence. You know what I mean? Just to annoy him. I have so much shit up my sleeve. I can't wait to make Michael just freak out. Anyways, you guys, that is my pregnancy episode. Like I said, we'll link a bunch of this. Taylor, don't forget in the show notes of where to find the supplements, baby shower, all the different kinds of posts that we talked about. And I will be back with another solo episode in the next upcoming weeks. I have a few different fun ones for you.

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