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by Chelsea Day • Jul 1, 2013 Our posts feature partner companies.
How did I Forget Life Insurance?
Information for this post is sourced from Genworth Financial in partnership with the SheHeard Influencer Network.
I was blessed with an easy pregnancy. I never had morning sickness, false labor or any of the many complications you hear about. Then I was blessed with an easy labor. Yep, I’m ruining it for all women out there by saying labor was easy (I took the drugs) and found myself snuggling a quiet little almost 8 lb. baby girl. Easy! Fast forward a few months and I was in baby hell.
That quiet baby woke up after a couple of days and was angry as can be and stayed that way for most of the first year. Colic,…
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