Motherhood and Med Spas

A surprise positive test, a breech baby, and a Thanksgiving night dash to the hospital—Raquel’s birth story has all the twists, but it’s the quiet details that stay with you. We sit together with Baby Noah to unpack the real texture of early motherhood: the shivers in the OR during a C-section, the nurse’s shoulder becoming a lifeline, and the flood of relief when skin meets skin in recovery.

From there, life narrows and deepens. Raquel shares the simple choreography of newborn days—feeding, pumping, burping, changing—and the emotional beats that catch you off guard after sunset. She talks about prepping early so chaos feels smaller, using an outlet sock and late-night telehealth to steady her nerves, and how leaving the house becomes a strategy instead of a sprint. Family joins the frame: a proud big sister picking outfits, a football-loving dad soaking up baby cuddles, and dogs learning new rules around a very important human.

We also get practical. Raquel unpacks what a C-section actually feels like, how to plan a hospital bag without overthinking, and why flexibility beats perfection with feeding. She went in expecting formula, tried breastfeeding for her husband, and found a rhythm with pumping that worked for Noah’s tummy. The standout advice is clear: research helps, but comparison steals your peace. Prepare early, accept help, record the small moments, and let love set the pace while you rebuild your routine, one calm morning and short workout at a time.

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Transcript

Welcoming Raquel And Baby Noah

SPEAKER_01 0:15

Welcome back to another episode of Couture Conversations where we talk about life, growth, and the moments that change us forever. I'm Lindsay, your host, Lee Destitian here at Couture Med Spa. And today's episode is extra special because I am sitting here with Raquel and Baby Noah. And she has most recently stepped into one of the biggest, most life-changing roles of her life: becoming a mom. She welcome to Baby Boy, and today we're talking about everything: the anticipation, the fear, the excitement, her birth experience, and what life really looks like now navigating with a newborn. Motherhood is beautiful, emotional, exhausting, and empowering. And today we're creating a space for all of it. Raquel, thank you so much for being with and sharing, sharing this personal chapter with us. Thanks for having us. And thanks for bringing. Everyone, welcome Noah. He's so precious. Oh my goodness. So let's start at the beginning. So we had you on here before with we did one, did I do one with just you or was it you and Nicole together? I think it was me and Nicole together, yeah. Perfect. So take us back to the beginning just to refresh anyone who maybe didn't watch that episode. If you didn't after this, go check that episode out because her and Nicole are pregnant together. Cutest little episode ever. Um, so when you found out that you were pregnant, what emotions came up for you?

SPEAKER_00 1:35

Um, it was a surprise kind of. Um, I I remember I was feeling um sick that week and I had done my weight loss shot, so that I was like, oh, it must be that. Like I never really get a side effect. And I just I took a test and then I took a nap. Because I was like, oh, it's gonna it's gonna be negative, like whatever. So I took it, I took a nap, and then I woke from my nap and there was like two bright pink lines. So then I'm like, oh my god, I'm like, was it because I let it sit for like an hour? Because you're only supposed to let it sit for like five minutes. So I called my best friend, and then she's like, No, you need to go get a digital. So it was like exciting, but like a shock, and like you're just like all over the place, and then the line was just so dark, and I'm like, oh my gosh, the twins, like only one, thank god. Um, but yeah, it was it was and luckily and after that, you know, I didn't really have any like symptoms. Um, it was like he was like, Okay, here so you can know and you can like stop doing stuff you're not supposed to do, you know, like weight loss, and then um, and then after that it was like because you have to wait for like nine weeks to be able to go to your first women. So it's like if there's something in there still, like if you don't he he treated me well during my pregnancy, I'll say that. He he did good, right? He did good, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:47

Is that I hear you talking about so you had a good pregnancy overall? Mm-hmm.

Pregnancy Highlights And Challenges

SPEAKER_00 2:53

Overall, I mean there obviously is words, and you just get miserable because you're so big and tired. But you know, other like I remember uh Nicole was like always so nauseous, and luckily for me, you know, he he he treated me pretty well. I did get some some bad heartburn, but other than that, we were chilling, right? Yeah, he said, yeah, it was easy. I mean, he was easy.

SPEAKER_01 3:15

So as your due date got closer, what were you most excited about?

SPEAKER_00 3:19

Um well obviously like meeting him, and I mean, just he was he came right before Christmas, so that was exciting, like having a a Christmas baby. He came earlier than he was supposed to. He um originally was scheduled to be due December 8th, then he was breached, so we did a scheduled C-section on December 1st, and he didn't want to wait that long. He did not. So on Thanksgiving night, I had gone to bed and all of a sudden my water breaks. Um, so that was crazy. And luckily, you know, I was like all in like the TikToks and watching all these podcasts on like what you should pack for your hospital bag. So luckily everything was ready. So it went from being like, Okay, I'm gonna check in on December 1st and go in and they're gonna get him out of me, versus like, okay, grab everything, call everybody, like, and it was and he was my first, so it's like, did my water break, or did I just have to go to the bathroom? Or like you like question all these things. Um, but yeah, it was it was a good experience overall.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

Was there anything that you were scared about or nervous about?

Due Date Twist And Early Labor

SPEAKER_00 4:23

Um, yeah, the C-section was was was a little scary because you know, I've obviously have never had one, and that wasn't like the plan originally. Um, but and then once you get in there, um, it took them a little bit to get my IV in. Like I think four different nurses had to come in. And then once they did my um like the numbing, um, they put it in your spine. Um, and that took them forever to like get that in. So it it's it's definitely nerve-wracking you're in there by yourself because they don't let your husband come in until they don't let him come in after after you're numbed. Oh so because I'm like, okay, yeah, because they don't want you seeing a big needle going in my spine, and then them having to do it five times and they can't get it right. Um, so yeah, so you're just like there alone, and I remember like the nurse, like her face will forever be imprinted in my mind because I'm sitting there like hugging her, like leaning forward, um, like crying because it hurts, and like she was like my only like person, like the stranger that I just met is like I'm sorry, I'm hugging you, come here. Like, because my husband wasn't there, but then after that it was it was fine.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

Yeah. Did you end up so did you you were scheduled to have a C-section?

SPEAKER_00 5:32

Did you end up having a C-section? Or did you have to do that? Yeah, he was still breached, so we'll still like check you, um, and he was still breached. So it was actually pretty easy. Like, I think I my water broke out at like 11:30 by the time because I was getting my stuff ready, I was chilling. I was like, I still have time. My husband was the one, he was like all over the place. I'm like, calm down. Um, by the time we got to the hospital, it was like 12:30. Like, they got there. Like, I got in like pretty quick. Like, I was he was born at like two something, so between 11:30 and two, like yeah, between getting there and getting prep, they they got him out pretty quickly.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

Yeah, yeah. What was the c section experience like?

SPEAKER_00 6:08

Um, it was it was your weight during a c-section.

SPEAKER_01 6:10

Yeah, you're awake.

Preparing For A C-Section

SPEAKER_00 6:11

Okay, it's a weird feeling because one, you first of all, it's like you get like these shivers. Like, I don't know if it's like the medication they give you, um, but you get like um, you start like randomly like shaking, and but it's only like the top of your body, and then you feel pressure, so you feel them like tugging, um, but you it doesn't feel painful or anything. Um, and it's just the anticipation that they're like in there digging inside you and you like feel them, and then you're like, okay, when's the baby gonna come out? Like, um, so you're just kind of there, and then or it's like they'll be like, Okay, we got him, and then it takes like a few seconds for him to start crying, and you're just like you can't see anything. They put like this um blue drape. Oh, okay. Um, so when he comes out, they'll put him up like kind of like Simba, like um, so you could the dad can see, excuse me, sir. Um, so like the dad can see and stuff, but they won't um you can't see anything, so it's just yeah, surprise. But you can just feel them like pushing on you and tugging and like yeah, digging inside. What do you think? Yeah, you don't know. You're just like, okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:13

So did they did they give him to you right away, or did it take a minute?

SPEAKER_00 7:18

Um, so no, so it took took a minute, so they like they get him out and then they call my husband over so that he can cut them, build a cord. So my husband got to really do all the first, so he got to hold him first, and um he went over there, saw him while they weighed him, and then they like bundle him up and then they bring him to you. Um you can't really hold him because your arms are kind of like under this like thing. Oh, okay. So my husband would like hold him and like you'll put him like they'll put him like on your um shoulder. Um, but yeah, and then after that, you're in there for about I won't say it was like 20 minutes, where um they put him and my husband in a room while they finish like sewing you up, and then after that they put you in like a recovery, and then that's when they give some tea. Like I can actually like hold him and do skin to skin and all that.

SPEAKER_02 8:03

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:10

How would you describe that feeling of first getting told him?

Inside The Operating Room

First Moments And Skin-To-Skin

SPEAKER_00 8:13

Oh, it was it was like holding a piece of your heart. It's like, oh, like, and at first it's like also you're kind of like in shock. You're like looking at him, you're like, I think I need like I need you, like you've been living in there this whole time. Um but it yeah, it's an it's an amazing feeling. And it's like they just like so me and my husband have he has a 10-year-old um from a previous relationship, but I've known that she was four, but it's a different feeling when they're like already grown, versus like when they're like a baby, like they like want you. Like she like he wants to be on me like all the time, like they want that like warmth, and like I my husband was like, You're gonna spoil him, and then I saw this video and was like, You can't spoil them, like that's what they're meant to do, and like I'm like, you know what, you're right, because they're only little, like this long, you know. Um, so it's like it's a different experience, experience like because with Lila, like I got to see her like from like four and up versus like a baby, it's like completely different. Yeah, what's the scariest part of having a newborn? Um everything. You're just like anything he does, like I'm like something wrong. Like, um, Nicole had actually told me about um this like app um where you pay and you can like talk to doctors and like you can just like live literally at like 2 a.m. So like the first week that he was home, like anything he did, I'm like on the app, like um, is this normal? Is he okay? Like, and then you're like watching his breathing all the time. Um he sleeps with like a little what's that's called the outlet sock um that like monitors his um his like breathing and like oxygen because I'm like paranoid, like and I'm like I don't know if it goes away after you have a few more kids, but I'm like all the time I'm like I'm like is that normal? Are you okay? Like is there something happening? But yeah, yeah. Other than that, it's just snuggles and yeah, okay. What was it like seeing Lila with him? Oh, Lila is the best big sister. She she'll be 11 in March. Um, and she's always you know wanted to be a big sister. She's you know, she loves giving him his bottle. She won't change his diaper because she witnessed that he peed on me and dad a few times, so she's like, I'm not doing that. Fair. But she's the best. She like, you know, I'll show play with him. Um, she, you know, she talks to him, she'll pick out his outfits. Um, yeah, she loves being a big sister. She's like waiting. She got this, um, they got like matching outfits for Christmas, but he doesn't fit into his yet, so she's like, she's like, I can't wait till he gets bigger. I can't wait till he gets bigger so we can match and all. But yeah, she's she's great. Yeah, that's good. How's Stuart doing? Good. Yeah, yeah. He, you know, uh he was born right before football season ended. So he's always wanted a little a little boy to to watch with him, so he he he's loving it. Um and and yeah, he you know, he he's been home with me because he um works from home. Um so um he's able to make his schedule. He's actually about to go into um an office, but uh, but it was nice having him for a little bit um to help out and just kind of get used to it. Because it it is it is it is a lot of work um with you know, I have a lot of pets and you know, a newborn baby and Lila, and so he he's been great at um at doing a lot. Yeah. Did the dogs love him? Oh yeah. So at first only one of them really like cared. The other two were kind of just like, what is that that you brought home? Um, but now they're like, if they they see him, they'll like come over and like um have to watch him because they always wanted to kiss him and like lick him. I'm like now. I'm like, oh they they just want to like love on him, but they're all they're all they've all been great, yeah. What's been your biggest adjustment so far? Um my biggest adjustment. I would say like anything that involves leaving the house. Um, because with me and Lila, like Lila's 10, like before, like I used to go everywhere with me, but it's easy to like okay, go get dress, put on your shoes, and let's go. Versus him, it's like I literally have to like plan out. Like this morning he woke up at 7 45, I'm like, perfect, so I have my alarm set for eight. And then I was like, I have to feed you, and then I have to pump, and then like you have all these like steps, and like the night before, I'm like okay, let me get the diaper bag ready, and then even then, like, even when you try to get prepared, like it's just out. Like, I don't know, sometimes you just you're just late or super early. Um, and then lately he's had where he doesn't like um when the car stops moving. So that's interesting. Like when you went to Starbucks, yeah. Like this morning, I didn't even go to Starbucks. I sacrificed my breakfast for his well-being because I'm literally like it was 9 45, and I'm like, oh, that's that gives me 15 minutes. And I was like, I really just and he was like asleep, and I'm like, I really just don't want to piss him off right now. Like if I stop, he's gonna scream because the car's not moving. So it was just you you learn to make uh adjustments um based off of their schedule.

SPEAKER_01 13:08

So speaking of schedule, what is a day in the life of Raquel and Noah look like now?

Newborn Fears And Monitoring

SPEAKER_00 13:15

Um, so he usually wait, we wake up, um, and he's usually up like around six. Um, he's actually started to sleep better through the night, I think God. Um, and you know, we'll feed, we'll um, we'll we'll we'll snuggle, um, he'll play in like his little bouncer thing. Um, he's still eating like every two to three hours. So by the time he's fed, burped, combed down for a little bit, I pumped. I took the same thing. Get up, done that again. Um, and then you know, usually I have to wait for like my husband um Lilo to be home so that I can shower and they can watch him. Um, but yeah, it's really just feed, eat, change diapers, repeat, pump, feed, eat, change diapers, repeat.

SPEAKER_01 14:00

Have you had any? So I know when you were pregnant, you were loving McDonald's. Are we still on a McDonald's cake? Or have any cravings or anything has changed since?

Siblings, Dad, And Dogs Adjust

SPEAKER_00 14:11

No, I because I really didn't eat McDonald's before I got pregnant. It was like just weird. Like, and I actually just we just had McDonald's breakfast the other day. Um, and I didn't really enjoy it like I did when I was pregnant. It's weird how you like when you're pregnant, you're like, oh, this is good. So I got it and I was like, oh, like it was alright, but it's not like I'm like, oh, I need to go eat it every day like I did when I was pregnant, so that's good. Um, plus I'm trying to watch my calories because I can't be on transeptic tie, so we gotta be good. Um I still um Pepsi, I guess is like my like I always have to have a little soda, um just a little caffeine in general. Like you need a little, you still have to watch your caffeine when you're breastfeeding, but you see you need a little bit. You need a little bit to to survive. How are you feeling emotionally in postpartum? Um, I feel good. Yeah. Um sometimes it's uh it's weird because they would say it's like the is it called the witching hour or something like that. Once it gets dark, you get like sad. And I remember and I remember um my friend would always text me, she'd be like, Are you okay? And I'd be like, I'm just randomly sad, but I can't tell you why. Like I nothing happened to me to be sad, like it's a weird, then it goes away. Um, I know there's women out there who experience more like postpartum depression and stuff, but other than um then than that, like um and then it's like you get a little sad when you like sometimes I'll look at like pictures of him when he was like five days old, and then like now he's about to be two months, and it's like where has the time gone? Like you just you just get a little emotional, but yeah, yeah. As soon as she walked in today and she was holding him, I'm like, when did he get so big? Yeah, like how is he already this big? Yeah, he's in size, he's 11 pounds already, and he'll be two months tomorrow. He's a big boy. Yeah, is he good with eating and everything? Oh, yeah, he loves to eat. He does not skip a meal. If you don't have his bottle ready stacked, he will scream and cause a commotion. But then once he eats, he's chilling.

SPEAKER_01 16:19

So, how has your self-care changed?

SPEAKER_00 16:24

Um I use one product and that's it. Um, I actually, yeah, my self-care is um I put my little uh right now I've been using the the gentle cleanser. Um, and I just keep it in my shower, and then when I shower, I literally just put it on and um and I'm not even gonna lie, yesterday I had dry skin and I had taken him a bath and I put his lotion on because I was like, Hey baby lotion two in one. Yeah, I I this morning I woke up and I'm like, I had these dry patches, and I was like, they were gone. I was like, oh, the baby lotion worked. Like I so yeah, it's very, very minimal. Um, not not not too much going on with self-care.

Leaving The House Becomes Strategy

SPEAKER_01 17:07

And that's fair. That's totally fair. Like I have enough care right now. Is there anything that once you start to get into the groove and get back into a little bit of self-care, what are you most excited about to reconnect with? Whether it's not even just physically, but emotionally, like self-care as well.

SPEAKER_00 17:24

Um, I would say working out. Um, I mean my husband had a really good routine before I got pregnant, and I tried to keep up with it during my pregnancy, but that did not happen. I was just so big and so tired. I was like, yeah, no. Um, so I want to start getting into the groove of that because like I really do think that like starting your day like with the even if it's just like a small little workout or like it really does affect like how the rest of your day goes. Like, I I remember like once I got into the routine, I was like, my I was just woke, I was more awake during the day. Like it was just like you don't start off your day like dragging. Um, so I'm most excited about getting that because once I you get that like built into your routine, then the rest of your day kind of like I feel like falls into line.

SPEAKER_01 18:09

What are you most excited about as a girl?

SPEAKER_00 18:13

Um I'm excited for him to start like talking. My friend has a three-year-old, and I just um I just think it's like at that stage like the funniest thing in the world. They they just come up with like the most like funniest little remarks. So obviously I don't want him to grow up. I would love for him to like just like start talking and have like a personality. Um because he already has a little personality, he's gonna be a little sad, I can tell.

SPEAKER_01 18:41

But yeah, I think that's my with my nieces and nephews and my kids, my best friends and their kids, when they start to get to that age where they really like he has a little personality, but when it really starts to show and come out, and they're so funny. And what's that show that they used to have um kids say the darnest things? Like, oh yeah, they need to bring that back because it's so cool. The things of my nephew's four and a half, he's almost five, and the things that his brain comes up with, and what comes out of his mouth is hysterical sometimes. Like, I love it so much. So, yeah, when they start to get that personality and they start being able to really like show it, I think it's so yeah, it's so it's so cute. What do you think Lila's most excited about for him to get older?

SPEAKER_00 19:26

Um, I think she's excited to like actually be able to like play with him and like because now, like, show like play. Um, like she was trying to show him like cheer routines the other day, and he just happened to put his hands up at the same time she did, and she thought it was like the coolest thing ever, and then he didn't do it again. She's like, Why won't he do it again? I'm like, because he doesn't know, he just happened to do it at the same time that he did. Um, I think she once he starts like actually being able to play and understand, she'll be um, she'll be really excited for that.

SPEAKER_01 19:55

Yeah, she's gonna be dressing him up.

Daily Rhythm With A Newborn

SPEAKER_00 19:58

Oh, yeah, she said she'd Gonna try and change diapers when he's three months old. I don't know what happens at three months, yeah. But apparently that she thinks it's gonna be easier then, so she says she's gonna try.

SPEAKER_01 20:08

Let us know how that goes before. So if you have any advice that you could give a brand new mom or someone who's about to give birth, what is some advice that you would give them? What's something you've learned along the way?

SPEAKER_00 20:23

Um, I would say I guess according to your past, I can get what oh I see it. Sorry. Um I think I would say um prepare early, even if you think that you have so much time, you don't. Um, and I would say do a lot of research. Like I think a lot of things that like helped me was like I was constantly like researching and like doing stuff. So when like things when things would happen, um I was like, I kind of knew like okay, I read about this, I read that this is normal, like here's like how to like fix it. I'm not gonna lie, a lot of my parenting also revolves around TikTok. Like I see it on TikTok and I'm like, hmm. Or like chat GBT. Like that's how you parent 2026 now. Um, but yeah, I would say like just do a lot of research and also just like also like enjoy every moment. Like I feel like sometimes like I was like so paranoid of like, like oh my gosh, I just feel okay. Like you just you can't just hold them and it's fine. There's like they he like they at night he does like he'll make like the weirdest noises, and it's like and I'll see TikToks like it's normal, and I'm like, and at first I was like I would stay up until he would like stop making the noises, and then I was like wasn't sleeping, and it was just like just them just doing their thing, like babies make a lot of noises, yeah, like weird noises. Do you think something's wrong? Like, he's like, I'm like, Are you okay? And then eventually, like it you learn that it's fine. So I would just say don't don't worry too much, it's hard when you're a first-time mom. You like worry all the time, but um those would be my thing.

SPEAKER_01 22:03

Is there anything that you wish someone had told you before becoming a mom?

Cravings, Caffeine, And Calories

Postpartum Emotions At Dusk

SPEAKER_00 22:08

Um I guess breastfeeding is not that hard. Yeah, I wish I would have told my I I mean everybody's experience is different, but that was like one of the things, like like just from hearing it from like friends and like online, like where you see people who are like, oh no, like that they didn't. I was like adamant that like I wasn't gonna breastfeed. I was like, I'm gonna do that. I was like, I'm gonna formula's fine, like I had formula the baby, I'm pretty smart, like he'll be fine. Like, um, and then at the hospital, I was like, it was really important to my husband that I try, so I tried, and it wasn't it wasn't too bad. It you know, we were actually um were breastfeeding and pumping, and he and he's doing great, and then I noticed that when I did give him formula um a few times, it like made him sick, so then I was like paranoid, then I was like, wait, now I have to like breastfeed and pump. Um so yeah, it's not everybody's experience is different, but it it's not as bad as I thought it would be. So I guess another advice I would say is like if you do do your research or you see other people online, like don't always compare yourself to them because everybody's experience is so different. Um, you know, there's people who like like I remember like seeing like this girl on TikTok, like she pumped for six months and she would get like half an ounce each time. I'm like, girl, I would have given up. That's that's like two motor. And then you see these other ladies that they're like fridge is like stock to the brim. And then there's like like I remember my first couple weeks, I was like barely making like just enough for him, and I was like so like I had like anxiety because I was like, okay, what if like next time I pop I don't have enough, and then like what is he gonna eat? Like, and if I give him formula, he like spits up and all this stuff, and like and then you see all these like people online, and then like their fridge is like stuff, and like, how are you the chosen one? Um, so it's like don't compare yourself to other like moms either. Like, take everything that they say and do with like a grain of salt because everybody's different, everybody's experience is different. Um, so do what works best for you.

SPEAKER_01 23:57

Like, that's really good advice because I think you're I don't have kids myself, but I just I think it's kind of nature in anything that we do is we look stuff up and we take everything that other people say it's like, oh, my experience should be like this, or why is mine different, or this is how mine's gonna be. And I feel like just watching you and the few times I've seen you and um coming into those bots and visit and stuff with him, like just really kind of like have found yourself and do what is best for you and your child and your whole family, and that's been really cool to see that. So I've loved watching you, and I've loved watching you with Lila, like she's adorable. She's I love seeing her as a big sister and seeing you come into you know this realm of having a newborn and having Noah, like it's been so cool to watch, and I think you're doing amazing. So we miss you in the spa. Yeah, I'm surprised too.

SPEAKER_00 24:49

I'm always I'm like at that, those are my outings. I go to the spa and go see the girls. Like, I haven't I don't really do uh anything else, but yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:58

We were just talking before we started this episode that um so, like I was saying in the beginning, anyone who hasn't watched it, we have another episode with Nicole and Raquel together, both pregnant. Because how far apart were you guys' delivery?

SPEAKER_00 25:11

Um, we delivered, I think it was only like two weeks because I want to say Hadley just turned two months like last week, and he'll be two months on tomorrow. So um very I think originally we were four months of not four months, not four months, four weeks um apart where Nicole was ahead of me. Um, but they both ended up being November babies. I think Hadley was beginning of November and he was the 28th, yeah.

Feeding Wins And Big Appetites

SPEAKER_01 25:37

Yeah, so yeah, they're very close. So hopefully one of these other episodes we'll have Nicole and Raquel and Loma's Hadley and Noah together. Yeah, for sure. See their cute ones.

SPEAKER_00 25:46

They haven't met yet.

SPEAKER_01 25:47

I know. He's so precious.

SPEAKER_00 25:51

He was fighting it for a little bit. He was.

SPEAKER_01 25:53

Do you love to just like sit and stare at him?

SPEAKER_00 25:55

Oh yeah. Now he's getting heavy, so I'm like, my arm, I'm gonna have muscles. You know, carry a baby around. But yeah, sometimes I just sit and stare at him because like they're just so perfect, like such cute little things.

SPEAKER_01 26:10

He's so innocent. Yeah, so yeah, he's adorable. Alright, so we're gonna end with a few quick questions. So just the first thing that kind of comes to mind, okay. One word to describe motherhood so far.

Self-Care Downshift And Hacks

SPEAKER_00 26:30

Love. Everything you do, you do it with love. Like you wake up in the middle of the night. Like you don't like, you don't even get mad because it's just like you just love him so much, he's like, you want to wake up every hour? Sure. Unconditional love. Yeah, unconditional love. A moment that made you feel like I've got this. Um my first time alone with him was like when like the store had to go to work, so it was just me and him. And we made it to the day. It was like a successful day. So something that you've learned about yourself as a mom. Um I've learned that I'm a type C mom. I'm not A, where I'm like super like organized, but I'm not B where I'm like a mess, I'm a little bit in between, like or like I like to have everything like planned out, but also like sometimes I make the bag five minutes before I have to leave, you know. Like that's what I've learned. And one thing that you want other moms to remember. Um again to just enjoy every moment. Um, I videotape and take pictures of everything because I'm like, I want to like look back and like remember everything. Um, because they're only this little for so long. So you wanna remember everything and enjoy what you can.

SPEAKER_01 27:50

Well, thank you so much for sharing your heart and your story with us. Motherhood is such a powerful, powerful, transformative experience, and you honestly create space for other moms to feel seen, supported, and less alone. So thank you so much for sharing yourself and baby Noah with us. Thank you for having us. We are so excited to just continue to watch you guys grow and being a part of the couture family and welcoming new little ones into the family. And um, you know, I love that you're enjoying this time and taking this time to just be present and like you said, remembering every moment and taking it in, and we'll get you back on your solid skincare routine eventually. But your skin looks amazing, by the way. It looks really good, so you're killing it. Yeah, killing it.

SPEAKER_00 28:37

I mean, I'm still I'm still using my you know, my cleanser, I'm just not doing it.

Rebuilding Routine With Exercise

SPEAKER_01 28:41

I'll take it. Yeah, cleanse the face. Yeah, you're doing good. So um, if you guys have enjoyed this episode, please don't forget to give us a like, subscribe, share this with any of your friends, any new mommies out there, anyone expecting um to share this journey, and hopefully we'll see you back soon. And no, we'll be 10 times bigger already. And you can find us on all of our social media channels. So we're on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, all the things. Follow along and thank you so much, Rakel, for joining us today. Thank you for having us. Until next time, enjoy.

SPEAKER_02 29:13

Bye.