Hi everyone! My name is Cassy Fiano and I'm making the move over here to TummyTime from Cuddlebugs where I've been blogging for a few months now. Let me tell you all a little about me.
I was born in Jacksonville, Florida. My husband and I met when we were twelve, at a birthday party where he fell on the pool deck and broke one of his front teeth. My husband is a Marine, and has been serving in the Corps for over six years now. We got married on May 08, 2010. My husband and I knew that we wanted to have a family and that when we did, I would be a stay-at-home mommy. We also knew we wanted to get cracking on our family right away! So in July of 2010, we found out I was pregnant, and on the day of my first doctor’s appointment, he deployed to Afghanistan.
After a rough pregnancy filled with complications ranging from bleeding and preterm contractions to a bout with pre-eclampsia, I gave birth to our son, Benjamin, on March 29, 2011. His head was a little bit too big -- well, three centimeters too big! -- so we ended up having a c-section.
Luckily, my husband was home just in time. The day we went to the hospital to have Ben was the day he came home!
Ben is now around seven months old, and surprise! We're pregnant again!
Unlike Ben's pregnancy, this one was definitely not planned. But we're still just as thrilled to be having another little one join our family!
One of the big downsides is that Matt is gearing up for yet another deployment, and he'll be missing this birth altogether. The best part is that I'll have the joy of dealing with a toddler and a newborn all by myself! Oh, and the homecoming will be extraordinarily emotional and intense, I'm sure.
I can't wait to share our stories with you!
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I know, I know. I haven’t even given birth yet, but pretty much from the day I saw the positive on the pregnancy test, I was cursing the baby weight.
Here’s the thing: I gained a ridiculous amount of weight with …
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Given that Wyatt has been diagnosed with Down syndrome, it means there is a lot that is different about this pregnancy from my pregnancy with Ben. While I had complications with Ben — namely, preeclampsia — and had to be …
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When I was pregnant with Ben, I was not concerned in the least about preparing food in advance. It just didn’t strike me as something that was all that important. My husband was going to be there with me and …
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Thinking back on Ben’s first year or so, I think that, for the most part, I did a pretty good job. There were some frustrating moments, but all in all, I’m proud of myself as a mother and I’m proud …
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Sleepless nights = tired days
I have this theory that after you have your baby, you get a kind of pregnancy/labor amnesia. When that little baby is in your arms for the first time, you forget about …
