i love this version of you aspyn. so raw and real about your emotions. and i love that youre not showing your babies faces and keeping them out of vlogs. ive been watching you for a while, you’ve always had this picture perfect life on youtube and it’s so lovely so see you authentically yourself.

Aspyn bacon era is something I never thought I would see but I’m living for it. Treat yourself girl🧡

I appreciate seeing someone actually talk about this. All my pregnancies have been different, but ALL of them have been near torture. It’s so hard feeling to awful for so long and feeling guilty for ever admitting it too. The first year is always really hard on me too. It’s so hard committing to 2 years of feeling miserable the majority of the time.

10:48 Parker just popping in and spilling the facts about the countertops 😂

you and i are at the same spot in our pregnancies & i have THE EXACT same symptoms. thanks for sharing! pregnancy is really isolating &i appreciate it.

I’m 8 months postpartum and can’t imagine going thru being pregnant and giving birth again. It’s been such a hard journey! Still not feeling like myself but it’s probably because we have a bad sleeper and I just cannot function 100% everyday. Lol. Being a mom and growing humans is so so hard! Thank you for the vulnerability, I think it’s helpful as moms to know you are not alone in struggling! Hope you are feeling a lot better soon 💕

But we’re all still waiting to hear who’s the father 😫

Nap advice: My daughter went through a phase of skipping naps for a while shortly after turning two. I moved her nap an hour later and it helped her to nap even though it made her bed time later it got her back into the routine of napping and then we moved her nap back up a little depending on what time she wakes up in the morning. She turns 3 next month and still takes 2-3 hour naps. Hope it works for you too!

You can see Cove around the 5 mins mark just wanted to give you the heads -up if you wanted to blur her face in that section

lavender oil seemed to help me in my last pregnancy with sleep ! we put it in a diffuser or sprinkled drops around the room. pregnancy is rough and it seems like no one around you realizes what you're going through even if thats not the case. you're so strong and it shows by you doing everything with a smile ! embrace that !!!!

Just based off the foods you’re eating and as a mother of 1 girl & 2 boys I’m gonna be shocked if this baby’s not a boy 💙

Currently 25 weeks and my emotions have been ALL over during this pregnancy which is so new cuz I am not typically an emotional person! I do believe pregnancy to be a blessing but like you said I’m excited to just meet him and start feeling like myself again!

The kitchen + bathroom updates are going to make such an amazing difference! So excited for the transformations!

it’s so validating hearing you talk about your pregnancy experience! i just had baby #2 and i am so put off from his pregnancy that i genuinely don’t think i want any more. after my first i was so excited to be pregnant again (had 1st in in 2020) and get to experience the full thing (because obv 2020) but i truly feel a little traumatized from this pregnancy instead of having the experience i hoped for. i think it has tainted my postpartum experience a bit as well because i feel like i’ve recovered physically but not at all mentally. i had the exact same symptoms you’ve talked about: not sleeping at all, nauseous/yucky feeling all the time no matter what, taking unisom&b6 combo did nothing, etc. it was miserable. truly, entirely miserable and to everyone else it just seemed like i was complaining when i truly was suffering. i do feel like i’m grieving the experience just a little. hang in there, i’ll be praying that you start to feel better and have a joyful remainder of your pregnancy ❤️

My son stopped napping right after 2 and when we weaned. It sucked but he had also never been a huge sleeper, very low sleep needs, so it ended up being fine and helped our nighttime sleep. He also refused quiet time 🙃 She could just be ready! Every baby is different and some kids are just ready earlier than others! Good luck and hang in there mama 🥰

I had my son in March! I struggle with SAD each winter and was worried about being pregnant all winter. You can do it and there are ways to make it bearable! Stay warm, embrace the slower and colder days, get outside and breathe in the fresh air even when you don’t want to face the cold, use your pregnancy as an excuse to stay home 😅, and know that when your baby comes things will be bright and warmer and beautiful. ❤

I love you. This vlog made me appreciate the girls not being in the videos - I have missed them! But I love you being the vlog.. I love hearing your perspective. We get that when you focus on talking to the vlog and being you!! You’re amazing.. I love you!

Love how raw this video is. . Great video Aspen

I'm a first time mom who gave birth at the end of March so I definitely understand having the majority of the pregnancy land in late fall / winter. Since I only know this timeline, I had people tell me it was a good time because I didn't have hot weather stacked on top of being hot from the pregnancy. It also meant I got maternity leave all summer and was able to fully enjoy the end of spring and summer with her which was super nice.

I feel the same way about pregnancy! Like I love it and grateful but I literally feel like I’m in someone else’s body! I’m currently almost 16 weeks and I’m just waiting until I can really feel the baby. That’s when I start feeling like pregnancy is magical

This sounds similar to my pregnancy. I just felt off the whole time and nausea but never got sick. When I was like 23 weeks I finally got zofran and it did help. I didn’t realize how off really was until I was taking it. It gave me some relief.

I feel the same way about pregnancy. Im so grateful but it was so hard and i also had the sleeping symptom. That was the worst one. I was also pregnant in the winter and i feel like the summer would be so much better! Hang in there❤

so happy for you and your family🫶🏽

I didn't feel well my entire pregnancy with my first son, it was rough. Probably the 6th and 7th months were the most decent I felt and then I had him 6 weeks early. Thankfully he weighed 6lbs and his lungs were good so he was perfect. The nurses joked it was lucky he came early as he would have probably been a 9 or 10lb baby and I'm very small. I hope you feel better soon, you look wonderful as always!

I got pregnant in the fall with all of my babies and having June/July babies was so fun. I totally get how it would feel strange to be pregnant at a different time of the year

Off topic…. But your literally the one the most prettiest girls on KZfaq!!! You completely glow! And your hair!!! Wow! … Trusting in a smooth happy pregnancy✨🙏

I'm pregnant as well, and totally relate to that icky feeling, it's like nauseous but not, and so tired. It's also my third and it is such a thing to get your head in the space to get pregnant again, I also have been feeling everything you said. Thankful that your pregnant but also like knowing what you have to go through again. And I've been thinking about who is this person too haha. Hoping the rest of your pregnancy goes well!

@AspynOvard I really enjoy your videos! I’ve watched you since you were in like middle school? You had super long dark hair that you were curling with a curling wand. It’s so cool seeing how much you’ve grown and kind of mind blowing that you’re pregnant with your 3rd baby?!?! Where does the time go???

I was in such a bad place in my life with my second one, I was alone, I was so sick, and I just couldn’t, I wound up choosing adoption for my daughter. 3 years later best decision for all parties. I’m doing SO incredibly well, but going forward I don’t think I will have any kids. I respect moms SO much bc it’s SO hard. There’s so many bad parents but Aspyn even if it’s hard I respect you SO much!

I’m 20 weeks with my 3rd pregnancy too and felt literally so awful until 18 weeks. I felt totally fine with my first 2 and have a boy and a girl. But I had constant headache and mild nausea for weeeeeks. There’s hope you’ll start feeling better! The things we do for our kids. Also was on a frozen waffle kick for the longest time but I’ve now moved onto McDonald’s French fries 🤣

This is what I have been waiting for, you are back to creating inspiring, high quality content and have finally found the way around not filming your kids. Having them in your vlogs and showing what they are doing without showing their faces makes it all really well balanced. I am happy that you have found a new way of doing what you do best!

All my well wishes 🌸I hope you feel better soon

The moment after having the baby is the best!! I agree 100%.

Had depression/anxiety with my second during pregnancy and post partum with sprinkle of intrusive thoughts. I got through it thank God. I would say for me the anxiety/depression post baby was more painful than giving birth or being pregnant. It kinda cemented that my second will be my last baby. I am good with my two loves. I realize you really have to take care of yourself if your feeling this way mentally though. I think you need to give yourself a good break and get away maybe with your friends or something. It's hard your overwhelmed and be a mom while pregnant and sick is not easy. Rest up and take care of yourself.

Aspyn I take my 2 year old in the stroller or car for naps! It does sort of take away from “me” time but I do love to get out of the house and feel like he’s too young not to nap and those things always put him to sleep and he doesn’t fight the routine as opposed to being in bed at home. Good luck with Lola!

I am 30 weeks and a couple days and have reached the point where my energy has dropped again and I’m feeling so uncomfy! I definitely am feeling for you Aspyn! I really appreciate you sharing everything since being a woman is hard lmao ❤

We are both due around the same time! How fun! With the depression just please see someone or just be aware of ways to help postpartum. I went through PPD first time around due to some life changes and it came out of no where. Planning this time around but in a much better spot. Just know it's possible and no one believes it'll happen. It's just a good thing to prepare for the possibility of if you can (set up how you will handle certain things, therapy, planning out your help, ect.) ❤

Mom with two May babies here. After the holidays you will only have a few months to go and nesting when it’s cold and crappy outside. You will be so busy getting ready for baby you wont even noticed the winter blues. At least that’s how it was for me. Also bonus, being pregnant keeps you so much warmer when it’s freezing out. Hope you feel better and can enjoy this pregnancy!

“You should have had me add something good to it. More sugar or something” 😂😂 Dead.

I feel the timeline thing. I got pregnant in late November and had my baby in august and I loved it so much!!

The best advice I ever got for getting kids to sleep esp at daycare is to tire them out! A small indoor trampoline was the game changer for us BUT i also really love activity stations

With napping, check their wake windows because every toddler I know sleeps best at a different time. Stay consistent and set boundaries just like anything else. If not asleep within 15-30 mins, it’s quiet time - nothing too exciting. It’s hard over here too.

So for my nausea, my doctor prescribed half a tablet of unisom and 75mg of vitamin B6 taken three times a day. The unisom I took at night because it’s a sleep aid and it helped me sleep and I did notice a difference with my nausea.. could be something to ask your dr about! It might help you sleep (which could be why you’re still not feeling well!). Hope you start feeling better!!

Audiobooks helped my son with his naps! In the beginning we didn’t ask him to go to sleep, just to go and listen to the story and most of the times he fell asleep pretty quick👏🏻

I’m a surrogate and this pregnancy has been so much harder then my last 2. I constantly just feel tired and sick and I’m 15 weeks with no sign of it getting better 😕

This hair color looks so good on you

I felt so sad and anxious with my second pregnancy. I literally felt at times that my brain was working against me. Hang in there and ask your doc at every appointment what her recommendations are, even saying the words out loud to a doctor helps. ❤

Try the sea band for cruise ships it helped me sooo much during my pregnancy Are you taking enough magnesium?

Thank you for actually expressing the negative side of being pregnant & recovering after birth. My daughter is currently 15-months-old & my pregnancy & postpartum was rough. But all I saw was people showing/talking about how beautiful & great it is. I hope it gets easier for you. ❤️

Have you tried taking unisom + B6 before bed? It helped me with sleep and nausea for my pregnancy!

For naps… we offer quiet time with music or books. We have the Yoto and Jooki player and switch between the two. I always say something really boring that I will be doing during nap to stop fomo.

When it was time to lose the pacifier , introduced another form of security for my babies. Like a lil soft lovey , blanket, or stuffed animal at nap/ bedtime. Each baby is different so just try things you feel would help your baby feel secure and relaxed. Much love from Dallas Texas ❤️

I was so sick with my 3 as well, try this!! take vitamin B and unisom at night and also drink calm magnesium. The unisom will not make you groggy, and for some reason this combination takes the nausea away

I love love love the sheets. What’s the brand? Perfect color!

💯 understand about the weird disconnect about something growing inside you...felt similar

Can you talk about what you used for birth control and how you went off of it?

Please keep the books up to date in your store front. I just recently got into reading but I’m slow. But in the past month I’ve read 3 books. So I’m getting there. TIA!

Same thing happened with my 2 year old. We had cut the paci end off and it was a fight for a while. We just sat with her in her room while she was in the crib to encourage her and let her know she wasn’t alone. We’d sit in there for and hour, queue the green light on if she didn’t sleep so she knew it was over. Lots of tears. Solid 2 week battle but it suddenly improved and she’s a happy napper! We were able to only sit in there 5 minutes towards the end of the 2 weeks. My friends son stopped napping at 1.5 but would sleep in until 10 every morning (7 bedtime). She has 8 kids and he was the only one to do it, but it worked really well to allow that. Less ideal option, but something to explore if you need more time.

My first two were born in August and September and my last in March but I enjoyed giving birth in winter since I would get so hot in the summer. But when it comes to birthdays in the winter is harder for sure. But I’m glad I’m done. I have a daughter 7 and two sons 5 and 2 years old

Aspen -the Starbucks app is so easy to use and load. I love getting my points, plus I just got a free drink on my birthday. The eggs bites are also yummy, but that bacon sandwich is the bomb.

i haven’t had bacon in 5 yes and now that i’m pregnant it’s all i’ve been craving so i feel you girl!! lol also i feel the same way everything you described about how you feel fr it’s a parallel universe being pregnant lol

Love youuuuu!!!!

That’s how I was with my first and only daughter and it has been a struggle to think about when I want the next she is 16 months now so I’m waiting till she is two to see how I feel.good luck I would definitely take something I took Bonjesta in my first and it helped some

If you have a night light with different colors use that and tell her she has to play or read or whatever activity she does in her room for that color. So blue can be quiet time and green means it's okay to come our for snack or whatever after quiet time. Good luck, hope you start to feel better!

There are 2 different types of mint teas at Starbucks so it just depends how you order!

Hello + Happy Sunday! 🌞 1. Love your videos! 2. Starbucks totally gives you the Lemon Ball drink or whatever it’s called! I get Mint Majesty tea, as well, and they always think I want the splash or whatever of lemonade in it whenever I order lol…quite annoying - I feel that! 😂

We had both our babies together & I want a 3rd but am also struggling with the binky thing and no naps. I definitely didn't even think about it being fomo but makes so much sense

Girl….this is what my prego experience. It was horrible. I was SO happy to have my little bundle of joy OUT OF MY BODY. 😂. You can be grateful and still be uncomfortable and miserable. Just hunker down, and push through. You got this!

The way Lola said sucker hahaha so cute

Completely understand with not being really nauseous but not feeling good! I feel like nothing sounds good and nothing is satisfying to eat and I do feel like throwing up but nothing comes out 😩 then being tired all the time sucks!!! Especially with a 1 year old 😩 I’m 12w4d and had an ultrasound and blood work for the gender!

Had my baby in April, being pregnant in the winter was amazing.

My daughter stopped taking naps when we took the bottle away right before she turned 2. She's 3 now and is back to napping, but she sleeps on the couch now. She doesn't want to be in her room

I’m also on my third pregnancy around the same trimester as you and I’ve been feeling the very same way! Sooo out of energy and little to no motivation to do anything! It’s so hard!

Mine stopped napping long before age 2 but I can’t remember exactly when. We just did quiet time in his bed with toys and then moved onto quiet time in his room around age 3. Sometimes he will randomly fall asleep but it’s rare.

My daughter is two months or so younger than Lola. We took her paci at 1, doesn’t effect naps but now that she’s about to turn two she’s not wanting to take naps either. Definitely fomo getting to her, we have a house full of people and she does not want to nap and not wanting to go to bed either. I feel you girlie. 😅

Keep offering the nap maybe even try to cuddle since youre not feeling well! I weaned my 21 month old and he skipped his nap the first week and went right back to napping with more encouragement after that initial hurdle!

I would honestly try the zofran even if you don’t think your sick enough for it, it’s the only thing that allows me to semi function each day

the Medicine Ball (Honey Citrus Mint Tea) has a Mint Majesty and a Peach Tranquility tea bags in it! Maybe that is why they mess up your Starbs order! 3:47

Aspyn I love you don’t be depressed your the best ever

Unisom saved my life this entire pregnancy 🙏🏼

I love your explanation of having a stranger in your body and then they’re your soulmate. So true! 😂

Small changes will make a huge difference. Nice to freshen up

Sounds like you have a corian (solid surface, acrylic material) for your countertops!

My daughter dropped her nap when we took the pacifier too… the only thing that worked was tucking her in really nicely to my bed with a show and she would doze off eventually. 😅

The is a genetic mutation that doesn’t allow your body to absorb folate which is the main ingredient in prenatal. You should def check that out. It can cause you to feel pretty icky. Magnesium also helps a lot with all of this

Would have loved a first trimester vlog

BUT!! Where’s the sweater from 👀😍

My son and Lola are basically the same age, and he has also stopped napping. He will nap for a little at daycare, but not at home for us. He does fall asleep better at night without a nap though, so Im okay with it

I give my almost two year old son Tarte cherry juice! It’s a natural form of melatonin! I had a midwife recommend it! I give it to him before bed and then on some days just do a little less before nap time so that he still takes a good nap, but isn’t like groggy when he wakes up or anything!

You look so good with darker hair

Have you tried unisom for nausea and sleep?

Have you tried real maple syrup like the one from the tree. It looks like u have a flavored syrup a corn syrup that flavored maple. Just a thought!

6 weeks pregnant and every day is shit. I feel like shit. I’m nauseous but I don’t want to puke. I just feel exhausted 24/7. Ugh I hope it does get better because I feel depleted and I’m only 6 weeks 😭 wishing you the best of luck in feeling better!!

Maybe try playing an audio book of Lola's favorite story or music for naptime.

Just plain, Organic maple syrup. It tastes great.

Don’t give up on the nap! I swear this age it’s just a weird stage and if you stick with it they get back to normal!

I'm an older person, we didn't have those type of counters. We didn't have plastic cheap shower and tub inserts. We had porcelain over cast iron. We also had tile.

Living for Parker's countertop comments!

When I worked at Starbucks we often mixed up Jade Citrus and Mint Majesty. The packaging looks too similar.

Thank you for being so realistic with pregnancy. Yes it’s a miracle, but it’s also the hardest thing for some people. I’m 11 weeks with my third and I have a 1 year old and 3 year old and I am NOT enjoying this pregnancy. Am I thankful I’m pregnant? Absolutely. But it’s so dang hard 😭