Don't worry, you're gonna be a lovely mom because you're already extremely empathetic and get excited to teach people things you know. You're gonna do great. ❤

Josephine, NONE OF US ever knew what we were doing. We all had to figure it out. Even if we had our own moms or grandmas around to help, we each had to find our own way, our own rhythm, our own style. You're choreographing this dance, and it's going to be beautiful chaos. Roll with it. You're going to be amazing.

Keep the diaper byag/backpack packed always. Pick a spot and keep it there. When you need to leave and are running late it is one less thing to worry about.

Best Mama advice I got came from my mom, which is trust yourself you will know what to do. And Congratulations Josephine, babys make the world goround and are always a gift.

I raised 3 kids that are all very different from each other. The best advice i could give a new mom is pay attention and get to know your child. They enter the world with a personality. As a parent, you will mold and shape the person your child will become. But you can't override the person they are naturally. It will be hard. And wonderful. A little like learning the art of ballet. ❤

I think the best mum advice for Josephine will be for her to take advice from her own Mum. Josephine always seems such a lovely person, her own mother was obviously doing things right!

I really feel for empathetic, sensitive women who become new moms, struggling to know what to do. It seems that everyone has an opinion and it's rarely complimentary. Caring for another human in that way seems SO HARD, especially with judgement coming at you from all sides. Assuming that role is so profoundly life-changing, and I hope all people will forever have the choice as to whether they want to be parents or not. Congratulations to you! It could never be me! DINK-LIFE!!

Being a mom is definitely something that you learn as you go. It's, of course, good to get advice and wisdom from experts and other moms, but every kid is different (I have three kids and they all need different mom-styles from time to time). You'll make mistakes, you'll have things you wish you could do over, but that's okay. Every mom feels like that at some point. You already care so much, I think you're going to be amazing! Congratulations!! 💖

OMG JOSEPHINE!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!💗

Congratulations Josephine! Enjoy your pregnancy and fix memories in your mind every so often, they grow up SO fast. A physical baby book can be a memento passed to your child. I wrote letters to my babies as they were growing up and saved them, I pull them out to read every so often now that they are older.❤

My top piece of advice for you Josephine is: plug your ears to EVERYBODY'S advice! Every woman since the beginning of time has their own journey through pregnancy and after your birth. Don't listen!! Even though you're scared, (I get it! So was I!) you'll be on your own journey through this time of your life! Enjoy it! Even the scary times! Seriously! And when women start talking about their labor and delivery? Plug your ears and tell them to please be quiet about that! Your experience will be your very own. Trust me! All it will do is, it will scare you even more! (Been there, done that!) Congratulations and have a WONDERFUL pregnancy and birth!! 🥰

My advice as a mom of an 18 year old and 16 year old twins is this: GIve yourself and your partner grace. There isnt a book out there that will have all the answers. Everyone is so different that yall are going to learn from trial and error of what works for yall. Giving each other and yourself grace in this time helps. Your hormones are going to be all of the place and yalls emotions are going to be all over the place. Its not you versus him when stressed/tired. It is yall versus the problem. You got this. Even on the days you think you are a failure, YOU GOT THIS.

OMG!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Congratulations Josephine, You're gonna be an amazing mom

You’re going to be a wonderful mom. It’s evident in how you interact with young dancers. You listen to their questions, give informative answers. Always with a smile.

Congrats! So far I've found quick and easy things reduce a lot of stress: ready to go freezer meals (bagged and frozen bulgogi is super easy to toss on a pan and eat), an always packed diaper bag with a little bell on it (so you don't forget it walking out the door), and a bottle steamer to clean bottles in a pinch. I've got containers for toys hidden all over the house so I don't have to walk back and forth all the time. And a hand steamer for clothes if I can't get to folding right away. Hope this helps! ❤

Best mommy advice I ever received was never to be afraid to ask questions about your baby or whatever your baby might be doing that you may not be sure about, ask your mom or other moms or dad’s you trust, or even your pediatrician, don’t underestimate the power of the father/partner, tap your partner if you’re feeling overwhelmed and don’t hold your emotions inside, you’re gonna cry frustrated tears and tears of joy, as a grandma taking care of my baby granddaughter and a grandson on the way around the same time you’re due, you got this dance mama and partner 🥰I’m a mom of 5 sons, a granddaughter and grandson on the way and I have confidence in you ✊🏽you already have the discipline from dancing and running a business and social media channels, you definitely got this 🤗🍼🩰

San Francisco gals know those Mission burritos can definitely look like a food baby LOL. Congrats Josephine, it's so fun to see how excited you are! And go you for putting Imperfect Mom energy out there! Not a mom myself, but we should all give ourselves and each other more grace with our Life Stuff :D

I can wait for Josephine to do the mommy and me ballet! Great Video! I have missed the pointe shoe fitting videos!

So the good news is that initially you can't mess it up too bad. Just keep the baby fed, warm, reasonably clean, etc. etc. It's not like when they're a teenager and you're worried saying the wrong thing is going to mess them up for life. I really enjoy these talks with the dancers - the one with Sasha de Sola was the one that originally got me interested in your channel (and got me a lot more interested in ballet). I hope you'll do some more of them.

Congratulations to you both. I taught ice skating throughout my pregnancy and taught until 4 days before delivery. I was on the ice with students and still jumping and spinning the whole time.

Aw Frances and her family are so cute! You're going to be a great mom, Josephine

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I literally rewound you saying you were pregnant three times because I was so shocked and excited!!

Wow i loved hearing her Story and congratulation Josephine ❤

Congratulations Josephine! You’re going to be such a great mom!

CONGRATS 🎉 YOUR GOING TO BE A LOVELY MOM 👩🏼

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! JOSEPHINE!!!!!!!!!! We love you🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I remember seeing Frances in the Nutcracker every year!

Congratulations Josephine!🎉🎉 you will be a great mom! And, for sure your baby will be a great ballet dancer!

Best mom advice I ever got was, if the advice given sounds wrong to you or weird in some way, trust your instincts. You are going to be a fantastic mom ❣️

Congratulations Josephine.! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Congratulations Josephine! Motherhood is one heck of a ride. My best advice? Trust your instinct. A mother's instinct is something you, or your health care professional, should believe in.

OMG JOSEPHINE IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRADULATIONS

No parent know what they are doing and they are all scared. You are in good company. ❤❤

Congratulations! You're gonna be just fine. I never even babysat babies as a kid but my instinct kicked in immediately. I suprised myself at how much love I had for my child, how much energy I had even with the sleepless nights. Breastfeeding was a breeze after the nurses in the hospital showed me the techniques and I nursed for 18 months. My oldest is now 32!

I got the best advice ever from the midwife when we left the hospital with our oldest son (when he was a newborn): Listen to advice you get from people around you, but remember that you are the expert on your baby. My husband and I took that to heart and we have talked about that so many times that it’s the best advice we have ever received. Every child is different, and situations are different, and families are different. So what advice fits in a certain situation will vary. Follow your intuition. We all start as newbies, and as our babies grow, we grow as parents 😊 It’s an organic process. And the unconditional love allows for mistakes on both sides ❤❤❤ Fortunately, we are all human ❤❤❤ Take care, and take time to breathe. You got this ❤❤❤

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU SURE ARE GONNA BE A GOOD MOM!!!!♥

Motherhood is the most selfless, thankless job. It's exhausting, but having that tiny human and watching them grow is an amazing experience. You'll quickly learn what works for you and the baby. Advise is nice, but not always applicable. Listen to your instincts and enjoy the journey. It goes quickly.

CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU'RE GONNA BE AN AMAZING MOM! ❤

I love this conversation! Love Francis and Sfballet!

Congratulations! May you and your family have health, happiness and laughter. Wonderful news! ❤

honestly, best piece of advice, go with/listen to your gut. You'll just know!

CONGRATULATIONS! I would have never guessed you were pregnant. Love your content❤

Congratulations Josephine! You will be such a great Mom!

Mum advice: relax, enjoy every moment, you're already a GREAT mum!❤

Congratulations Josephine ❤❤❤

Yay!!! A little Josephine. I hope we can get a little snapshot from your baby shower! Congratulations honey. Soo happy for you and the baby daddy. ❤

Congratulations Josephine!! Thrilled for you ❤❤❤❤

Frances is such a fabulous dancer! I’ve watched many videos of her dancing! She is delightful!

omg I am so excited for you Josephine, I will be sending all the positive vibes your way

Congratulations Josephine! I only have a few pieces of advice. I have been a Level Four Neonatal ICU RN for over forty years. Use water wipes for diaper changes; they are fragrance free and very gentle. Aquaphor is wonderful for skin protection with every diaper change. Make sure that you have a separate supply for diaper changes versus use on other areas of the body. Finally, if you are planning on breastfeeding, it is the milk that is important, not the method used for feeding. Babies are flexible; having a supply of frozen or refrigerated milk for your partner to feed will let you get some rest. Moms know their babies best. Babies know their parent’s voices. Follow the American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep practices. Take care and best wishes. I really enjoy your channel. I have been a full season subscriber to San Francisco Ballet since the early 1980s. It has been so nice to see dancers have children and return to the company over the years.

Omg congratulations!!!!!!!!❤

I miss this series! Binged the entire playlist today

congrats!! i hope its gonna be a healthy and beautiful baby. :)

Wow!! Congratulations!!!

Her babies are so cute! I bet Josephine will have a beautiful baby, too!

Congratulations ‼️FIRST STOP OVERTHINKING Relax and Enjoy your Pregnancy Love ✨💕🫶🏽💕✨

Btw she said it in her least video but stil CONGRAUTULATIONS

As long as you keep being concerned about whether you are doing a good job as a parent, you are probably doing fine. If you ever catch yourself thinking you are doing a perfect job, pausd and re-evaluate your parenting with a trusted sounding board.

Trust in yourself Josephine! You are gonna have these mama instincts that kick in. You’ll know what to do. Don’t get too much outside info from too many sources it’s too overwhelming. Take good care of your sanity.

It is our children who teach us what love really is. Love is selfless. In a short amount of time you will be unable to imagine life without your child. So grateful for them.

mom advice `Follow YOUR body, follow the needs of YOUR baby

Congrats Josephine! None of us know what we're really doing. If you're trying, you're enough!

I think it is a great testimony to life that these women can do ballet and have a child. Having a child doesn’t really keep you from doing other things. You can work it out!

Be happy and trust yourself. Treat your kid like you would like to be treated as a child and don't underestimate your kid. Don't worry you will be an awesome mum. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

Im so excited for you Josephine! I am not a parent ( and I have no desire for human children in the future, but I am definitely leaning towards becoming a pet parent), but as someone who has studied child development and psychology, I will give you some pointers that I think are key from the things I have studied in school and from some things my own parents have dealt with raising my brother and I. 1. If your child is screaming at the top of their lungs at 2 am, you have done every possible trick you can possibly imagine to get them to settle down and you feel you are going to do something you will definitely regret ( something that I think is a bit too triggering for youtube comments). Put them down in their crib/ bassinet and leave them alone for 5-10 mins and do a brief meditation to calm your nerves. This goes for your partner as well, especially if they have also been trying to help calm baby down too. 2. If you feel you are alert enough to drive, put baby in their carseat and take a spin in the car. I was that child who actually managed to fall asleep from a good drive lol 3. Accept any help that is offered to you from your village, regardless of what it is, bringing prepared meals for you, doing chores to maintain the house, and of course, spending an hour or two with baby so you do not neglect your self care, like showering, maybe catching up on episodes of your favorite show just to decompress from mom life. You cannot be a good mom if you are not taking of yourself 4. Here is one no parent wants to think about, but as my brother and I both autistic (he needs way more help than I do in life, but I have my share of struggles as well), if your baby is either a) not reaching certain developmental milestones in a reasonable timeframe or b) developmental milestones have been reached but baby is starting to MAJORLY regress, speak to your pediatrician immediately to make arrangements for testing. Many developmental disabilities are much easier to manage when a diagnosis is made very early in a child's life. That being said DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING FROM THE ANTI VAXX COMMUNITY THAT VACCINES ARE THE CAUSE OF THESE DISABILIITES. GIVE YOUR CHILD ALL THE VACCINES AS SCHEDULED WITH THE PEDIATRICIAN .

My best piece of advice is no matter what a medical professional tells you, if you think there is something not quite right, don't give up until you are happy. My son is living proof of this. X

Mazel Tov!!! I’m so excited for you!! Have you picked any names?

I would recommend the book good enough parenting. It’s quite short and written by people with phds in psychology. Everyone can always be a “better” parent, so it’s nice to know what’s good enough

Oh, Josephine, so much love goes out to you and your future family! My advice is that NOBODY will be a better mother to YOUR baby than you. Trust your instincts. (Trust science, too, please!) Babies are much more resilient than you think, and teenagers will hate you no matter what you do, at some point. So you do your best, and you will be a wonderful mother. and for you especially: Don't focus on their feet too much. They will look like little dinner rolls and you will want to nom on their adorable piggies no matter how stinky they may get. I'm so excited for you! There is absolutely nothing in life like expecting and welcoming your first child. It is all-consuming and no regrets whatsoever.

At my sister’s baby shower the mom of a family friend told her “don’t worry about the dishes always being done, or the laundry always being put away, or the house always being spic and span. Remember the most important thing is that your baby is cared for and loved. Don’t let the little things overwhelm you”. Or something to that effect. I thought it was wise. Just remember that if your baby is healthy and loved then you guys are doing a great job! 😊

Congratulations 😊

Ever reacted to Erik Cavanaugh’s videos? He’s very inspiring and very talented.

This video is so lovely ❤ congratulations again! I know the fear of being a mom, but you’ll be amazing, don’t worry Ps: this woman dancing with a big belly while I was like a potato when I was pregnant 😂😂😂 ballerinas are wild for sure

Every child is different so there's no one way to be a good mom. They're kinda gross for the first bit... Then they get little personalities and their laugh will make you cry- it's gonna be so great I'm absolutely thrilled for you❤ take a thousand pictures❤ it goes by so fast🤗

The best general advice I can offer, is to relax and breathe. Rearing babies is like the peace corps, it’s the toughest job you will ever love. Just remember, when you are at your at your wits end nothing is working, it is perfectly okay to put them in the crib and go to the far end of the house to regain your sanity. Much love to you💕

CONGRATULATIONS JOSEPHINE!!!! IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU, I hope you and your baby are healthy and happy

Congratulations you are amazing

I’m not a mom myself (and don’t plan to be), but as they say it takes a village to raise a child, and I consider myself very lucky to be part of several kids’ villages. So my advice would be to build the village that will help you raise your child and don’t be afraid to count on them. You don’t have to do this in isolation with only books and judgy strangers to guide your path. Lean on your family and friends, neighbors and coworkers, your child’s teachers and (adult) babysitters/nannies, and fellow moms. You and your child will both benefit from the love, support, and guidance of the people around you.

Congratulations! Just had my baby and I danced while I was pregnant but I couldn’t fit into my pointe shoes by month 5/6.

Congrats. You are going to be a great mom

Congratulations! I’m shook…had NO idea, you are looking fabulous.

❤ the conversation about motherhood 🥰. Congrats 🎉

You will do great! Babies start out very small and you learn as they do. Remember to nap whenever you can. Enjoy the moments as they come. You will look back and wish you had more time with them as wee ones.

Josephine you're overthinking it so muchh just enjoy the process and take it one day at a time

ur gonna be the best mom ever ILYSM!!!!!!!

Congratulations Josephine

No omg I have never imagined her prego but she would be a great mom now that I think ab it

I wish you were around way back when I was in pointe shoes! I NEVER had a pair of shoes that really worked well for my feet! I may have actually danced en pointe longer if you had been around, or even someone like you!

Lovely interview and interaction! Thanks and all the best with the baby 🐣

oh my heart!!! congratulations !!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🍼🚼👶👩‍🍼🧑‍🍼

I was about 7 months pregnant when I went to a wedding, and we did the limbo. My baby was the perfect counterweight, and I won. Haha It was awesome.

In the history of moms, not one had any idea what she was doing. I’m a grandmom now, and I stopped dancing when I was injured at 12, but I love your content. If you make less content after the baby is born, I’ll still follow you! Trusting your instincts is important - there will be times when you say “I don’t have any idea why, but I’m sure there is something wrong”. But most of the time, I reached for “instinct” and found “black hole of nothingness”. What ultimately helped me were two things. The first is that you will remember your baby’s early years in detail, but they won’t. Focus in those years on creating a strong bond as well as a community that can help you with caring for your child. Past those years, it helped me a lot to think long term - “what does my child need to be able to do independently at age 18”. I picked 18 because that was how old I was when I left home. One of my kids left at 18 but the others stayed longer, so it was just an approximation. But that allowed me to examine how something we might be struggling with fits in to a long term development. My kids needed to be able to prepare food, use money wisely, be comfortable with people from different backgrounds, and so on. In addition, I wanted them to be curious lifelong learners which meant I needed to model that behavior. My kids got an allowance not as a reward for doing chores but as a way to learn to handle money. Part of their allowance could be spent at any time, but the other part had to be saved for at least 10 weeks before it they could spend it. They had to start doing their own laundry at age 10 and over multiple kids over many years, one wool sweater was put in the dryer and that was the only error. I started cooking with them at least once a week as soon as they could safely stand on a stool. I read endlessly out loud to them, even after they learned to read because their minds can understand material they can’t yet read themselves. Plus I think it is by far the lowest energy positive childrearing thing you’d can do! I worked full time and I liked the balance - I was an adult with one skill set during some hours and I was deeply invested in my children and their future during other hours. The books I most recommend are “The Magic Years” that give you a peek into brain development, and “The Good Enough Parent” that puts the focus on the fact you aren’t going to be perfect and that mostly doesn’t matter. Good luck for the rest of your pregnancy!

AAHHH JOSEPHINES BABY IS GONNA BE SO CUTE

Congratulations!!!! ❤

I'm still so excited for you to becoming a new mama. When I would see dancers that are pregnant and still dancing I would just be amazed that they are still dancing while pregnant. I'm not a mom yet but hope to be eventually and maybe be able to bring my tiny human to the studio with me.

Congratulations!!! 🎉❤🎉

OMG! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I’m a dad, and the best advice I can give you is “this too shall pass”. I have a beautiful daughter that was a nightmare when it came to sleeping through the night. It felt like it would be an eternity before I would ever get a restful nights sleep. Now she is six, and sleeps just fine. But the anxiety of knowing that you aren’t going to sleep soundly is awful, but everyone eventually learns to sleep. Just be patient. We only have one child, but I would do it again in a heartbeat because I know now that if we had another child, I would eventually sleep soundly again.

Oh my goshhh my dance teacher is pregnant aswell can’t to see if one day they’ll be in the baby ballet class