My sister's due date had passed and we were all eagerly waiting to meet her new baby boy. I wanted to help ease her last days of physical discomfort and built-up anticipation. Each day I texted my sister a relevant music video to help spread cheer. If you have a family member or friend in a similar situation, feel free to use the below playlist.

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Finding time for yourself, away from motherhood, is not an easy task. It also shouldn’t be seen as a task, but more times than not – it is. As a mom of one-year-old twins, I have struggled over the months to find time for myself. Their needs come first, as they should, but sometimes that leaves a new mom to get smacked in the face by “Baby Blues” or to force aside her own interests and hobbies. While I was able to still intertwine some of my hobbies into my schedule early on, I also had to push aside some of them. This brought forward a deep depression and made me feel less like the confident, secure person I had sculpted myself into over the years.

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