Since mid-March, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered our everyday life. It has led to thousands dead, ravaged the economy, and caused havoc on everyday work, school, and home life. With school and daycare closures, parents became the primary caretakers and educators while still juggling their full-time jobs. Parents, particularly mothers, are simultaneously juggling work, home, schooling the kids, meal prepping, and numerous other tasks during these unprecedented times.

So you have just given birth. NOW WHAT?

Well, the baby generally may or may not be placed on top of the mother for bonding depending on your method of birth and complications.

But wait...do you really want a baby on top of you when they have just come out of the womb? Why are they so white and what is that waxy substance on their body?

Well that my friends is called the VERNIX, VERNIX CASEOSA to be exact.

Our trying to conceive journey started in the summer of 2014 after we returned from France. We had booked a 3-week trip to celebrate a family wedding, our 5-year anniversary, and Darshan's fellowship graduation. We spent a week in London with family celebrating my uncle's wedding. After that, we traveled to Paris, Versailles, Bordeaux, Nice, and Monaco. I enjoyed plenty of wine at the chateau's in Bordeaux with the intention of not having some for a while. Who knew I had 2.5 years before actually getting pregnant.

As I begin this new journey in life, I would like to dedicate this new beginning to my parents, my husband, and my two beautiful children.