HeHe’s 26-week (or 24-week) update includes her first in-home prenatal visit with her midwives. The two-and-a-half-hour appointment offered deep emotional connection and holistic care—from Doppler and fetoscope listening to the intimate moment of hearing her placenta and baby’s heartbeat through a stethoscope. She also unpacks her choice to hire multiple doulas, a decision that helped her soften into receiving support even as a doula herself. She also delves into her Mast Cell Activation Syndrome diagnosis, and its potential connection to rare complications like Amniotic Fluid Embolism. HeHe shares two big bodily shifts: her first true heartburn flare (courtesy of jalapeño pizza) and an unexpected moment of leaking colostrum during a maternity shoot.
Up Next in Growing with Hehe Season 1
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Episode 18 - Growing with HeHe
HeHe reaches 25 weeks pregnant (27 on paper) and begins feeling the physical intensity of mid-pregnancy more fully. She experiences her first real swelling in her toes and ankles and shares how she’s managing it. HeHe also talks about slowing down mentally, and adopting more intentional nighttime...
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Episode 19 - Growing with HeHe
“Retreats, Ribs & Real-Time Data” - At 26 weeks pregnant (28 on paper), HeHe steps into a week of movement, learning, and deep self-trust. She attends a pelvic-floor-focused retreat in Kingston, bonding with women of all ages through Pilates and shared birth wisdom—surviving a surprise vegetarian...
