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My name is Megan. My wonderful husband Caleb and I live in Vancouver with our 2 1/2 week old daughter Adeline and our Cockapoo Riley.I was raised in Sequim Washington. After high school I moved to Texas and then Oklahoma and also traveled frequently including trips to Israel, Trinidad, Botswana, and southern Mexico. I returned to the Pacific Northwest because I still think it is one of the most beautiful places I have seen throughout the world. I am currently a Registered Nurse working Cardiac Critical Care and also attending graduate school to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. My greatest challenge in life is balancing work, school, and family.

Supermom??

Posted by: mmstreur in Postnatal Parenting, Home on Jul 17, 2009

My name is Megan, I am a first time, new mom with a beautiful little 2 1/2 week old baby girl. I am new to blogging and new to the YBYW community so hopefully somebody will find my blog either interesting, insightful, or helpful in some way. 

Somebody called me supermom once and I was foolish enough to believe it. Throughout my pregnancy I maintained a very busy schedule consisting of full time graduate school and part time work. I spent up to six days per week either working or interning, the shifts lasting 9-12 hours. In my spare time I studied and did housework. I had a very helpful and supportive husband and all was good. I actually liked being called supermom, it made me feel like if I could handle all this while being pregnant, then I could handle everything once baby came with no problems.

And now I am home. I do not feel like a supermom. I find it hard just to find time in the day to do what I consider the basics of any given day like exercise, housework, and

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