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Nicole Stewart

@thenicolestewart

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Wife & Mom of ✌🏻boys
Relatable motherhood • Simple Wellness

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Because apparently working, raising two kids, keeping everyone fed, maintaining some sort of social life and managing the general chaos of everyday life wasn’t quite enough. 😂

So naturally, I decided to add school to the mix.

And while I’m genuinely loving what I’m learning, I’m also wondering who I thought was going to create all these extra hours in the day.

If it wasn’t for my parents visiting and managing the day to day chaos, I don’t know how I’d do it!

But here we are. Learning, juggling, and occasionally questioning my time management skills.

Anyone else have a habit of adding more to their plate when they’re already running out of room? 😂🤎

#WorkingMom #VancouverDoula #MomOfTwo #RelatableMotherhood #MotherhoodUnfiltered by @thenicolestewart

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3 days ago

Having two babies definitely made me feel like I knew a thing or two about pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

Then I started doula school. 😂

And one of the biggest things I’m realizing is how much I didn’t know — especially going into my first birth.

Things like how much movement and positioning can matter during labour.

How many choices you actually have when it comes to birth (even in the hospital)

How important it is to understand your options before you’re in the middle of labour trying to make decisions.

How much support matters after the baby arrives — not just for the baby, but for the mother (this is KEY).

And how wildly underprepared so many of us are for postpartum.

I’m still very much learning, but honestly, that’s becoming one of my favourite parts of doing this.

I get to look back at my own experiences with a completely different perspective while learning how I can eventually support other women through theirs.

There are already SO many things I wish I knew the first time around.

Maybe I’ll make this a series? 🤎

Ps I live in this Costco sweatsuit now so expect to see it in many reels lol

#BirthDoula #PostpartumDoula #BirthEducation #PostpartumSupport #MaternalWellness by @thenicolestewart

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21 days ago

I think for a long time I assumed you needed a reason to make a change.

That something had to be wrong. That you had to be unhappy. That there needed to be this big moment where you realized this isn’t for me anymore.

But that hasn’t really been my experience.

I have a career I’m proud of, two amazing boys, a family I love and a very full life.

I think it was actually the fullness of it all that made me start thinking differently.

When your time becomes limited, you start paying a lot more attention to how you want to spend it.

I started asking myself what I genuinely enjoy. What I want to learn more about. What gives me energy. What I keep coming back to when no one is telling me what I should be doing.

And for me, so much of that has been around pregnancy, birth, postpartum, nutrition, women’s health and supporting other moms.

So I decided to make some room for it.

I’m still working. Still raising my boys. Still very much figuring out what this could look like.

I’m just following something I’m genuinely curious about and seeing where it takes me.

Because maybe nothing has to be wrong with the life you have to wonder what else you might want from it. 🤎

#WorkingMom #MotherhoodJourney #NewChapter #BirthAndPostpartum #TheNourishedMother by @thenicolestewart

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24 days ago

Just sitting down to enjoy a nice, relaxing dinner…

while mentally making tomorrow’s lunches, booking a dentist appointment, remembering we’re out of toothpaste and wondering if I ever switched the laundry. 😂

Motherhood: where your body is technically sitting down but your brain absolutely is not.

Please tell me I’m not the only one with 37 tabs open at all times?🤎

#RelatableMotherhood #MomLife #MentalLoad #MotherhoodUnfiltered #ModernMotherhood by @thenicolestewart

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25 days ago

I’m 38. I’m a mom of two. I have a career. A great husband. A full life.

And I decided to go back to school.

Because somewhere between building a career, becoming a mom, and raising two little humans I started asking myself a pretty simple question:

What do I actually want the next chapter of my life to look like?

Motherhood has changed me in a lot of ways, but one of the biggest has been how much I care about mothers. About pregnancy, birth, postpartum, nutrition and the way we support women & families through all of it.

So instead of continuing to think maybe one day, I decided to start.

I’m going back to school while still working and raising my boys. Which sounds slightly insane when I type it out 😂

I don’t have some perfectly mapped-out five-year plan.

I just know I’m really excited to learn, to follow something that genuinely interests me, and to see where it takes me.

So here’s to starting something new at 38. 🤎

And maybe a reminder that you’re allowed to change direction — even when the life you’ve already built is a good one.

#Millenialmom #CareerChange #WorkingMom #MomOfTwo #DoulaTraining by @thenicolestewart

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a month ago

Living in wanting to slow down time and soak up every moment of these two boys🥺

#backtoschool #boymomlife #thisismotherhood #realmomlife by @thenicolestewart

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a month ago

A weekend well spent on the Oregon Coast!

Road trips, concert dates nights with daddy, bonfires on the beach, late bedtimes, sunsets, walks, and so much family time my soul came back full🤍

#oregoncoast #roadtripwithkids #summermemories #familysummer #seasideescape by @thenicolestewart

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3 months ago

Reducing our TV time has been a game changer for the boys. They’re calmer, read more, play together and overall just less reactive to the world around them.

It’s not always this quiet and simple, but when it is, I’m in awe🥺 by @thenicolestewart

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3 months ago

Wellness culture really took us millennials somewhere!

Thank you @dr.nicola_bennett_nd & @theivhealthcentre for keeping my wrinkles non existent and my skin glowing. Forever one of my favourite clinics in Vancouver!

#millenialmom #millenialhumor #momhumor #relatablemomcontent #crunchymom by @thenicolestewart

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5 months ago

Mamas, this is your reminder to get the girls trip out of the group chat🔥

The best weekend celebrating one of our best girls @lindypop03! taken in Kelowna, British Columbia by @thenicolestewart

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5 months ago

I swear if you give moms a little peace and quiet and some sunshine, she comes back to life!

#momlife #selfcaresunday #vancouvermom #honestmom #sunshinestateofmind by @thenicolestewart

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6 months ago

There’s a lot about boy mom life that stresses me out, but I try to remind myself that 99% of the time they have no idea what’s going on so why should I 🤷🏼‍♀️

#boymom #boymomlife #honestmotherhood #parentinghumour by @thenicolestewart

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8 months ago