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Everything's Different This Time

A pregnancy update on what I've changed and how I'm preparing at 39

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Brittany Xavier
Feb 24, 2026
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This is a very personal pregnancy post. Between my c-section with Jadyn and barely making it to the hospital with both Poppy and Elliott for VBACs, I've never had a calm birth story. This time everything is different and there's a specific reason for that. I get into all of it here. What I found out about my body that changed this entire pregnancy and the birth plan we've chosen and the team I've put together and how I'm testing and preparing differently… sharing it all in this post for my Substack family:

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