Online I'm known as The Bubblelush, but you can call me Carla.
Here's some fast facts:
- I'm 28 years old. I'm a Gemini. I'm 6' tall and Swedish.
- In college I was a cheerleader, volleyball player, rugby star and sorority girl. While that might make me sounds like that stereotypical blonde, I also graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Chemical Engineering with a focus on Environmental Engineering.
- I currently work in the environmental enforcement field. I wear steel toed boots, a white hard hat and I carry lipstick and a ticket book in my clipboard.
- My infertility diagnosis is PCOS with a dash of Factor V Leiden clotting disorder thrown in for a bit of spice.
- I got my positive pregnancy test on Christmas Eve and was pregnant for 297 days (42w3d).
- My daughter Hannah has my feisty personality and my husband's good looks.
- My husband is amazing and patient. He's a fabulous cook, loves wine, knows nearly everything about the food industry, and you should never, ever get into a debate with him. Because he'll squash you. In the nicest way possible.
What is the Bubblelush all about?
Although I kept a blog all through college, theBubblelush started shortly after I got married (to my college sweetheart Christopher) in the fall of 2008. We wanted to start a family and I just knew that I was going to have problems getting pregnant.
I found a community of vloggers on YouTube that were sharing their TTC (trying to conceive) journeys, and I thought to myself - "Self, You can do this." - so I did.
I vlogged my entire infertility journey - all 15 months of it, all 7 medicated cycles and all 3 IUIs (IntraUterine Inseminations - you might know them as artificial inseminations). I vlogged the moment I found out I was pregnant, the moment I told Chris, the moment I told my parents and even the moment we found out we were expecting a little girl. I vlogged my entire pregnancy, and I facebooked with my subscribers throughout my 65+ hour labor.
I've vlog my life as a mother. The ups and downs of breastfeeding, cloth diapering, making baby food at home, and the joys of crawling, starting solid food, first steps, and every celebration in between - all while working outside the home.
But I also talk about things that make me happy: baking, scrapbooking, trashy TV, politics that affect mothers & families, and my family.
I blog. I vlog. I facebook. and plan to get more involved with Twitter.
Why? You may ask. Because I love it. I love sharing my life with people that appreciate watching. I love giving hope to women facing infertility. I love encouraging mothers with breastfeeding and cloth diapering - it can be done! Even if you're working 40+ hours outside the home! I love meeting like minded women.
So I encourage you to follow along!
Subscribe to my channel on YouTube - it'll send you an email when I upload a new vlog.
Friend me on Facebook and add your 2 cents to the day's discussion.
Follow me on Twitter and watch my progression into a full fledged... tweeter? Twitterer? Twit.
But most importantly -
join the conversation.
