Well, hello there and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to another bonus episode, a short and sweet bonus episode of the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast.

Now as a reminder on these bonus episodes I answer your questions,

listener questions that you have called in and asked me. So today we have two

questions that are quite similar in their query I will play one and then I'll play the

other right after so here are today's questions.

Hey Stephanie I'm wondering what some of your tips are when it comes to preparing for a baby for the first time when you want to maintain a minimalist lifestyle.

Thank you.

Hi Stephanie, this is Lauren.

I am in my third trimester of pregnancy

and with all of the marketing that is given to me in this time I was

wondering if you had any minimalist swaps or knows to say about the pregnancy journey and growing an infant.

So just let me know.

Thank you both so much for calling and asking these questions.

Now I should say right off the bat that the journey, anybody who's ever been a

mother knows that the journey toward motherhood is fraught with

countless emotions right there's fear there's anxiety there's happiness and

those are just three emotions that come to my mind off the bat but in those

last months of pregnancy before the birth it's natural to want to

accumulate all the baby things.

One, because you don't know better,

because you've never been a mother before,

and two, because you want to be prepared.

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