I have loved watching my friend Tessa through her pregnancy journey. She is a working birth and post-partum doula, so she is very aware of how all of this should work. Throughout her pregnancy, she has shared how things were progressing through an ongoing Instagram story, and goodness has it been real and honest and eye-opening. I love reading what smart people have to say, and she is smart and wise and very good at explaining things. She would be a terrific person to help you down your pregnancy path.

Her pregnancy path has been hard. And yet, she has walked that path with so much grace and calm. She is a huge proponent of listening to your body and accepting that your body knows what it is doing. She is also one of the biggest cheerleaders for body positivity that I know. I heard her give a talk once on Fatphobia in the Arts and it has stuck with me. For those of us that live in larger bodies, it is so lovely to see someone loving their body with joy.