I officially went on maternity leave as of Thursday, February 1st. :) Not sure I&#8217;ve quite adjusted to the thought of not working for the next 12 months. At the same time, I&#8217;m so pumped to refocus again on Charlene Precious Co., at least when the dust starts to settle a bit with a newborn in our lives! 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It&#8217;ll feel like my MBA years when I had time to build up the business except the MBA work is presumably a piece of cake compared to a newborn :P.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another bump picture! I&#8217;m really cherishing these last few preggo moments since I&#8217;m likely going to miss this belly and having a buddy everywhere I go. I&#8217;m just about ready for baby blue to come though! Don&#8217;t get too chubby in there, bud. It&#8217;s a bit crazy in these final days because you start to over-think and over-analyze every little &#8220;sign&#8221; of labour, especially because it&#8217;s my first pregnancy. I guess soon enough we&#8217;ll see what game day really looks like!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38-5weekswithtextD.jpg\" alt=\"38-5weekswithtextD\" width=\"700\" height=\"810\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38-5weekswithtextD.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38-5weekswithtextD-450x521.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38-5weekswithtextD-624x722.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chris&#8217; fiscal year just ended on February 1st as well and he had an absolutely incredible year so the past 3 days have been one long celebration. We both went for a nice manicure\/pedicure, a 90 minute massage, and dinner at the Keg. I also got my hair cut and coloured, which felt FANTASTIC. I waited 9 months to do this because I wasn&#8217;t sure about all the chemicals but now that babe is fully cooked, I felt better about it and decided to get pampered knowing I won&#8217;t have much time to myself for a while. Gotta take care of those overgrown roots!<\/p>\n<p>So because Chris finished his year with a bang, he actually earned himself a free trip to Hawaii at the end of May and he gets to bring me along, which means&#8230;.. the baby is coming with us??? What an exciting thought. Gotta get clearance from the doctor first before I get too caught up in the idea though! More to come on this.<\/p>\n<p>New print below, taken in Ocho Rios, Jamaica! Perhaps this will be somewhat similar to my view in May?? ;) I&#8217;m hopeful and keeping my fingers crossed. xo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/01.24.18B.jpg\" alt=\"ocho rios photography, jamaica photography\" width=\"810\" height=\"529\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/01.24.18B.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/01.24.18B-450x294.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/01.24.18B-624x408.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,32,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>38 weeks, 4 days! - Charlene Precious Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/38-weeks-4-days\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"38 weeks, 4 days! - Charlene Precious Co.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I officially went on maternity leave as of Thursday, February 1st. :) Not sure I&#8217;ve quite adjusted to the thought of not working for the next 12 months. 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