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….And then three hearts became four. 💕💕
Our little family grew by one more last Monday, October 28th 2024, 7:08am Japan Standard Time, our baby girl little Miss Akira Megumi Symon-Yamaguchi made way into the world, here in Osaka, Japan.
Labor was insanely fast, only 5.5 hours after waking up to realize I was actually finally having regular contractions 5 mins apart! In Japan most hospitals do not offer painless childbirth, and with strict 5 day hospitalizations w/ no minors allowed to visit, we decided a private birth house was the way to go for us where I could birth freely & be home in 3 days, while allowing my son to visit right away.
After doing my first via induction + epidural, I was nervous as hell to not have ANY pain relief options available… & honestly, it DID suck lol however I was remarkably surprised at the difference in PP recovery in that the first time, the drugs caused me to be manic & anxious & I was unable to sleep for a week after, & ended up having pretty bad PPD in the aftermath. Being in an American county hospital, the constant nurse interruptions & terrible hospital food surely didn’t help me get a good start in recovery either.
This time around, w/ no IV, no induction, no epidural drugs… I felt SO normal, sharp, & VERY much myself immediately after. No anxiety, no mania, the meals were prepared w/ love & lots of nutrition, & baby & I were left to recover & bond in peace w/ very minimal interruptions which was a dream! My son was able to visit immediately; such a magic moment! Overall it’s only been a 1.5 weeks, but it’s been so much better of a PP recovery period!
Akira is the sweetest little angel, & thankfully so far very easy baby! I’ve been able to sleep in 2-3 hour stretches despite cosleeping w/ both babies together, & overall this has been a huge redemption from my first birth experience!
Also, compared to the US, mom & Baby have a 1, 2 & 4 week PP check ups compared to the singular 6 week PP which I think is absolutely great! I actually feel supported and cared!

Thank you to Birth House for such amazing & loving care! It’s made all the difference in my birth experience this time! 💕

Merry Holidays and a brighter New Year everyone, from my family to yours. ❤️
May 2024 bring abundance, love, peace, healing and freedom to you all and every one across the world. 🥰🕊️🤍 🤲🏼✨🍉
Except for those committing g3n0c1d3…Not you guys. 😒🖕🏼
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If you’ve been following me for the hot miami bih b***y pics from back in the day day, this ain’t that account no mo’. 😂
As you see, as I became a mom and now I have no time to give any f***s about how I present myself…. So please enjoy my barefaced hot mess tired mom artist look complete with wild postpartum Sailor Moon bangs I never asked for. 😭😂
But I’ve been getting back into my art side thanks to my darling hubs, and this month I’m proud to say I did a thang and had a submission for an Art Basel event at the National Hotel, hosted by .
This work has a lot of story and depth and background that includes an entire metaverse and storytelling that I won’t go into details too far yet in here, but it is artwork loosely based on my own bloodline background to the Akō Rōshi of Japan, better known to the West as the “47 Rōnin”.
If you’re curious to learn more about this project, please check out ryuxr.com and don’t forget to check out the awesome soundtrack I also got to do voiceover in Japanese for that can be heard on the site. 😄😆

Here’s a few pics of my process…. Because….content.
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🌸 🥳 🎂 🐇💛36th Year Around the Sun: in my Soft and Feminine era of .
This is the year I became a mom and the Matriarch of my very own family. This has been THE BEST gift l could possibly ever have asked for in my life that I truly didn’t know I was needing.🥰
They lie to us and say to focus on a career, that being a mother is so oppressive, that a 9 to 5 answering the beck and call of an employer is going to fill our days and will be more fulfilling than being constantly at the beck and call of your family, swirling about in a kitchen to feed your family.
But they forget to mention the love. They forget to mention the magic of watching what the love between you and your partner created develops and grows and begins to have opinions. They forget to mention the explosive bursts of love you feel in your heart with each giggle and fart you hear. The feeling of ultimate safety and home being under the roof with your very own family, knowing you are bonded by love and blood and that no one or nothing can break it.
It’s the kind of love I fought so hard all through my twenties to find, and searched in alllll the wrong places for. Lol
Sure there’s ups and downs, and sure there’s tough moments when you have to sacrifice so much as a parent…..but
36 is by far, hands down, the best year I’ve ever had in my life!
Thank you to my anchor, and the man of my life, for taking the time in our crazy schedule to honor my day with our son. Love of my life, I love you so much!
Here’s to another beautiful, blessed, incredible year around the sun!
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🫀✨Transmission of Consciousness
It’s a lie what society tells you…how they frame motherhood and child rearing to be a ball and chain that inhibits you from living your life…
To me, it’s been the most grounding, deeply purpose giving event that’s ever happened to me, making me connect to what is truly important in life, in consciousness, spirituality and creation. My job had given me a sense of purpose sure, but motherhood gives me a sense of reason for the “why’s” in life bound with the most purest and highest frequencies of love that exists, while simultaneously teaching me the true fear in the risk of loss and consequence.
Up until now I felt I had come to master myself in many ways…but having a child is truly the next level in the game of life.
The one piece of advice to anyone who wishes to become a parent is to do the inner work to consciously conceive. Having a child makes you face all the karmic reapings of your bloodlines, past, present and future.
All the magic and curses in your bloodlines WILL be written into the new one. What codes will you be passing onto your babies so that they will be prepared to be born into this world?
May the work I have done in my lifetime be enough to arm my son to be the greatest version of all our bloodlines past…and may he come to know how magical he truly is in this world.
After all we may be “raising the world’s next king.”

November in Miami. 🤰🏻💕
A fairly recent study revealed that pregnant women live at the utmost limit of human endurance during their pregnancies.
After analyzing competitive athletes, the upper limit of most super athletes at peak performance averages out to be about 2.5 times their resting metabolic rate.
A pregnant woman averages about 2.2 times their metabolic rate.
To be honest, this pregnancy has been much harder than I ever thought it was going to be…as someone who prides themselves on bodily and mental discipline, the fact that our bodies are truly purely animal, no matter how disciplined, and that sometimes, regardless of will, our bodies will show us their limitations, whether we like it or not….which has been very both humbling, exhausting, and humanizing.
Going into the final 10 weeks…. It’s been a serious process allowing myself the grace and patience, in mind, body, and especially spirit… for being at the mercy of what it truly takes to create a brand new human life, and to bring their tiny little soul Earthside.
But for that, no matter the discomforts, I am so proud of what my body is creating…and I am just so excited to meet my sweet little samurai prince I am baking within me.
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🎃🎃🎃Just 3 more months until we meet our sweet little pumpkin!

🐻‍❄️✨🐉✨Mama Bear’s day at the spa while Papa Bear is conquering the astral dragon.

🎉🎂✨🐉As August comes to an end, here is a photo dump of my 35th Birthday Month! #35
On my birthday I hit halfway through my 30’s and simultaneously hit halfway through my pregnancy!
It was filled with mocktails, birthday dates, healthy ultrasounds that show how my son already looks like his papa, prenatal massage treats, a new cool mom-mobile, connections to the divine spirit, and hearts FULL of love and gratitude.
Here’s to another beautiful, crazy year of growth & blessings around the sun!

😁💙🇺🇸🧨💥Baby boy coming January 2023!!
The happiest Fourth of July this year to celebrate what we know will be a firecracker baby of ours!
Super excited to be finally become first time parents and look forward to our journey to come!

☺️Always an honor & privilege to be in the OR, reconstructing lives, working alongside some of my fave surgical residents & team.
Yesterday was a good day. 😃👍🏼
Always stay learning, always stay humble, always find the excitement and good in what you do; fall in love with what you do & never really work a day in your life. ❤️
😅Should’ve hopped back on the step stool for the second pic.