Pregnancy + Birth

Labor. It’s messy. It’s complicated. It’s beautiful. It’s private and intimate (and yet… it can sometimes feels like a spectator sport!). No two birthing experiences are alike but there are enough similarities that moms often share a fair amount...

There is so much to figure out in the third trimester of pregnancy. Finalizing a name, making sure all your baby gear is ready, installing a car seat, and being ready for labor whenever that may come. Whether it's...

The saying is, “the truth will set you free,” so I am going to tell you the truth.  I did not enjoy being pregnant.  I was afraid to admit this all through my pregnancy and after because I didn’t...

And then it hit me: It's like I have been in a coma for 2+ years. OK that's dramatic - and I don't mean it in a bad way! It's not like I've been living under a rock or anything. But for the last 2+ years it's like my brain was so overwhelmed with taking care of two tiny, needy, little people that it couldn't fathom doing anything else for myself. And I truly didn't want to be doing anything else. I wasn't resentful and I didn't feel like I was missing anything. But now that the fog is lifting, I realize that I did miss the old me. She was pretty fun!

Do you remember when you were growing up and had dreams about what your life and your future family would look like? I remember some of those dreams. And, in them, since I was one of three kids in...

Curiosity killed the cat. I don't know how many times my mother said that phrase during my childhood. Regardless it is one that is ingrained in my psyche. However, I can't say the same for much of the general...

Surprise! I remember going to the OB office to get these weird cramps looked at. Honestly, I thought I had cancer. My kids were six and nine so I knew I definitely couldn’t be pregnant- I was on birth control...

I trudge down the stairs into the building's basement, wind my way through the dark skinny corridor to the Lactation Room, a tiny office that hasn’t been utilized for anything besides storage and expressing breast milk since the 1970s...

It's about that time of year again where almost every person is excited and hopeful for the warm summer months ahead but at times feels a little displeased when making the connection that your wardrobe is soon to shift into...

I am pregnant! I just hit the 22-week mark and have emerged from the fog of the first trimester. This pregnancy has been different from my first pregnancy. Maybe it’s because I’m a few years older than I was...