I have had two pregnancies, deliveries, recoveries, and children. The two experiences could not be more different from one another. There’s lots of room...
If you’re looking forward to reading about a sweet, positive breastfeeding journey, this isn’t it. Maybe they exist, but I wouldn’t know. What I...
So I have a question.
When did society dictate how our birth experience is perceived? Since when do those who give birth unmedicated earn a...
I thought that I was okay.
It was one week since my miscarriage, and even though I had spent much of the week lying in...
A little over four years ago, my husband and I made the early morning drive to the hospital where I would give birth to...
Oh yes. It happens.
My son, Charlie, was born at 37 weeks at a beautiful hospital in Houston, Texas. I was pre-eclamptic, but at the...
February 7th-14th is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 1 in 110 babies are born with a heart defect and I didn’t realize this until...
As a person who went through fertility struggles, I have literally heard it all when it comes to others’ opinions on why my husband...
I'm 39 weeks pregnant with my third baby. I'm tired, I'm achy, I'm overwhelmed, and I'm emotional. I don't know if these symptoms are...
There I was, standing with a small group of women, sharing birth stories with a soon-to-be first-time mom, watching her face go from complete...
I see it all the time on social media: a new mom shares a photo just a few weeks postpartum (especially “influencers”) — standing...






















