Babies

In regards to parenting a young child, a dear friend once told me, “don’t lose yourself in the temporary.” It had been a tough day of juggling parenting and work – all my resources felt drained. From work deadlines...

When you choose UCHealth for your labor and delivery, you have access to some of the top obstetric providers in the country, as well as specially trained nurses who provide expertise, compassion and comfort based on decades of experience. UCHealth is...

You want to know what I never get tired of? Birth Stories. I've never heard a birth story that I didn't find totally fascinating.  They're all like a season finale of Grey's Anatomy -thrilling, intriguing and there's always some little...

Okay, hold the phone. I am about to throw down the only parenting advice you need. I am qualified to offer this advice because I am old and grizzled and I've climbed out on the other side of the...

I couldn't cook or clean. Just trying to keep my daughter and I both sane and alive became my primary job. I started thinking, "I have to get through this for my son's sake. I can't keep falling apart because my daughter and husband need me to be stay strong and healthy."

When we are so busy raising our little people and dealing with the ups and downs that they throw at us, sometimes our brains seem to disappear. I know you feel me, here. It begins with pregnancy (yes, scientists have proven that your brain actually shrinks during pregnancy). But this disorder continues on for years. And years.

Many women envision nursing their baby from the breast immediately after birth and are shocked and disappointed if that isn’t their reality. My whole life I expected to breastfeed my child and never considered that it might not come...

My child is light years away from the most serious and life-threatening cases that Children’s Hospital employees and volunteers see on a daily basis, but as a mom I have gotten a taste of the panic and fear that...

Forever Loved, Never Forgotten. October 15th marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, and the month of October is set aside to bring awareness as well. One in four pregnancies do not go full-term.  We feel the loss of our...

When you give birth, I'm convinced that there is absolutely no way to be prepared for the overwhelming love you feel for that fresh, tiny - or maybe not so tiny...bless you - human. The moment they first handed...