Pregnancy

Many of you wonderful readers out there read my last blog post “Why I Need a Little Pink in my World.” So, I thought it only fair to write an update. It's been just a few days since finding...

Whether you’re expecting for the first or third time, have a newborn at home or are working your way through the toddler years and thinking of expanding your family in the future, this event is for YOU! We’d love to...

  I took the clipboard and pen from the receptionist, and made my way back to the waiting room. I filled out the endless sheets of paperwork. Checked countless boxes for which I knew the information by heart. Rolled my...

I've been a part of a large moms group since I was pregnant with my first. So I've been involved in many meal trains. And while I'm no real expert on this, I do feel like I've learned a...

From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I was certain that I was having another girl. It was my second pregnancy, and my first girl was still in diapers. My kiddos would be almost exactly two years...

My husband and I are done having children. We have three beautiful babies, ranging from six to one years old. We are full of gratitude. We are content. We run a small circus. We wouldn't have it any other way. Having...

I'm officially out of the first trimester of my second pregnancy. I've heard every pregnancy is different, both between different women and even different pregnancies in the same woman. I've heard it, but I didn't fully grasp it until...

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...

Now that my youngest is in school, I realize the days were long, but the years were short. I'm so thankful looking back for the lazy days at the playground and the hours spent in a rocking chair with my babies. With kids in high school, middle school, and elementary now, things move at a much quicker pace. I hope we had fun. I think we did.

Having reached a point where your grief has subsided to intermittent passing thoughts rather than a constant state of pain, technology throws a punch in the form of an algorithm from Facebook-land. A little message pops up to remind you that "5 years ago today you... were just letting everyone know that you "won't actually be having a baby in July, no heartbeat."" And you will get to relive that grief all over again.