Pregnancy

I was older than most women before I started trying for a baby. Despite my best efforts, I was in my late twenties when I met my husband, thirty-one when we got married, and thirty-three before we started trying...

Motherhood is hard. There are all the things you have to remember all the time. If I have learned anything, it is that there is such a thing as having "baby brain." That sometimes, all the energy you possess is tied up in making a human. That makes you do stupid things.

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...

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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.

I've been fascinated by babies ever since I can remember. In high school, we had to take a Home-Ec course where we took home an electronic baby for the weekend that cried when it's needs weren't met. I could...

It may sound strange to say, but I am exactly the kind of expectant mother now that I would have hated when I was pregnant the first time.  It’s funny to me how time can change your perspective.  I...

  I used to have a thigh gap.    I honestly didn’t think anything of it then. It just was.    Now, the only gap I have is the time after the kids go to bed and before I go to bed, too. Just...

You are about to be a parent. You probably feel excited and maybe a little anxious. You are getting as prepared as possible. You are eating right and staying away from foods that could be harmful to your baby....

Newbie parents get all kinds of cool lists - what to pack for the hospital, what you need in a nursery, and even what to put into a diaper bag. The lists are endless. But as my kids get...