I am currently pregnant with my first child. While I was pretty quick to put my baby registry together, I kind of forgot that I would be needing some new clothing items as well! I fit into my regular...
Corona canceled visits. Covid-19 remitted reunions. There are many broken hearts from pandemic postponed adoption visits.
No matter how you phrase it, birth/first/biological families (I will refer to them as birth families) and adoptees are...
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As a mom who has been through three devastating miscarriages, I know how important it was for my village to rally to my side during those difficult times. One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, so there is no...
As I clutched the positive pregnancy test, I had a flashback of memories. My mind went straight back to 2014 when I was diagnosed with PCOS. That’s short for Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. Without getting overly technical, it is...
Like most expecting moms, I had heard of postpartum depression. I had heard about the signs and treatments, and the likelihood of experiencing it. I had heard about baby blues as well. To be honest, I fully expected to...
What have I learned since becoming a mom?
I GET TO DECIDE HOW TO PARENT.
We can have all of the best intentions and ideas but when that baby is born most of those plans completely fly out the window. After...
Having a new baby is so exciting. Birth is also painful, confusing, and overwhelming. Welcoming a new life can have so many different things attached but is such a beautiful experience.
Whether you’re welcoming your 1st or your 4th, there are...
As a breastfeeding mom of two years, I know how beneficial breastmilk is to babies and even toddlers. It’s also something I don’t take for granted. I have family and friends who cannot breastfeed for one reason or another...
The 4th Trimester…. If you’re anything like me (first-time mama over here) then before you were pregnant this may have been a completely foreign word to you. Everyone talks about the three trimesters in pregnancy but it wasn’t until...