Posts Tagged ‘mom’
Things They Never Told Me: The first few hours after birth
I remember when I was a first time mom. I asked about 30 million questions about delivery itself; will I poop? How bad does it really hurt? What if my baby looks weird? Will they have a cone head? Will they know who I am? Does an epidural hurt? Will I tear? I mean the…
Read MoreBabywearing and Breastfeeding During the Holidays
Babywearing is useful during all seasons, but there are many added perks to wearing during the chaos that is the holiday season. 1) Travel: Airports during the holiday season tend to be even more busy and stressful than normal. The convenience of being about to put your infant in a SSC or reign in a…
Read MoreWeaning
I’m not ready. I don’t think she is either. Mother nature gave us no choice. I found out I am pregnant with unexpected baby number 4 in July. I am incredibly happy to have this blessing. Blessed. Excited. Joyous. But also sad. I knew eventually my milk may dry up and it seems that unlike…
Read MoreIdentity
As women, we play so many roles in our lives. We start out as daughters, and sisters, and friends, playmates, and students and as we grow and evolve some of these roles stay the same and some change. While we will always be daughters, sisters, and friends we also become girlfriends, fiancés, wives, teachers, doctors,…
Read MoreDon’t Blink
Last year on February 28 around 4:30 in the afternoon I experienced a placental abruption in my 36th week of pregnancy with my third child. I had no idea that was what was going on as I felt a warm gush and looked down to find only blood and rushed to the hospital. Luckily…
Read MoreUnique Situations: Large Breasts
I have large breasts. I mean really large. The kind that you have to go to a special store to buy a bra for. The kind where a bra costs almost the same as a shopping trip to Whole Pay…I mean foods. I have always been pretty well endowed. My mother was larger with a…
Read More2017: Year in Review: Breastfeeding Edition
I rang in 2017 as a non breastfeeding woman. At 30 weeks pregnant, I had weaned my son early on in my pregnancy. I was looking for ward to becoming a breastfeeding mama again and all of the challenges and rewards that breastfeeding brings. At that point I had nursed 2 kids. I nursed my…
Read MoreMy Pledge
A day lasts 24 hours. A year 365 days. When you have a newborn each hour feels like an eternity and a second all in the same breath. They grow so quickly. Each stage lasts entirely too long and flies by entirely too quickly. It’s a strange thing. Newborns cry. A lot. And I often…
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