Single Moms and Military Spouses

For those who don’t know my background… when my husband and I were married, he was an active-duty soldier in the United States Army.  He served in Iraq just before our wedding and then spent a year in Korea a little over a year later.  When his original contract was fulfilled, my husband switched over…

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You’re Stronger than You Think

Remember when you were 9 months pregnant and you started to panic thinking that you wouldn’t be able to make it to your due date? Remember when you thought you couldn’t possibly deliver that beautiful baby into the world?  Remember when you thought you wouldn’t make it to the end of the week with your…

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Adventures in OT: Feeding Therapy

My last blog post, read it here, was about my gratitude towards my ability to breastfeed my 10 month old son.  He is thriving on breastmilk and is quite the chunky monkey – as we affectionately refer to him.  He is over a whopping 19lbs – much larger and heavier than my first son was…

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Weaning

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…

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Unique 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…

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2017: 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…

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