“You need to cover up, or I’ll have to call security.”  Stunned, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. What heinous act was I committing? There...
Although miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant mortality have occurred throughout history, it wasn’t until 1988 that President Ronald Reagan designated the month of October to...
Halloween. Pumpkins. Candy ... OH MY!!  Did you know that it takes 400 jumping jacks to work off ONE fun-sized Nestle Crunch Bar?? That's nearly...
As a breastfeeding mother, I've had my fair share of inappropriate comments, questions and unsolicited advice. Sometimes I've been dumbfounded. Rarely I've been mad. But...

A Poem for Postpartum Moms

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So you just had a baby… I think it counts within a year! Our lives are probably similar I am here to say, “Have no fear!”   You’re not...
  Finding your way when a village doesn't exist Perhaps it's one of those nostalgic, rose-colored glasses perspectives, but it often feels like the days when parents...
  Remember when marriage was a blissful and simple? When it was just the two of you spending the whole weekend together vegging out, going...
Getting pregnant is one of those life events that sets a lot of other things into motion, whether you like it or not. A...
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Pregnancy. That beautiful time in a woman's life when perfect strangers feel they can say anything - and everything - they want to you. Because that's...
Well ladies, I did it again. Had another baby that is -- this time in Argentina. This was our third baby and third country...
“It could be nothing ... or it could be ... something.” With those words so casually mentioned by my doctor after a recent regularly scheduled...

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Normalized Overwhelm

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Over the Edge I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...