Pregnancy

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 its observance. By 2002, October 15th was specifically recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness...

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 7 minutes of constant jumping to work off ONE tiny piece of chocolate the size...

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 occasionally, you get a piece of advice right when you need it. I nursed four babies...

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 alone in your feelings, At least as long as you’re feeling crazy. Not much is “getting accomplished” And...

  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 had an established village was a lot less overwhelming than modern-day parenting. That's not to...

  Remember when marriage was a blissful and simple? When it was just the two of you spending the whole weekend together vegging out, going to the movies, or getting dressed up to go dancing … Then along came those little...

Getting pregnant is one of those life events that sets a lot of other things into motion, whether you like it or not. A lot of these things are obvious: you anticipate the purchase of an insane amount of...

Breastfeeding is hard. Really hard. Motherhood is hard. And if you're anything like me, you have a constant, nagging voice pointing out all your mistakes until they tally up to a giant failure in your mind and a snowball quickly...

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 clearly the ONE time in a woman's life when our self-confidence is soaring high enough...

Well ladies, I did it again. Had another baby that is -- this time in Argentina. This was our third baby and third country in which I have delivered. If we get stationed overseas again, we may just have...

“It could be nothing ... or it could be ... something.” With those words so casually mentioned by my doctor after a recent regularly scheduled prenatal ultrasound, I was tossed headfirst into a place of uncertainty and anxiety.  This one phrase...

I am wary of crowdsourcing many of my life questions. To say I'm reluctant to ask for parenting opinions, political advice or other serious topics on Facebook would be an understatement. But, I do love the Internet when it’s...