Pregnancy is hard work, but pregnancy with a toddler running around? That’s straight up exhausting! My mind and body have been feeling the stress of this second pregnancy, but, fortunately, Oh Baby Boxes reached out to me a few weeks ago and filled me in on their awesome company. Oh Baby Boxes is a monthly … More Oh Baby Boxes #treatyoself Review!
Dear Iris, When I was 19 weeks pregnant with you I had an anatomy scan to check every tiny part of your growing body. This is normally a very exciting milestone in a pregnancy; my doctor told me I could bring as many people as I wanted to view the sonogram in excitement with … More A Letter to My 1 in 700 Daughter
For the past three years I have considered myself to be infertile. I had gone through the journey of extensive TTC-ing (trying to conceive for my non-infertile ladies). I had used every gadget from OPK sticks, to the One Step Fertility Monitor, to castor oil, evening primrose oil, Sudafed: you name it, we tried it. … More Natural Pregnancy After Infertility
The waiting room to visit our midwives might as well have been a Saturday on a jungle gym compared to the silence and stillness of the perinatal waiting room. You should expect most other mothers to not be far along in their pregnancies, as many will be induced before reaching full-term. You should expect people … More Peace-of-Mind for Your First Perinatal Visit
It was still dark outside when the extra nausea medicine they were adding into my IV could no longer keep me from vomiting, and once I started I just couldn’t seem to stop. Initially each time I threw up in a bin, they would just throw the entire plastic bin into the trash. It was … More Katy’s Not-So-Ideal Birth Story Part II
It’s weird to think back on my birth experience, because I very much expected to go through the motions as most women do. The pushing and the struggle and the pain, which are all inevitably blacked out from our memories to some extent, which, as I’ve heard, is the only reason women would ever choose … More Katy’s Not-So-Ideal Birth Story Part I
I’m Katy, a 28-year-old first time mom with my 24-year-old boyfriend’s baby. Raul and I are two military brats whose stories span across the US and to different countries who quickly felt a sense of home in one another. Before we met, I finished my Master’s in Creative Writing at Emerson College in Boston. I … More Introducing Mama Katy!
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