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Is there really a perfect age to have a baby? If you have your babies in your teens, you’re too young. Early 20s? You’ve still got so much to see and do – people will tell you to finish school,…
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State of joy! State of exhaustion! State of emergency! All those states come into play. But recently, WalletHub undertook a pretty cool study to see which American states are the best – and the worst – for having a baby….
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I’ve been away from blogging for a few months. Mostly due to being busy and just not having the energy while pregnant. We’re expecting our 2nd child in late March. I’ve been rocking the diclectin like it’s candy. UGH. There…
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Dear Everyone Who Tried To Give Me Advice When I Was Pregnant, There were so many of you giving me advice when I was pregnant for the first time. It was impossible to know what to listen to. Some of it scared me….
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Most people are touched by loss – pregnancy and infant loss – to some degree. It’s painful and it’s hard to just move on. I don’t want to get into particulars, but I’ve been touched by it very profoundly through…
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Growing up, most of us thought about having babies. We wondered whether we’d have a boy or a girl – or maybe even twins! We thought about how many we’d like and what it would be like to play house….
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Did you know at 36 weeks that an ultrasound can tell a lot about your baby? I didn’t! Of course, with your first baby everything seems to be a “big deal,” so when the doctor told me that they would…
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Zika. Zika. Zika. Before last week I’d never heard this word. Of course, now, I’ve plowed through pictures of babies born with microcephaly, researched where the virus originated, and read a mountain of travel warnings, hysterical commentary and those that are…
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So you’re a 40-something mommy like me. And you’re done having babies, like me. What do you do to shut down the factory? It’s not like before where you need to think about the future – you can do something…
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They want a baby but need someone to do the gestating. A surrogate is able to do that. But it’s a strange scenario, lending out your womb, perhaps donating your eggs, too. We caught up with mother of two and two-time surrogate, Samantha,…
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I love Kelly Clarkson. Her music isn’t exactly my fave – though I did like how she trashed his place in her “Since you’ve been gone” video, but early on in my relationship with my husband, maybe just weeks into…
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