The day I almost died.
“If we don’t get your blood pressure down, your only other option is stroke, seizure, heart attack or death.” On Sept 3, I had my third beautiful baby during a pretty smooth delivery. Minus...
FIRST TIME MOM
The 10 Stages of Anxious Moms
It’s undetermined how many times a day my brain cycles through these 10 stages. Everything is fine. Totally fine. BLISS: everything is wonderful. DOUBT: why is everything wonderful? FEAR: something bad will happen soon....
Only bad moms forget things.
I can still remember the note sent home, when my daughter was in kindergarten: “If you’d like a yearbook, please send in $15.” Well, that’s stupid, why do kindergartners need a yearbook? I’m not...
No one will get frostbite inside the house.
The snow is always so pretty. From inside. The kids were so excited when they saw the snow. And even more excited to go outside and play in it. On a weeknight, nonetheless! I...
I had the most natural epidural birth ever.
I was quite certain I’d have this baby natural. Not because I was against an epidural or that I wanted to know what it was like having a baby naturally. It was the anxiety....
Seriously, why don’t my boobs make milk?
I knew how unequally created boobs were, when I saw my boobs compared to the boobs my friends had. I certainly drew the short end of the stick when boobs were handed out. But,...
If you haven’t started over at least five times, you’re not doing it right.
Domain. WordPress. Hosting. Email address. Social media accounts. It all needed to be started quickly. My lunch hour at my corporate job was the perfect place to start this. But it needed to be...