Finding out about our second pregnancy was just as exciting as finding out about our first.  With our first baby, we didn't tell our family until 8 weeks, and friends didn't follow until weeks later.  This time around, my...
"I didn't think I'd ever be in this room." These were the first words I uttered while looking at my therapist through eyes blurred by tears. "Most people don't. You are not alone." These were the words I needed to hear.  The...
Have you heard the story of Kristi Gordon, the Canadian meteorologist who received hate mail for the maternity clothes she wears during newscasts? If you haven’t, take a moment to watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eh8eunMK-k Not only did Kristi have to...
I, along with the rest of the world, watched as the beautiful and poised Kate Middleton left the hospital with her gorgeous baby girl. If there ever was a princess, it is Kate Middleton. As I watched her step...
Dear A + S, There are moments in life that capture you and never let you go. For me that moment was almost 3 years ago when you changed my life forever. I sat in the ultrasound room waiting to see my...
I don’t think I will ever forget the comment made to me on the Mother’s Day before my son was born.  I was 8 months pregnant, miserable, and fully cankled.  There was a discussion taking place about what each...
Before I found out I’m going to be a first-time mom, I knew little about the journey ahead. Though I still have lots to learn, here are some of my biggest pregnancy revelations. 1. There are a lot of rules,...
8 weeks ago, just before my daughter's third birthday, we found out we were expecting baby #2.  We are SO excited to meet this new little one, and thrilled to be able to give my daughter a sibling.  Unfortunately,...
It hasn’t been long since I found out you’re going to be in this world, but it feels like I already know you. It feels like I've known you my whole life. When I think about you, I can't help...
Bringing a baby earth side isn't always sunshine and rainbows, sometimes it's gray skies and rain. Leaving your baby in the NICU is hard enough while you're in the hospital but it's absolutely heart wrenching when you leave them to...
Let's be honest, work isn't exactly the first thing that goes through your mind when you find yourself staring at a positive pregnancy test. But maybe it's the fifteenth? Or the eighty-third? It doesn't matter when it crosses your mind, it just matters that...
Dear friend, Today I am sad.  Today I empathize.  Today I feel as though I physically am missing the piece of you that is missing.  The gap that is only known by mothers who haven’t, yet, had children, whose hearts...

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