Pregnancy + Postpartum

Learning to live... learning is described as, 'Knowledge acquired through experience, study, or being taught.' Unfortunately in the case of losing a baby our knowledge is gained through experience. Experiencing every mother's worst nightmare. When it happened to me, it was...

Back in November, we welcomed the third (and last) of our babies into the world. Things were a lot different this time around. I don't know if it was because I'm a little older and wiser, or if my...

Ladies, let me tell you right now there are not just three stages in pregnancy, a.k.a. three trimesters. I think there are at least nine, and no one really talks about these stages. But these right here are the...

When my oldest was just hours old, she received her very first compliment from a stranger. You see, she was sleeping, (as fresh newborns often do), when our nurse commented, "Ooooh, she's a good baby!" I proudly and emphatically...

When I was a teen/in my early 20s I had an eating disorder. You know what? That’s just not true. I still have an eating disorder. I will always have one. I don’t have a unique story. Per the International Journal of...

Well, it happened. Our first child lulled us into a false sense of security, and we decided to have another. After spending much time laying in bed (thanks, morning sickness) while my toddler watches episode after episode of Daniel...

I crouched forward, pressing my forehead to the cool bathroom tile, inwardly praising my husband for his recent scrub of the floor. I breathed in and out slowly, willing away the stomach upheaval and silently pleading for some semblance...

  Three years. One HSG. Twenty five (maybe more) ultrasounds. A ridiculous amount of blood draws. Too many doctors appointments. Nine rounds of clomid. Three rounds of a trigger shot. Two failed IUIs. Three miscarriages. Hundreds of negative pregnancy tests.  This...

There is nothing glamorous about the first trimester of pregnancy. Let's just all agree to agree on that before we proceed. The first trimester is about as glamorous as that LAST agonizing month (which I'm fairly certain contains 2,646,513,544...

Our fourth annual Bloom Event for new and expecting moms happened on May 4th, 2019! With just under 100 attendees, 19 vendors, and 60 giveaways, the event was a giant success! Our title sponsor this year was TrueSky Credit...

Aside from some seriously swollen cankles and some minor mood swings, I had a relatively lackluster (read: glowless) pregnancy. That is, until 35 weeks when I developed severe preeclampsia and had to deliver my baby immediately. Throughout my entire pregnancy...

Ten days after welcoming our sweet daughter into the world, I was blindsided by a piercing migraine. I couldn't sleep all night. By morning, I knew something had to give. At the hospital, the CT scan of my head...