Pregnancy + Postpartum

I always thought my first year of marriage would be the happiest time in my life. In many ways, it was. I married my sweetheart, I was a new business owner, and we were searching for our dream home....

At the insistence of my husband, I agreed to take a pregnancy test (but not until after inhaling my second muchaco of the night). He had picked up the test on his way home after being tipped off by...

In about two weeks, my second son will be in my arms. Well before this point in my pregnancy with my first son (just last year), the nursery was complete, the diaper bag packed and my "go-bag" was ready...

Shopping a baby registry lately had my head spinning. This was a modestly short baby registry on Amazon, and it still had 90 items listed. There are so many innovative and seemingly useful products, but how do you figure...

I was in decent shape and in great health when I found out I was pregnant with our third baby. Naively, I thought this would make for an easy pregnancy. I know it could be worse, but I have...

While there are thousands of books to prepare you for parenthood, everything from sleep to discipline to breastfeeding and beyond, nothing quite prepares you for the vulnerability of motherhood. While your heart grows tenfold to make room for this...

There's no shortage of ideas out there for baby shower gifts: nursing pillow, burp cloths, diapers, wipes, butt cream, nipple cream...you get the idea. What about gifts for mama? Yes, she'll NEED your trusty padsicle recipe and setting up a...

In the last year, my husband and I have undergone six intrauterine insemination cycles. Of those six cycles, we've had one successful round that unfortunately ended in miscarriage.  What I wish I had known prior to our first appointment, was...

We have a baby shower problem, y’all, and we need to talk. Tell me the point of making a registry if no one is going to look at it? Or, at least mark an item as bought? Mom-to-be, consider this...

The tiny squish in this picture just turned one, and I know you know what I mean when I say my hormones are playing games with me. They're playing the "you want another one, don't you, mama?" game. While I am totally not...

Motherhood is filled with memorable milestones: baby's first step, your preschooler's first day at "big kid" school, graduation from 5th grade, your middle-schooler's first band concert, and prom.  But what about the small, special, still-of-the-night moments of motherhood?  Will...

I love a good birth story. Is it just me? Maybe I'm just "that friend" who asks overly invasive questions, but I love all of the minute details of new life coming into the world. I was already a mama...