You may not know this, but as a reader of the New Orleans Moms Blog, you have been on a journey with me. For the past three years, just before my birthday, I have shared with you my personal...
Disclosure:: This post is sponsored by Audubon Fertility & Reproductive Medicine and Vivere Health. While we have shared lots of stories of infertility we are excited to share a unique perspective today, that of someone who has walked through infertility...
A New Orleans attic is a treasure chest.
Our attics are a place to put things for safekeeping or a rainy day. While most things that go into an attic are often forgotten about, my attic contains a secret....
We can probably all agree that as your pregnancy wraps up, there are some things you won't miss. But this is also a time of much anticipation!
As a soon-to-be third time mother, my anticipation is accompanied by experience and...
I suffered a miscarriage in June of 2014. I have shared my story here and here. As my angel baby's due date approaches, I have felt an increasing closeness to this child who I lost entirely too soon.
Today, I...
As I write this, my three-month-old daughter is fighting going to sleep (it’s been a rough day for us both), while my husband, 2 year old son and 4 year old daughter are reading bedtime stories after a night...
Growing up whenever I was asked how many children I wanted, I would say “3” without even thinking about it. To me, 3 was my magic number. No real rhyme or reason I guess, but even before I had...
Oh pregnancy! As women, we long to be pregnant when that biological clock is ticking. We excitedly pee on sticks, hoping that the stork will make an appearance in 9 months. But the reality is that pregnancy is a...
Weird things happen when you are pregnant; sure, we all know that. We know that your body does bizarre, I mean beautiful things, while the little one is growing inside you. But, pregnancy totally messes with your head too....
After experiencing four years of marriage, three of which we were trying to conceive, we were blessed with three of God’s greatest gifts. One could only imagine going through life just the two of you, and then, within a...
You can plan your life all you want, but we should all know by now that things don't always go as planned. But wow, my life spiraled in the exact opposite direction from what I had planned! The one...
When my husband and I were married, we were just like any other couple starting our lives together. We had just renovated a home, were working hard in our careers, and focusing on our future. When we decided to...
Baby Girl-
It’s been over 5 years since we found out about you, and less than 5 years since you’ve been gone. For about 24 weeks, you got to know your sister. I think it’s because of you that she...
You can read the miscarriage statistics. You can watch your friends experience the profound loss of a pregnancy. But I think most women carry a certain degree of separation and distance, unless it becomes their reality.
I know I did.
I...