Writer's Note :: I wrote this post at 4 weeks, 6 days postpartum. I thought I was adapting to life as a mom of 3 and no longer suffering from the anxious thoughts that plagued me in the early...
I am the 1 in 8 suffering from infertility. Looking at pictures of my family, you would have no idea. But it was a long and emotionally painful road to get to having the two girls I have today....
I am joining the ranks of the several other New Orleans Moms Blog contributors that are expecting. Our team is having a baby boom this year, and I am just about 14 weeks pregnant. So far it has been...
Since the beginning of this website, we have shared stories from our writers and readers in remembrance of our little ones who were gone too soon. It is hard to write about, hard to discuss and hard to endure. But...
I just knew I was pregnant. We got home from Trunk-or-Treating with our toddler and I took a test. The line popped up quickly: faint, but it was there. A few days went by and I took another test....
Sometimes life throws you a curveball. Between the kids, husband, work, home, trying to go to crossfit, and also fitting in time for fun, you tend to lose track of things. This happened recently to me. I mean after...
Wow!! It's hard to believe that we launched New Orleans Moms Blog FIVE years ago today!! We have published over 2,000 posts written by local moms all across the Greater New Orleans area from the Westbank to Metairie to New...
To OB or not to OB
I have four children. Each set is 18 months apart, so I've pretty much used my OB/GYN as my Primary Care doctor for the last 11 years. Now that I am done having children,...
It felt like a Mack truck had smacked me and left me on the roadside. I was unbearably sad and distraught. I could barely get out of bed each morning, and it was downright impossible to do so with...
Loss after Loss :: Consecutive Miscarriages
Here I sit, in silence. Something I crave as a mother of two children. But the silence is deafening. It was excruciating when we had what was supposed to be one of our happiest...
We will only have one biological child, and I was happy to share it for #moms4moms day. I am here to tell you why I am more than okay with that.
Once upon a time, when Scott and I were...
Why I Choose Modern Medicine
This is not a post to say how I am better than you or care about my children more. We are all doing the best we can and make decisions based on what we feel...
In our family photos, you see two smiling children. What you don't see is the absence. In another time, there was another child: my oldest daughter's twin. The sweet baby who lived in me, snuggled next to her sister...
When you are 22 years old, fresh out of college and starting your new "adult" life, the last thing you want to hear from your doctor is "if you don't have a baby now, you probably won't have one...