When you finally establish care with a primary care doctor who’s NOT your OBGYN, and the convo goes a little something like this:
Dr: “And, let’s talk about your weight. How do you feel about it?”
Me: “Well, I’ve had 5...
Over the years, we have found ourselves in a culture that encourages big announcements and revealing surprises for the entire social media world who’s just sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to hear of our personal endeavors....
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Why Touro Was a Great Place for Me to Deliver My Daughter
Going into my first birthing experience, I was so nervous. When I found out I was pregnant, I...
I had my first baby in August of 2008. A beautiful baby girl!
My husband and I were so excited! And... I was clueless about what to expect when I was discharged from the hospital... and I didn't even know...
As I inched closer to my due date and people saw my belly grow more and more, I was getting the question same question over and over. “Are you taking time off?” or “Are you taking a maternity leave?”
When...
Real talk.
These two hospital photos were taken 19 months apart (August 2019 and March 2021).
On the left is a brand new mom who ordered that sweet little “God knew my heart needed you” blanket as soon as she found...
I'm 39 now, but many moons ago, I was one of those people who was abnormally excited to turn 30.
I’d thought, like many people, that my twenties would be a decade of adventures with the love of my life,...
A while ago, a friend confided that he and his wife were thinking about having kids, and asked me what parenting was like.
“It’s pretty much everything you expect it to be, except ten times worse,” I joked in my...
As my family has tuned in to the recent televised worldwide sporting events, we’ve had lots of talks about first, second, and third place. I’m currently pregnant with my third baby -- my third son, in fact -- and...
I look up everything. If I’m faced with something, I can promise you I have googled every fact about it, joined related Facebook groups, and read every forum thread that I can find. It’s just who I am. Before...
It is mid-June. In New Orleans. I am third-trimester pregnant. And I am not okay.
The worst part is, it’s only going to get hotter. Somehow, I have to make it through all of July and August to my September...
“This is my fourth baby. I’ve been here before. Nothing has ever gone terribly wrong. I’m pretty sure I’ve got this.”
These were the words I told myself throughout my entire pregnancy, even throughout my labor and delivery. Well,...
Oh, pregnancy brain. That crazy, foggy sensation where you do silly things for unknown reasons and don’t quite realize what’s wrong until your mistake has already been made.
I’m on my third pregnancy now, and the pregnancy brain just keeps...
For me, it was never a question of if I would get the vaccine, but more so when I would get it. In late 2020 when the COVID vaccine was first available in the United States, I didn’t follow...