I am currently 34 weeks pregnant with our 5th child. Our oldest child is 6 and our youngest is 1. Needless to say, we have been busy the last 7 years. Blessed, but busy!
My first three pregnancies were perfect,...
Let’s have a reality check, moms. We are mean to one another. We judge. We assume. We pity. We give unwanted advice. Enough already. We are all wearing clothes with some form of kid stain on it; whether they...
There's so much emphasis put on the perfect birth or dictating your birth experience that it's taken me three-hundred-sixty-something days to write this. I hadn’t wanted to write my second birth story because I really didn't want to relive...
Off Her Meds: Leaving PPD Medication Behind
Like all tax accountants, I've got a big deadline looming. For me, this deadline comes with additional anxiety as it marks the day I will wean from the anti-depressants I have taken since the arrival...
I've now had the awesome privilege of bringing three babies into this world. My births (one, two, and three) were all at the hospital. A natural childbirth was important to me and my husband and, in two of our...
Birth control. Always a hot topic.
Who uses what and why. What works well for some and not for others. The Pill, the Sponge, Mirena IUDs, implants, shots, tubal ligation, vasectomies. Scientists have given us a plethora of ways to...
We are thrilled to introduce our community to nine new members of the New Orleans Moms Blog team. Each one is a dynamic, warm and inspiring New Orleans mom, and we can’t wait for you all to get to know...
It was the end of week three of bed rest at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. The goal was to make it three more weeks, but like the rest of this pregnancy, nothing would go as planned.
It was our...
It was almost exactly 3 years ago that I embarked on a new lifestyle to get healthy. My babies were about to turn 1 and 2, and I was tired of being overweight and unhealthy. You see, my kids are 12 months apart. Yep, I...
Let's be honest ... bladder control post child-bearing is the real deal, moms.
Well, I Guess It All Depends ... Undergarments
Bladder leakage is a sad reality after having 3 children. Yup, we are GOING there (pun intended). I never thought I'd...
A couple of weekends ago I attended a typical New Orleans baby shower for a cousin. The mother-to-be looked radiant in her brilliant blue dress, there were fleur de lis embossed blue mints, napoleons on the dessert table and,...
I thought I had a flexible birth plan. The only thing inflexible was I did NOT want to have a C-section. No disrespect to the C-section mamas out there, stick with me and I’ll explain.
Anything but a C-Section
I’m...