Tag: Pregnancy

My Unplanned Pregnancy: The Christmas Gift I Didn’t Expect

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Raise your hand if you are a planner.  I am sure a lot of us would raise our hands and admit that in some...

5 Intentional Ways to Remember Your Pregnancy

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Being pregnant is such a special and short time, even though it can feel like a long time. There are so many amazing things happening...

Infertility Awareness: Compassion And Empathy From The Other Side

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When I decided I wanted a baby with my husband at age 25, I had no idea what rabbit hole I was heading down....

Pregnant? Take a “Babymoon”!

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A WHAT? You heard me right: "baby moon." A babymoon is a last hurrah trip before you welcome your little one. Corny? Absolutely. Like...

First Pregnancy vs. Second Pregnancy

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No two pregnancies are alike. I'm no stranger to that phrase. I've heard it a lot over the years, since having my first daughter. To...

We’re Expecting Our Rainbow Baby!

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It took some time – healing and trying – to get pregnant again after we lost our first baby to miscarriage, but we are...

Bye-Bye, Birth Plan: When Child Birth Turns Life-Threatening

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I would like to take a minute to dedicate this article to the amazing nurses and hospital staff at St. Luke’s Birthing Center, as...

Generation Gap : Old Wives’ Tales and Parenting Advice

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We've all been there, either standing in the checkout lane with rounded bellies present and accounted for, or in a brightly lit aisle holding...

When Your Baby-Making Days Are Done

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My baby-making days are done. I hear a lot of women talk about those days with such nostalgia. They seem to miss the times...

The Reality of Living With Maternal OCD

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After a grueling 17 hours of labor, my first daughter was born on a cold April morning at around two in the morning. It...