I can still remember getting the call like it was yesterday. It was early on a Monday morning. I had waited all weekend for the news. I was asleep in bed and the phone rang. “Nicole?” “Yes?” “So we got your results back from the lab and your hCG blood level is dropping and will […]
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Do you know when I stopped eating out in public? About four years ago when my husband and I had our first child….. I am pretty sure “they” created the option of take-out for young struggling parents who are dying to eat somewhere other than their own kitchen, but don’t dare step foot into a
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It’s in our nature. As humans, women and as mothers. We compare our looks, our successes/failures, our weaknesses and put them against someone else’s strengths. Comparing things like house size, financial stability, fashion, personality traits. As mother’s we start comparing in utero. Weight gained in pregnancy, type of symptoms and complications, alterations in physical appearance
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You know those phenomenons in the realm of parenting that seasoned parents either don’t remember because it has been so long since they’ve had young children and/or they don’t want to tell you said phenomenons can happen when you have young children fearful it may deter you completely from ever wanting to create them? I
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Let me tell you about my experience with postpartum depression after having my daughter Emberly. I have a family history of anxiety and depression, so I had an inkling that I may struggle with it after having a baby with all the physical and mental changes that can accompany the birth of a child. I
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When becoming a mom there is a phenomenon that has overtaken my life- and it’s called mommy guilt. Somehow I OWN every bump/bruise, every cavity, every bad behavior, every day that consisted of too much tv, not enough learning/reading and not enough fruits and vegetables. I should have run over there faster, I should have
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Have you ever had someone say “you’re so lucky being a stay-at-home parent, you get to just hang out with your kids all day!” Am I though? Am I lucky, or is being a stay-at-home 24/7 mom really hard? Some may think you have a seamless, piece of cake job because they perceive you get
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What can make outings with little ones that often include blow-outs to their armpits, scratched timing/schedule, a hungry toddler who asks for a snack for the umpteenth time or a scrambling parent trying to calm the children while away from home? A diaper bag that is fully, strategically packed and covers all your needs and
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Disclaimer: This post is not for everyone. It contains real and raw imagery about my body post babies. My intent here is not to complain or ramble on about the changes that have occurred but to discuss the real- and sometimes devastating- changes that occur after childbirth and to reach moms who have experienced similar
My body after having two babies Read More »
I can honestly say I never claimed to relish in the struggles and joys of true parenting until we went from one child to two, who are two years and ten days apart. It’s not just that now you have two littles to get dressed, diapers changed, feed, clothes and toys sorted, bathed, consoled etc.,
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