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Pen > Paper > Heart: Letter to a C-Section Mom

Dear C-Section Mom, I know your pain. I never thought I would have a C-section either. A c-section was humiliating in my mind. In my mind I was unable to deliver him, and needed someone else to do it for me. It also meant that I might be limited to the amount of children I would have. I was not View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Pregnancy Tagged With: Letter, Pregnancy

Ten Questions Every Pregnant Woman Should Ask

Ten questions every pregnant woman should ask during her anatomy ultrasound. The doctor is looking for much more than the gender! Her smile is warm, almost as calming and toasty as the gel she is about to squirt on my belly. She is the one who has done our prior 20-week ultrasounds. I know, it View Post

Filed Under: Health, Heart, Motherhood, Popular, Pregnancy Tagged With: health, Heart, Pregnancy

3 Things to do to Prepare for the End! – The End of Maternity Leave!

As we all know, all good things must come to an end - and so it is, that I am facing just another three weeks of maternity leave. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and fortunate to get a total of 16 weeks with my baby. Our time together is not something I take for granted, nor is it View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: Breastfeeding, family, live in the now, work life balance

The Night Before…

Here I am, enjoying my last night of pregnancy insomnia. It is officially “Jonah’s Eve” - the night before Jonah’s big debut into “the real world”. I know that babies have been born since the beginning of time. I realize that most of you reading this have already experienced “the night before” View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: brothers, family, live in the now, Pregnancy

Howling at the Full Moon

OK - so I am sitting here in bed counting what apparently is just Braxton Hicks contractions. This feels much like cleaning my kids’ room while they are in there playing - POINTLESS! I am 39 weeks tomorrow, which is considered full term. There is a full moon in the sky tonight. Coincidence? - I View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, Happiness, live in the now, Pregnancy

Waiting

  I have known you a life time, but never met you. You are a piece of me, and I of you.   I long to see your face, to feel that I have seen you before, yet we will lock eyes for the first time. View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, Happiness, live in the now, Pregnancy

As Long as the Baby is Healthy

Lately I have had my fair share of “as long as the baby is healthy” comments. A medical professional even said “all you want is ten fingers and ten toes”... I know that people are just trying to be nice to me. They are making an attempt to start a warm and fuzzy conversation and reassure me that View Post

Filed Under: Heart, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Special Needs Tagged With: family, Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, Pregnancy, special needs

Preparing for Baby

The following blog post was first published on Mama's Baby Cupcakes in November, 2013 as part of their  "Preparing for Baby" blog series. Here I am, approximately one month away from delivering our fourth son. My mind is spinning with all the preparations that have to be done between now and View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, Happiness, live in the now, Pregnancy, work life balance

Letter to Jonah – Homestretch

Dear Jonah, I am sitting here at 11:00pm on a “school night”, unable to sleep because of my pregnancy insomnia, various aches and pains - and simply because I have too much on my mind. But it’s OK - everything is as it should be at this point. We, you and I, are 33 weeks into our mother-son View Post

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Have a Heart – Get an Ultrasound

I am sitting here on “ultrasound eve”, aka the night before my next scan. I always have a certain level of anxiety and excitement prior to these appointments. So far everything has checked out fine with this pregnancy, but it is not something I take for granted - EVER. This little life growing and View Post

Filed Under: Health, Heart, Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, Pregnancy, special needs

Nesting… Fact or Fiction?

It’s apparently real - and here to stay... my nesting instinct has kicked into high gear! Tonight alone is a great example of the lack of rationale behind my behavior! I came home from work - exhausted after a long productive day at the office. I started homework with Jacob, while I played with View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, live in the now, Pregnancy, work life balance

“Four Boys?! Oh Boy!” – Part 2

I promised a follow up to part 1 of “Four Boys?! Oh Boy!” posted earlier this week. Well, I have been thinking long and hard on which stories to include, because as a mother of soon to be four I have had my fair share of unsolicited comments from strangers, friends and relatives alike. Please dear View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, friends, Pregnancy, work life balance

Little known reasons to have a large family - from a mother of four boys!

“Four Boys?! Oh Boy!” – Part 1

“Hi! Yes, I know, my belly is really big. No, I am not about to pop, although it may look like that. Nope, it is not twins, I am certain. Yes, we know what we are having - its our fourth boy!” “Four boys, yep - “Oh boy” is right!”... and that is approximately how every conversation with complete View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: brothers, family, Happiness, live in the now, Pregnancy

Letter to my Unborn Son

Dearest baby residing in my womb, Thank you for affording me the honor of being your mom. From the morning when the first home pregnancy test flashed two lines I felt a tremendous responsibility towards you. Starting that very moment I went from being mother of three to mother of four. Regardless View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: family, health, Heart, live in the now

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