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
Breastfeeding Support is More Than a Good Bra, Part 1
Breastfeeding is how babies have been fed for centuries, or rather since the beginning of time. Our ancestors did not have the choice between breast or bottle, formula or breast milk. They were simply left with one solution - breastfeed, or your baby will go hungry... Knowing how generations View Post
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
Happiness is a mis-placed Lego
It was a very normal Sunday evening at our house. The entire family was gathered around the dinner table, eating, talking about what had been “our favorite part of the day” and in general just being the vision of the typical American family in Any Town, USA. View Post
Monday’s Marvelous Mammary Memories, by Durga S.
Welcome to the third edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post
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
Waiting for Jonah – Let’s Have Some Fun!
It is a quiet Saturday evening in our house. All the kids (even my husband) fell asleep early. I am not quite used to this tranquility and peacefulness, but I am rather enjoying it - for now. As I am sitting here, laptop in my lap, a sleeping toddler to my left and a sleeping husband to my left, I View Post
BelliVita Belly Bowls – A Beautiful Way to Remember Your Pregnancy Size
What do you give the woman who is about to deliver your fourth son? - The woman who has everything that makes her happy here in life, and who wishes for nothing more?! This woman has spent 90 months out of the 100 months that you have been with her, either pregnant or breastfeeding. (But who is View Post
“It is Just a Phase”
“It is just a phase, it is just a phase, it is just a phase” - this seems to be my mantra and my secret to surviving motherhood some days. How can I as a mom get too frustrated with my kids, if I keep in mind that this too shall pass and it’s just a rights of passage for the little boy? Well - I can View Post
The Thankful Hearts Project
December 5th was an especially heartwarming and memorable day for many people this year. My dear friend, Mary started “the Thankful Hearts Project” a year ago to remember December 5th in a positive light, and to pay it forward by doing random acts of kindness. December 5, 2011 was the day her View Post
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
Birthday Letter to Jordan
Happy 5th birthday Jordan! Thank you for the best, the hardest, the happiest, the saddest, the toughest and the most incredible five years of my life. You show me every day that life is not just black or white - it is colored with every shade of the rainbow. When you feel, you feel deeply and View Post
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
Birthday Letter to Jansen
Dearest Baby Jansen, You turned two years old this past week. I am blown away at how fast time has passed, actually zoomed right past us. I have not even had a chance to complete your baby book with all the important dates of when you first rolled over, crawled and walked. I have them written View Post