Pregnancy

I have had so many different changes while pregnant. Acne has been the number one thing to attack me. YES, attack! It all came out of nowhere and has been a hassle to take care of. Why is it...

When I was a first-time mom I was completely overwhelmed with all the lists of  "must-have" baby items that I found in parenting magazines and even more, on the baby registry lists! What the heck is an aspirator, anyway?...

Ahh, pregnancy. Such a magical, mystical, amazing time, right? Well, yes…and also a very emphatic NO. Some lucky women seem to channel Angelina Jolie and become life-giving, earth-mother goddesses, proclaiming their undying love for being pregnant. These are probably...

11 weeks and three days ago I unexpectedly went into labor. (I say unexpectedly because it was four weeks before my due date. Yes, I plan on harping on that detail for awhile because I still can’t believe he...

What’s Your Number? Is it 1? 2? 4? 9? Or even 20? My number is two:   that’s how many kiddos we decided to bring into our home sweet home. It wasn’t an easy decision, this simple little number. My husband, the baby with two older siblings, only...

October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This year, by the grace of God, my baby boy turned 10 months on that day, and my daughter decided she wanted to have a camping party for her upcoming...

I remember the day vividly. Butterflies swarmed in my swollen belly as the ultrasound tech studied the monitor above us. All three of us (me, the hubs, and Edison) watched the little baby squiggle and wiggle inside me. “Do you...

In my last post, I told you all how I applied to two agencies and joined an online surrogate classified site, this helped me decide in the direction of my surrogate plan.  Just like anything else in life, you...

It took some time – healing and trying – to get pregnant again after we lost our first baby to miscarriage, but we are very lucky that it happened for us naturally. The second time around has been pretty...

Women love pillows.  I know how dangerous it is to make broad generalizations about women on a blog for women run by women.  Nonetheless, I feel confident in the accuracy of this statement.  Our bed, when perfectly made, holds...