Third pregnancy. You’d think your body has “been there done that!” That is a lie in my case.  First two pregnancies seemed like a breeze!...

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When it comes to preparing for baby, one area that is easy to overlook is planning for photos. Most likely, one of the things...
When you're pregnant and expecting a baby, even it you aren't a first time mother, you don't think a whole lot about postpartum recovery...
Labor was nothing like what I expected it to be.  From what I had heard from other mamas, it was supposed to be easy. ...
Should we do it? My husband and I thought it would be a *stellar* idea to have our second child right away. After all, why...
It's wintertime, and that means cold and flu season is upon us. Ordinarily, when I get sick I'll take a natural cough syrup and drink...
It's official, I'm pregnant with my second child and boy is it different. Between the worry over losing this pregnancy and the busy life...
I should start by saying that I have never “Googled “(somehow this has become a verb in the past decade) so much since becoming...
If you could choose to have a leap year baby born on February 29th, would you? This is a question my husband and I...
From balloons in boxes to candy filled cakes to cracking eggs on your forehead, there is no shortage of ways to announce the gender...
"Michele, bacon Gouda!" the Starbucks barista calls out.   I start making my way through the crowd.   I really miss those days.  The...
I remember my first experience with anxiety like it was yesterday.  My parents had just told me that they were moving out of state...
Have you ever noticed how much influence societal norms can have on the family size you have? I mean, think about it—practically everything was...
Yesterday we celebrated the wedding of my brother-in-law. It was a beautiful wedding and I am extremely happy that I was blessed to be...

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