Pregnancy

Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider. You want to get pregnant. You have all the necessary male and female reproductive parts needed to support a pregnancy. But you still aren't getting...

When you’re pregnant, the sound of a Doppler not picking up a heartbeat is deafening. That quiet when you’re waiting for the reassuring, rhythmic beating is enough to send chills down your spine and fear into your heart. It’s an...

BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness.” 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility and yet the subject is often not openly discussed and seems to carry a stigma....

Deciding to live a full, healthy life isn’t easy. For me, it took almost seven years. I love to eat and I’m lazy. But, I haven’t always been lazy. In the recent past, I’ve been on a path to heal...

Where my story starts is a bit of a question mark, to be perfectly honest.  I suppose that it would only make sense to begin with our son, Aedan, being sent to the NICU but I’d like to take...

The road to motherhood is not the same for every woman. Some experience smooth roads with no bumps or hiccups, while others of us struggle along our pothole filled road wondering if we will ever make it to the end....

There's nothing I love more than seeing moms helping other moms. I can think of numerous times that another mom has eased my burden in some way. Whether it's the time a friend gave me an extra coffee maker she...

Please talk to your medical provider before exercising after having a baby. By now you are (somewhat) used to your new little one and are adjusting to your new life. Maybe your bleeding has (finally!) stopped and you just want...

On May 2nd, 200 or so people showed up to Handle With Love’s 80s Prom Night at ArtsRiot in Burlington donning puffy sleeves, neon, gaudy jewels, and ruffle tuxedo shirts!  (I mean seriously, these looks are like beyond outrageously awesome!...

1 in 4 pregnancies end in a miscarriage. As of a few weeks ago, I can now count myself as part of this statistic. While I've struggled with several chemical pregnancies, I had yet to experience a miscarriage and had...

I had a rough week, last week. I don’t typically talk about my feelings (like, I did once and it was a BIG deal for my family and friends). But, I think I’m going to make an exception today....

After suffering the loss of our son due to a miscarriage at about 20 weeks, it became very important to my husband and me to do something tangible to honor the memory of our child. I didn’t want to pretend...

BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness.” 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility and yet the subject is often not openly discussed and seems to carry a stigma....

Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider.  Once you have tried simpler, less expensive options to be able to conceive, you may need to look into some more complex infertility treatment options...