So here  you are on the verge of a new and exciting  journey in your life and even if you think you might be...
  I was awakened by an awful feeling. You know that feeling when you've started your period and you weren't prepared for it? (Sorry, men, bear with...
Nobody talks about the postpartum body. There is plenty of information about what to expect during pregnancy. Then all the information jumps ahead to what...
Don't you want another one? Sometime around MJ's first birthday people starting asking us this. At that time we weren't ready, we'd had a rough...
When Robin and I found out we were pregnant with our first daughter, Nora, I could barely contain my excitement. We had been trying...
We are thrilled to announce that tickets to our 3rd Annual Bloom:: An Event for New and Expecting Moms are now on sale! *UPDATE: TICKETS...
"Do you plan on having any more children, Maria?" my OBGYN asked me from behind her surgical mask. "I realize this may not be...
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...

34 Weeks Premature

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As I sit here with my son sleeping peacefully in my lap, I find that his first two weeks of life feel like a...
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what...
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...
While I stood in line at the grocery store, a lady behind me who looked to be in her sixties kept gazing at my...
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...
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...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...