By now, you may have read about some of the struggles and challenges other women have faced getting and staying pregnant. My husband and I...

A Hopeful Story

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I told the story here.  It was the one about children first conceived in a heart and then in a Petri dish. There was...
Some women plan their births like a wedding, imaging the beautiful, spiritual experience years before conception. Like any experience with high expectations, we may...
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...

The Open Plan

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At my last doctor appointment, my OB asked what my birth plan was.  You see, last time I had this lovely, detailed, birth plan...
My journey to motherhood started off with all the hope and promise that every woman wishes for.  After moving to Seattle in 2007, my...
With my first born I had a lot of trouble breastfeeding. I mean A LOT. It felt like we had all the problems.  I had...
April is host to numerous important awareness campaigns- autism, cancer control, child abuse prevention, and frogs to name a few.  It is also National...
Before having your first baby, breastfeeding is probably high on your trepidation checklist. Sure, it’s a magical act of bonding between you and your...
We are so excited to present this new resource of expecting and new moms! We know that pregnancy and the postpartum period can be...

Soon to be four

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There are certainly different paths in life and each day we make decisions that lead us down these varying and winding paths.  Sometimes, we...
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...
Since my experience of childbirth and motherhood was immediately followed by the twin whammies of separation and divorce, then endless months of not sleeping...
There is no question that suffering a miscarriage is devastating, heartbreaking, and all-consuming. Depending on how far along the pregnancy was, the physical recovery itself...

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...