To the women who give birth without pain medication…
I salute you. I bow down to you. You are a fierce warrior.
With my first...
My journey to motherhood started off with all the hope and promise that every woman wishes for. After moving to Seattle in 2007, my...
I am no longer renting out my uterus to tiny humans.
The two times I rented out the space, it brought periods of food cravings,...
I’m a local doula and childbirth educator, and more importantly for this post, a MOTHER. As part of my Preparation for Birth series, I...
I love a good deal. Especially when it comes to baby and kid items.
Before we lived here in Burlington, we lived in Minneapolis, MN....
You know the feeling: You’re 5 weeks, 6 days postpartum, and you’re heading into your OB in the morning for the all-clear appointment. Your...
At my last doctor appointment, my OB asked what my birth plan was. You see, last time I had this lovely, detailed, birth plan...
When Ang and I decided to have kids, we landed quickly at the decision to purchase anonymous donor sperm through a sperm bank.
The process,...
We had a fantastic time celebrating new and expecting moms at our 3rd Annual Bloom Event held at the Essex, Vermont's Culinary Resort and Spa a...
With all the things that could go wrong in a body, it's a real wonder that babies are born everyday. Think about the journey...
I just had our second daughter a few months ago, and I have been reminded of just how difficult life with a newborn can...
Before having my son, I had a lot of fears over the dreaded postpartum period. After listening to the Birth Hour podcast for months,...
In a recent article written by the New York Times on the role of midwives in American births, Mary Lawlor, a Vermont CPM and...
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...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
