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A nurse's perspective on any medical concern is always welcome....
There is no doubt that giving birth requires phenomenal physical, emotional, and spiritual energy. I certainly felt zapped and depleted for weeks after giving...
Hello to all of the Burlington VT Moms Blog readers!
I am the nurse manager of the mother/baby unit at Fletcher Allen Health Care in...
Two years ago, I had a miscarriage.
I was about nine weeks into the first trimester, feeling terribly sick until one day I woke...
Whether you’re thinking of adding a bundle of joy to your life or if you have been actively trying to conceive for a while,...
When my son was born, I was eleven days past my due date. Those eleven days were amongst the longest days of my entire...
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...
Please talk to your medical provider before exercising after giving birth.
Alright, mama!! You’re getting there! It's been at least 6 weeks since you had...
When you are pregnant it feels like every part of your body aches at some point. With my first pregnancy I struggled with different aches...
Most expecting mothers have certain visions, attachments, and expectations around their plans for birthing and breastfeeding. Simultaneously, we bear in mind things may not...
A question was posed to me about sex after kids. HA, I thought. What sex life?
You see, my sexual side before having kids...
When I was a new mom, the thing I wanted more than anything else was a working set of opposable thumbs. I wanted to...
In a recent article written by the New York Times on the role of midwives in American births, Mary Lawlor, a Vermont CPM and...
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,...
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...
