When I was about 7 months pregnant I started scouting for a photographer to do some maternity shots.  I remember putting out a FB...
My journey to motherhood started off with all the hope and promise that every woman wishes for.  After moving to Seattle in 2007, my...
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...
I still get goose bumps as I walk down the halls to the McClure Birthing Unit at FAHC, some 5 years later.  This time...
Confession time: I'm not one of those mommas that feels immediately connected to her baby upon finding out she is pregnant. I'm excited, for sure,...
Let’s face it, we all have unavoidable annoyances that cross our paths from time to time and make us cringe, sweat a little and...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Vermont Midwives Association to bring you our latest series titled “How I Became a Mother” in honor of Mother’s Day.  Each...
The first time I heard of the "4th trimester" I kind of shrugged it off, thinking it was just one mom being dramatic. Thankfully...
It seems like once you are married, everyone starts asking you when you are having a baby.  Then once you have a baby, everyone...
It isn't the way I wanted to leave-with my bag still containing that sweet "coming home" outfit and a pair of too small socks. I...

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...

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...

Almost Done

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“Almost done!” That’s what everyone keeps telling me, but pregnancy has a funny way of messing with time.  Days seem longer, weeks are anxiously marked...
While I stood in line at the grocery store, a lady behind me who looked to be in her sixties kept gazing at my...

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...