About three years ago, my husband and I decided it was time to start a family. We took all the “right” steps to lead...
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...
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...
Remember that sound? The sound that can strike fear into the hearts of all parents? That tiny cooing somewhere in the darkness at 2AM?
Nope,...
Okay, so, never in a million years did I ever think that I would be writing that having a second C-section would be a...
As I sit here with my son sleeping peacefully in my lap, I find that his first two weeks of life feel like a...
When my son was born, I was eleven days past my due date. Those eleven days were amongst the longest days of my entire...
So I'm a little behind in my Belly Chronicles series (as I am currently 31 weeks pregnant), but I thought I would go back...
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...
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...
There is no doubt that giving birth requires phenomenal physical, emotional, and spiritual energy. I certainly felt zapped and depleted for weeks after giving...
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 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...
Despite being over 4000 miles away from any supportive family or friends, I told myself, when having my first baby – I’ve got this...
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...
