Tag: pregnancy
Women’s Health Under Trump: Don’t Get Pregnant and Other Advice
If you can get pregnant or know someone who can get pregnant, this post is for you. People who can get pregnant and who don't...
2.11 10 Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago at...
10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me 10 Years Ago at My Baby Shower
(and if you did, but I was too stubborn to listen,...
Ayurveda in Motherhood: a 5,000 Year Old Science Helped Me Heal...
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,...
Learning to Be Selfish after Becoming a Mom Gave Me a...
In recent years, since I became a mother twice over, and despite many changes to my body, I’ve embraced my sexuality more than ever...
Confronting My High Risk Pregnancy with a Tube of Toothpaste
My second pregnancy was high risk but it took me more than a year to confront and internalize that rather basic fact. I acquired...
Baby by 35 or Bust: How Advanced Maternal Age Made Me...
Like a growing number of Vermonters, my husband and I decided to wait to have a baby. I was nearing my mid-thirties when we...
My Lost Pregnancy: Grief and Silence Losing a Baby Through Miscarriage
Over the summer, the July 4th holiday brought my extended family together in a joyful (and extremely hot) reunion on the lake. Two cousins...
Pregnancy Pet Peeves: We’ve All Got ‘Em, Now Let’s Share ‘Em!
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...
Silently Suffering a Miscarriage: When the Mom Life Doesn’t Stop for...
I had a rough week, last week. I don’t typically talk about my feelings (like, I did once and it was a BIG deal...
Nine Over the Top Ideas for Your Gender Reveal Party
When it came to finding out the sex of my babies, I found that I enjoyed waiting until birth to find out much more...
My Baby’s Gender Reveal: Pink or Blue or Delay the Hue?
I remember when I found out I was pregnant with my first baby. I had suspicions that I could be pregnant. The anxiety was...
The Complete Family and Why I Know I Am Done Having...
Over the last ten years, I’ve seen many moms and moms-to-be struggle when people comment about the sex of their children, or ask when...
Ectopic Pregnancy – When Pregnancy Goes Wrong
Ectopic pregnancy is horrible. It’s every mother’s worst nightmare.
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside of the uterus, usually in a fallopian...
Bloom:: An Event for New and Expecting Moms in Vermont {SOLD...
We are thrilled to announce that tickets to our 3rd Annual Bloom:: An Event for New and Expecting Moms are now on sale! *UPDATE: TICKETS...