Today's guest post is from my new friend Nicole! Nicole shares her story of pregnancy and preeclampsia. Thank you Nicole for taking the time to reflect and relive your preeclampsia experiences to to share with us.... My name is Nicole, and I am the mother of 3 children - ages 13, 9 and 7. I have experienced pre-eclampsia with all of my pregnancies. This is one of my ...
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Worthy Wednesdays: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Today I am happy to feature a guest post from my friend Jill. Take a moment to read about her story and her beautiful boy Mason My life was forever changed on December 20, 2012 when I heard the following words... "Your son has an Autism Spectrum Disorder" Those words make you numb. And still. And your brain goes silent. And that is not the worst part. An hour later after ...
Guest Post: Johanna’s HELLP Story
Today's guest post is by my friend Johanna. Johanna is a Regional Coach for the Promise Walk for Preeclampsia In August 2002, my husband and I found out I was pregnant. After having miscarried the previous year, this pregnancy was met with caution at first, then grew into complete joy when we saw the heartbeat. During my pregnancy, I loved seeing my belly expand. The doctor said I had a ...
Worthy Wednesdays: HELLP Syndrome
When my friends get pregnant and they ask me what to expect, I tell them nothing. Seriously people, if my first go round of child birthing taught me anything, it’s that the unexpected can and will happen. When I was pregnant with my first child, everything was going by the book in the beginning. We did everything when we should. We had our monthly, then bi-weekly appointments, all of the ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Pink-tober and FORCE
It is that time of year again. The weather is turning colder, the leaves are beginning to change, Halloween costumes are being picked out, and there is Pink everywhere you turn. Yesterday as I was taking my daughter to the park I drove by a large piece of plywood with a painted pink pig on it, 20 or more pink painted pumpkins, and breast cancer ribbons on the lawn of a local realty company. I am ...
Leaving your baby with a stranger…Things you shouldn’t say to a Working Mom
Let me preface this with....why can't we all just get along? We are all mothers, we are all trying to do what is best for our children! . My dear friend Trish, a stay at home mom who writes at YOKE, and I have each made lists of all the bizarre (yet way too common) comments we each get! My list is complied from things that have been said to me (many times), as well as to many of my ...
Mom Enough
Well I am a bit late on the "Am I Mom Enough" posts because, well I have been busy being a mom! I saw the Time Magazine cover and yes it urked me. My first thought "that has got to be uncomfortable" I mean seriously just imagine if you drank all your drinks standing up on a chair :)! My second thought was "here we go again" another mom publicly attacking all the rest of us for what we aren't ...
