Last night I had a dream that I was back in an old house I grew up in and while I was taking a bath, I gave birth. In the dream I didn’t know I was pregnant and I am not pregnant in real life! A... Read more >>

You have spent the past few months preparing for your new arrival. You have logged countless hours at the baby stores, read all the blogs on baby proofing, and (frantically) prepared for the bundle of... Read more >>

When I woke up on this day seven years ago, I had no idea how my life would change. I was thirty-one weeks and four days pregnant with my sweet little angel. I knew I was going to have an ultrasound... Read more >>

No pain was felt only confusion. They say it’s a girl. A boy was wanted. Sad that thanks isn’t given for a half healthy girl who will struggle to survive. Be strong my daughter.... Read more >>

It is often difficult going through life feeling like the people who are suppose to love you the most are never there for you. You feel as if they have thrown you away, like a rag doll that they no... Read more >>

Now that a large majority of new mothers in the U.S. begin nursing their newborns, breastfeeding is a familiar topic among expectant and new parents. But there may be some facts you still don’t... Read more >>

I was expecting my second child when my mother decided she didn’t want to stay alone in her apartment. I told her to come and stay with me. She came directly from her job without stopping at... Read more >>

Until recently, babies born a few weeks early—between thirty-four and thirty-six weeks gestation—were referred to as near term infants. However, the designation, near term,... Read more >>

I learned I was due to have baby number six on Christmas Day, 2008. I wrapped the pregnancy test stick (yes, I cleaned it, first) in shiny, red paper with a white bow and gave it to my husband.... Read more >>

On what was to be our fourth and final Sunday afternoon learning the first facts of life in the company of a dozen other couples on the parental precipice, Hannah and I were at home. We had made a... Read more >>