Even though I have always known I wanted a family, I was one of those women who secretly rolled her eyes at the endless new-mom stories from my girlfriends. Stories of “I can’t... Read more >>

I lasted at home for a while, but once we’d hit hour eight of the baby-havin’ marathon, I decided it was time to take this show on the road. Given as how I’d been three centimeters... Read more >>

I think I have gone into labor approximately sixteen times. I have yet to have this baby. For the past two weeks I have had all the signs that the big moment is but hours away. I’ve had... 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 >>

My worst labor and delivery were not mine at all. Like a dear friend recently told me, “Childbirth is a whole different thing when it’s your baby doin’ the birthin’.” My... Read more >>