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 >>

Some women are born to be mothers. Then there’s me. The tell tale signs of my lack of maternal instincts started at a tender age. While other girls fussed and cooed over their plastic baby... Read more >>

A bit of history: About a month ago, a friend of mine decided that she was going to have her IUD un-installed. She thought she was “ready to start thinking about trying to come to a decision... Read more >>

1) Jumping up and down and saying “Come out now!” 2) Baking a cake and promising the baby she/he can have the whole thing if she comes out to eat it. 3) Eat a lot of something gross and... 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’ve read something incredibly interesting and a little bit disturbing. Did you know that, genetically speaking, we are all walking around with our mother’s intelligence and our... Read more >>

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 >>

This is my first pregnancy—and it may be the only one because it was quite a bit hard to come by. I have enjoyed pregnancy thus far. After my appendix decided to take a sabbatical during the... Read more >>

(Originally written at 28 weeks pregnant with my second son.) One of the pregnancy email newsletters I signed up to included a link to an article titled Twenty-five Great Things About Being... Read more >>

It was going to be so beautiful. It was going to be painful and special and something I would treasure and look on back with glory because I had been that strong. My daughter’s birth was... Read more >>