Another Reason Not to Kiss the Babies: HSV1
I was 40 weeks pregnant and beyond ready to hold my son in my arms after nine months of waiting. It was my due date and I finally went into labor and…
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Dear Friend Waiting For a Baby
Dear waiting friend, Whether you are single and waiting for the right guy to marry and start a family with, or you and your husband are waiting for…
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I’ll Cherish These Sacred Moments With You, Sweet Baby
In the silence of the morning, before anyone else is awake, it’s just you and me. Your gentle kicks wake me up. I feel you. I poke back, initiating…
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To the Baby Boy I Chose Not to Raise
Every year around the same time, close to when you were born, I am reminded of the most difficult choice I’ve made in my life. This year you…
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The Arms That Once Carried the Cross Hold Your Baby Today
My friend’s baby entered the world in the middle of the day. He entered the world sooner than we anticipated. He arrived and the tears that…
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I Second Guessed My Second Child
I didn’t exactly go the traditional route. While my classmates were contemplating where to attend college or what to major in, I waddled…
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Dear New Mom: Please Speak Up
Hi new mom. Old mom here. Yep. I’m a mom currently raising one teen and one pre-teen. It’s a whole new world where I’m at, but that…
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To My Adopted Baby: You Saved Me
To my adopted baby, As you get older, you’re going to hear a lot of people talk about adoption in terms of saving a child. What I want you to…
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They Said I’d Bounced Back, But I Felt Absolutely Awful
The first remark came two days after my daughter was born, as we stopped at the receptionist’s desk in the pediatrician’s office to make her…
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Admire the Baby, But Don’t Forget to Nurture the Mother
“When can I come see the baby?” A question new moms might hear over and over. At least at first. Sometimes before she has left the…
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