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Miscarriage is Sad, and It’s OK To Say it Out Loud

I was 10-weeks pregnant, wiping ultrasound jelly off my stomach, and trying to focus on the weight of my husband’s hand on my shoulder to keep the…

Believe me when I say this, I know I am being a bad friend. Please don’t take it personally, I know I’m missing the important dates and…

This is a story of motherhood, a story about what it’s like to be sitting on the other side of the glass. I sit perched on my seat at the midwifery…

I never wanted to be here. Carting my child from one therapy appointment to another. Arguing with the insurance company about which prescriptions…

Those first few weeks of motherhood . . . Bleeding. Exhausted. Scared. Crying. (And that’s just me. I’m sure it’s an adjustment for the…

To the late-night mama . . . the one who is still rocking her wide-eyed baby while fighting to stay awake herself. The one whose kids fell asleep at…

I stare at myself in the mirror and wonder if being a stay-at-home mom is all I’m cut out to be. Am I doing it right? Does my husband resent…

There she sat in the back seat, sobbing. I could tell the kind of tears that flowed down her cheek. It was grief. She missed her. My mother. Her…

Dear waiting adoptive mom, Today was hard—I saw you. I saw as your eyes followed the baby through the room, how your eyes darted between the…

Motherhood is the marathon I didn’t train for. It’s what we get up for, rain or shine, on broken sleep and an empty tank. It’s running…