By Ashleigh Beaver I Am the Mother of Two Under Two
The days are long and the nights are short. The coffee is brewed but often never even makes it to…
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We Are the Mothers Who Do Hard Things
I didn’t know birth stories might include worn-off epidurals, pooping yourself or several degrees of tearing. I didn’t know about…
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Your Second Baby Will Double Your Heart
Your second baby . . . Your second baby will make you wonder why you ever thought one was hard,…
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By Crystal Couch Three Was Our Number, So This Baby is Our Last
“I want a summer baby,” I tell my husband as to why we are delaying the conception of our final…
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By Liz Mannegren To the Mother Worrying About the Age Gap Between Children
"You should have another child soon," the man said, pointedly glancing down at my flat belly. "It's not good to…
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By Kayla Runkel This is the Last 9 Months We’ll Have Alone
There’s a little piece of plastic sitting idly by on the bathroom counter. The timer on my watch passed three…
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By Her View From Home Truthfully, I’m Ready For This Part of Motherhood to be Over
It’s been a month since I had a baby. And the honest-to-God truth? I’m not OK. No, I’m not. Not…
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By Rachael Ramas You’re Not the Baby of the Family Anymore, and That’s New For Both of Us
When you have your first child and they hand you that baby, you think to yourself there is nothing in…
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By Jenny Albers Everything I Needed to Know About Motherhood, I Learned in the Delivery Room
When my husband and I decided we were ready to start a family, the thought of tiny feet pitter-pattering through…
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By Kristine Western Dear Toddler, We’ll Figure Out How to Handle a New Baby Like We Do Everything Else: Together
It's hard to believe that my pregnancy with your sister is entering the last month. It feels like yesterday that…
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By Leah Baacke Today, I Need You to Know That I’m Just Trying to Get Through the Day
My husband and I are big on learning new things. He’s a teacher and I’m a librarian, so we naturally…
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Sometimes Pregnancy is Dark
Two pink lines beamed boldly through the tiny window of a pregnancy test, my future staring back at me—a vision…
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