14 Best Pajamas for Babies & Toddlers
I’m gonna be real here: one of my favorite things in the whole world is a freshly bathed baby slathered in calming lavender baby lotion and stuffed into a pair of freshly laundered PJs. Cue the Sound of Music, “These are a few of my favorite things” lyrics. Is there anything better? Nope, which is […]
Miscarriage Support Groups Got me Through Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
When I had my first miscarriage, I learned at 8 ½ weeks that the pregnancy had ended before I even knew it’d begun. That is, I’d been carrying a nonviable pregnancy for over a month, and I had no idea. I wondered: Confused, angry, devastated, and dizzy with grief, I immediately went to Facebook. Why? I […]
What (Not) to Say To Someone Who Had a Miscarriage
It’s a question I'm asked regularly: “What do I say to someone who had a miscarriage?” Here's a helpful list of what to say, and what NOT to say.
Miscarriage Support: 9 Ways to Help
What do you do when you need to provide miscarriage support when a friend had a miscarriage? These 9 tips will help you give support after miscarriage.
14 Real Fixes for Couples Working from Home (Marriage Saver)
So your husband works from home and it’s causing all the feels. Maybe he has for years. Or perhaps it’s new, or hybrid, and you never quite know which days will give you space and quiet and which, well . . . won’t. Either way, here you are, and here he is, and at some […]
Carly’s Story + Coping with a Cancelled IVF Cycle Due to Social Distancing
Imagine watching everyone around you have a child easily, and not being able to have one yourself. Imagine FINALLY getting pregnant, only to miscarry repeatedly, and then eventually stop conceiving altogether. Imagine that finally, after years of trying, you’re scheduled to receive medical assistance that maybe, just maybe, will help you have the baby you’ve […]
Giving Birth Alone at The Hospital Is Many Women’s New Reality
Pregnant women currently face a lot of scary possibilities, including limited family members meeting their babies, and even giving birth alone.
3 Ways to Ease Anxiety While Living with Uncertainty
Undoubtedly, we’re in hard times right now, and we’re dealing with uncertainty in a way most of us have never experienced before. Our age group didn’t live through the Great Depression or any major pandemics, and when I look around at the vast responses to our current moment, I see a lot of people feeling […]