This Time Will be Different
Sometime this year, my husband and I will start the process of trying to conceive baby #2. This moment is still months away, as there are a number of moving pieces that have to fall into place before...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: The (Almost) Final Chapter
It’s time for one last (okay, second last) breastfeeding post. I last wrote about my experience with breastfeeding here and (because I had so much to say), here. When I first set out to write about...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: The Final Chapter
This is the long overdue continuation of my last breastfeeding post…. It took me a long time to appreciate the advice that my friend gave me: that I didn’t have to be perfect at breastfeeding; I just...
View ArticleOn Gratitude
Gus at 11 months – just hanging out! It’s been a while since I’ve written a post that is focused on Baby Boy, and how amazingly grateful my husband and I are to have him in our lives. Baby Boy is...
View ArticleCrossing the Great Divide – Part 1
A picture from our professional photo shoot the day before Baby Boy’s birthday! Baby Boy turned one recently, which means that it’s been just over a year since I became a mother. There is an argument...
View ArticleHere We Go Again – the Good
After laying the groundwork the last few months, my husband and I are ready to start trying for another baby. We are officially kicking things off with a frozen embryo transfer in September, however we...
View ArticleHello Again!
Yup, I’m still here It’s been a while, and I have all the usual excuses, on top of a busy summer with lots of time away without my computer. So, I haven’t been blogging (or as active on social media in...
View ArticleThe Unexamined Pregnancy – Part 1
I will probably be shutting down this blog soon, mostly due to the fact that I never seem to get around to writing here (some combination of time and motivation). I’m also not sure (notwithstanding...
View ArticleThe Unexamined Pregnancy – Part 2
That was easy! I hadn’t meant to make this a two part post, but after the last post got too wordy, I figured it was time to shut it down and start over again (after all, I have 9 months of pregnancy to...
View ArticleThe First 3 Months – The Basics
I actually wrote almost this entire post a few weeks ago, but when I logged in the following day to finish it up, the whole thing was gone! Hopefully I’ll be able to get through writing it all again in...
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