Category: Motherhood
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The Power of Asking The Right Kinds of Questions
“What other questions do you have for me?” I was sitting in the Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor’s office after one of our many bi-weekly appointments. I had been referred to him by my regular OBGYN when she noticed that my baby’s growth had become restricted at around 20 weeks of pregnancy. Between the ultrasounds and…
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Milk Trade: Chronicles of the Breastmilk Black Market
#normalizebreastfeeding #freethenipple Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way: I have recently found myself in the bowels of the dark web…. Well, maybe not quite the dark web per se, more like obscure Facebook groups about the breastmilk black market. In the early days of Max’s life, I built up quite a stash…
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Nurse Bobbie [Part 2]
Giving birth to Max and his extended critical care was our first time experiencing the healthcare system as patients. Emotions aside, it was fascinating to observe the healthcare system from that proximity because it gave us insight into what so many people deal with every day of their lives. We are blessed to be in…
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Nurse Bobbie [Part 1]
The 40 days Max spent in the NICU are a blur in my mind. Because the NICU functions on routine – literally: diaper change, feed, sleep, repeat every three hours – every day felt like the one before it. With so much similarity and repetition, the smallest shifts felt like the biggest milestones: The day…
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Mask
Skincare is my happy place. I don’t think “the window to the soul” stops at just the eyes – to me, our entire face represents the barrier between internal and external, how we show up in the world. Which is why I love me a good face mask – and boy, have I tried them…
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Feeling Mother
“Do you feel like a mommy yet?” My mother-in-law has asked me this many times since I had my son, and I never really know how to answer this question. Sort of? Sometimes? I guess? My own mom loves to tell the story of the first time she really felt like a mother: she was…
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Baby Amplifiers
Babies are the world’s greatest amplifiers. … and I’m not referring to the volume of their cries. “Babies are the world’s greatest amplifiers” is the insight my good friend Taylor told me a few weeks after my son was born. “Babies bring out your pre-existing issues or quirks and make them even bigger” he said,…
