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You know how I knew I was pregnant the first time around? Because I couldn’t swallow a pill. Never in my life had I suffered from such a debilitating gag reflex as when I was trying to force myself to down my vitamins. It was like mind games because it was the one time in my…
While I am still waiting for number two to make her debut, it is on my heart to speak to mothers from a very real place in my life right now. If you are like me and only have one child and maybe you are a family who will only have one child, please let…
It was 5 pm and Chris picked me up from the zoo where I had walked with Jenn in a desperate attempt to get out of the house with my newborn. “Eurgh, Kara! You smell awful. Jenn must need a new diaper” Chris said as I unwrapped the baby from the wrap (what seemed like…
In sub-zero windchill and blizzard conditions, I was running through the snow without a coat on, tracking paw prints, and screaming my dog, Samson’s name. He was lost. And it was my fault. Two hours previous I decided to let him go outside, hoping he could get his business done before the bulk of the…
In preparing for my homebirths, I started designing birth affirmation t-shirts, tank tops, and all sorts of products and apparel in order to give myself positive messages to focus on any moment a felt the weight of anxiety kick in. I made them for myself, husband, and even my entire birth team to wear if…
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tom’s of Maine. All opinions are 100% mine. It never fails, does it? Get the kids going on some activity, maybe even plugged into a screen just for the sake of needing a few minutes to unwind and relax. Alone. In the shower. With…
In a foggy haze, I leaned my head back as I crouched on my knees and let out a long, deep moaning roar. I growled and grunted, instinctively urging my baby to be born into this world, begging that child to just come out and just be born already. At that point, it was five-something…
Shattered glass showered my face as I remember ducking to get away from the cow smashing through our car’s windshield at 70mph. It was September 15th, 2012 and it was the most defining day of my life. On the old country highway, it wasn’t just our windows that were shattered but it was also the…
After 5 weeks of visiting family, shuffling through airports with a toddler and an infant, and trying to keep my business alive, our little family of four packed up and squeezed into the van for a “do-nothing” trip to the White Mountains. For about a week or two before I had been having headaches and…
The 4th trimester. That awkward time when both parents and baby don’t quite know what to do with themselves or even know what they need. Somehow I always seem to have my children as newborns during the Christmas season and no one ever knows what to buy my babies. And even though I have gone…
When you have a baby, things change. Lumpy and saggy are just a couple of words that come to mind and could be said for both stomachs and breasts in the weeks following postpartum. And after you breastfeed, other things change more. It doesn’t matter if you’ve nursed your child into toddlerhood to a year, 6…
While it may not seem obvious at first, there is a difference between self-indulgence and self-care. The notion of “me time” can actually be harmful, not because you don’t deserve a break, but because caring for yourself shouldn’t be something you earn after a hard week. Making time to prioritize yourself should be a non-negotiable…