Pregnancy

From the moment we found out we were having our second child, I had wonderful ideas in my head of how smoothly this pregnancy would go. After all, I had a relatively easy pregnancy with my first son, and...

Welcome to the 21st century... Where everyone wants to have their babies at home or on a farm somewhere. Maybe not everyone--maybe I just have a lot of crunchy friends (love you, Crunchy Friends! ?). While a home birth was never my...

    I have three children. The first two were born healthy and strong after scheduled inductions. By the time pregnancy number three rolled around, I was perfectly at ease with my doctor giving Mother Nature a little nudge and scheduling...

I've always had a desire to adopt, but I could have never imagined that desire would turn into reality and one day I would feel so passionately about National Adoption Awareness Month. Not only does our family kick off the...

My pregnancy experience was not completely blissful. There I said it.  Yes the early moments of first finding out and pre- morning sickness were wonderful, but that didn't last long. I struggled with pre-eclampsia pretty early on. Which left me feeling...

“Are you going to have another baby?” I get the question almost daily. My quick response is usually a half hesitant “no.”  So, I guess my question is, How do mamas decide they are done having babies?   I know this...

I could start this with some babble about eyes being windows to the soul, but in my case, they're windows to the nine months I've gone without a full night of sleep. My dark circles are the custom tapestries....

Today I'm sharing some of my favorite items for surviving life with babies! Here we go:  Baby Monitor with video: I have been using the same baby monitor for all three of my boys and don't know what I would've done...

trigger warning: ectopic pregnancy "Unfortunately, this is not good news"   The doctor's formality could not hide the discouragement on his face. The heartbeat before I had been full of butterflies and anticipation. I blinked my eyes and it was all...

There is a LOT to be excited about when you have a baby on the way! But there are so many products out there, that overwhelm can set in quickly.  I took a hard pass on these 5 baby items...

2021 DESTIN 30A PREGNANCY + POSTPARTUM GUIDE Soon-to-be moms deserve a helping hand when it comes to prepping for their little one to come. We wanted to highlight some of our favorite resources around town and online...so we compiled this...