June 2010 Blog Posts (60)

A week before I had my unplanned c-section, I had learned of this horrible story in which a 30 year old woman died a few days after her c-section from complications, with only one meeting of her baby. Her husband, Matt, was devastated and left to care for their newborn baby girl. Had I known I was going to have a c-section, I would have been freaked out (as I do about everything). Now with my second child coming and a recommended c-section again, I am now faced with those fears of something…

Please join me in welcoming SOUTH…

Here is an interesting article from the LA Times about a study done on Maternal Nuturing and the effects it has on becoming a well-adjusted adult.

To be a well-adjusted adult, it helps to be a well-loved baby

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

4:06 PM PDT, July 26, 2010…

Considering all that we go through after our babies are born (i.e- sleepless nights, breastfeeding 24/7, recovering from stitches and on and on), one would think the pregnancy Gods/powers-that-be would cut us a little slack while pregnant. Instead, the affects of childrearing hit way earlier that the day you give birth. In fact, the minute that stick shows two lines, everything starts to change.

I feel like I…

Many women look at pregnancy as a chance for a free for all eating marathon. Yes you definitely need to intake more calories, but you want to be sure that you are getting the nutrients necessary to help ease your body into this transition as well as benefit your baby. I’m sure you have often heard the phrase “ Well I am eating…

A Mother's Love

As other moms have said about themselves, growing up I was one of those kids that everyone knew I would have my own kids someday. I was the oldest…

Let me start off by saying I absolutely love my son more than life itself. I wouldn't change anything.

The feeling I had the first time I saw my son... well, unless you have had a child, you will not understand that feeling. It is a feeling, emotion, that cannot be explained. It is as if a part of you "opened" up that never existed before. I live for his smile and giggle...

But I do feel like I have lost…

The anniversary of when I found out I was pregnant is here. Wow, what a year. It was very late one summer night. Had that little voice in the back of my head tell me, "Hm, wasn't I suppose to get my period by now?" Pee on a stick, no problem. Wait a minute...what!? I was in a state of shock. OMG, we're getting married in a month and now I'm pregnant! My husband had been longing to start a family and I wanted to make extra sure I was pregnant before telling him, so I…

I’ve always been a hard worker, a bit of a perfectionist, and when determined to make something happen, I worked my tail off to make it happen. So when I saw moms who did not breastfeed their babies, I believed that they had not tried hard enough – were impatient, lazy, or just plain did not want what was best for their babies. Oh how I was an ignorant fool, and my own experience in motherhood has…

I don't know why I am suddenly making this distinction now. Maybe it's becuase my son is communicating so much more now that he is 20 months old. Maybe it's because we are stuck at home a lot more that I am now 9 months pregnant. Maybe it's just the pregnancy hormones, but I am realizing that my son not only needs me, he WANTS me.

When he was first born, I knew he needed me to be his source of food, but everything else my husband and mom could do for him as well. There was…