Moments with Mothers Dec 15, 2020 17 min Mom of 3 reflects on her 3 very different births: "I never expected these types of experiences" I met my husband at a wedding in 2008. My friend (the bride) had been wanting to set me up with him for a while, so she knowingly sat us ...
Moments with Mothers Sep 22, 2020 8 min "I was admitted to the hospital the same day as my father's funeral" My placenta wasn’t working well and if the baby would not grow bigger than 500 grams by week 24, they would not be able to help me anymore
Moments with Mothers Aug 6, 2020 4 min Things I learned from breastfeeding my twins I had a lot of preparation for breastfeeding my twins, but it nowhere near prepared me for the real deal.
Moments with Mothers Aug 4, 2020 5 min I have been breastfeeding my twins for more than 2 years! I have been breastfeeding my twins for more than 2 years!
Moments with Mothers Jul 31, 2020 8 min At the age of 21, doctors told me that I would never get pregnant. A mutual friend tried setting me and my husband up, unsuccessfully, for months. I was eager to meet Scott, he on the other hand wanted no...
Moments with Mothers Jul 10, 2020 11 min As I was put under, I remember thinking “Well this is it. Either I wake up, or I don't" During my second pregnancy I was diagnosed with a rare and dangerous pregnancy complication called Placenta Previa and Accreta.
Moments with Mothers Jul 10, 2020 5 min Pregnancy during a pandemic: "I feel more calm this time since life moves more slowly than usual" Despite the strange circumstances, I am calmer than in my previous pregnancy. Life moves more slowly than usual and I can also rest more.
Moments with Mothers Jun 29, 2020 4 min My birth plans never included a c-section, in my head it just wasn't an option... I generally skipped all of the chapters about c-sections while reading my pregnancy books because I thought, well that’s not really neces...
Moments with Mothers Jun 16, 2020 5 min I was in a sink hole so deep, I didn’t think I would ever recover from PPD. Following the birth of Livia, I fell into a postnatal depression. I wondered: am I the only mom who feels this way? The answer was, no!
Moments with Mothers Jun 12, 2020 19 min Around 24 weeks pregnant I started to feel funny and suspect something wasn’t quite right. Around 24 weeks I started to feel funny and suspect something wasn’t quite right... the doctor confirmed that I was leaking amniotic fluid.
