What kind of introspective mother would I be if I did not reflect on the goings on of 2017 as we prepare to ring in the new year? For many of us, the end of 2017 brings a sigh on relief, with the hope of 2018 being a brighter, healthier, more peaceful year suspended in […]
Continue readingCategory: Breastfeeding
Stressing How Not to Stress…
Ah stress. Perhaps one of the most obscure and overused words in the English language. While the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary emphasize “mental tension” under “extreme circumstances” as the focal points of it’s definition, I think we can agree that stress has become an all-encompassing state of being for us modern women, and even […]
Continue readingThe Dragon Lady Returns
I read the internet nightmare stories, like I’m sure many of you had. “The First Postpartum Period”. I can see it up in red, bloodied (no pun intended) letters on some dark glossy book cover sold in the horror section at your local book store. Many moms in various corners of the internet shared their […]
Continue readingPart of the Tribe
During my first prenatal appointment at 6w+1d, the nurse practitioner spent a solid 30 minutes asking me all kinds of questions; everything from my health history to my ethnic heritage, my living arrangements, my education, and on and on and on. Before even checking to ensure that I was actually pregnant, (which she later confirmed […]
Continue readingNipple Shields 101
Ugh. That’s pretty much the summation of what most moms have to say about that dreaded piece of plastic called contact nipple shield. Majority of nursing mothers have not had to resort to using this little tool, and thus do not simultaneously curse and praise it’s existence. For those of us who have had to rely […]
Continue reading