I have a confession. I'll be judged for it, I'm sure, but I feel like it needs to come out because there's got to be someone out there who felt the same way that's also processing the guilt.
I didn't...
Last week, I shared my home birth story. I'm a deeply private person, a major reason for choosing to birth in my own home, so sharing the photos and graphic details about the state of my vagina in its most...
The room was sterile and there were a million signatures needed from me. With every one, I wept. In hours, everything had changed - where I was once growing love and dreams and hope, I would be scraped and...
As tears crept like fire up my throat and like knives into my eyes, I studied her face. She kept it steady, tilting her head slightly as she grew more quiet, her light-hearted conversation hushing. The minutes were hours...
The first time I gave birth, I Googled extensively to try to find the best lists of what to bring to the hospital. And shocker, everyone has an opinion. Especially (hilariously), first time moms. So I made a list,...
Vanessa: There's no place I feel safer than in my own home - it's a haven.
Josh: We planned a home birth. We hired a nurse midwife and her assistant, as well as a doula for our family.
Vanessa: Both of...
Let's start this post with a few disclaimers. I am not an interior decorator. Our house will never be featured in Architectural Digest. I don't even have a bed frame after five years of marriage! That aside, I'm here...
Pinterest. Pretty much the greatest thing ever. I mean, a virtual pin-board where you can save anything and everything from the internet and organize it all onto an unlimited number of categorized boards? Genius.
I have to admit, I wasn't really into Pinterest...
Another great benefit of being pregnant with No. 2 is that you pretty much have all the STUFF that goes with having a baby already. Early on, I went through our affectionately named "baby #@$* closet" to take inventory, and...
THE GLUCOSE TEST. For many pregnant women, it’s simply a hoop through which to jump. For the rest of us – those who have failed this test – it marks a sad moment: the day we must give up...
I see two parallel lines. Wait, or is it the lighting? Is one line a shadow? Husband confirmation - it’s two parallel lines. We’re pregnant!
Wow, I think, that didn’t take as long as I thought. My OB confirms pregnancy...
During the first trimester of my second pregnancy, all I could do was wallow in the special kind of awful that second pregnancies bring with them. No arriving home from work and immediately going to bed, having to toss...
For these, there are rarely funerals, sympathy cards, grave stones or obituaries - but the feelings of loss for our babies that we didn't get a chance to know is very real.
On this Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, we acknowledge the grief, often...
This post has been written in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Everything about the timing of my first pregnancy seemed perfect. I had just completed grad school, we had recently moved out of a small apartment and...
When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I decided to use cloth diapers. It was really a no-brainer for us -- they're cheaper than disposables, and frankly, pretty cute, too. There were some naysayers along...
Your Guide To KC
Guide to Indoor Play in Kansas City
Whether it's snow, rain or just way too hot, moms need indoor play options in Kansas City all year long. Luckily, there are plenty...
