Pregnancy

"So, when are you going to give your little guy a brother or sister?" "He'd make such a good big brother!" "You need to have a little girl. She'd be so beautiful!" These are all such well-meaning questions and comments, and I...

I sat in the lobby, waiting on my daughter to finish her summer dance camp session. Two women sat next to me. They obviously knew each other outside of the dance studio and were chatting about their personal lives. "Do...

My most recent pregnancy ended up being completely different from any of my previous ones.  With my three previous pregnancies, I found out I was pregnant before I was supposed to have my period. But with this pregnancy, I found...

“I’m not ready!” I cried as I sat realizing our little bundle of joy was for sure on his way. Today was my due date and my husband and I just finished a 2-mile walk. “First babies never come on...

Pregnancy affects every woman differently. Some glow the entire 40 weeks, while others face complications. Plus, for some women, each pregnancy is vastly different. Adding an active toddler to the pregnancy symptoms you are experiencing can be even more exhausting....

I had a unique postpartum experience. I went into it thinking there are some things that are “supposed” to be hard, and for some reason, I felt bad when they weren’t. There seems to be a standard early motherhood image...

Most of us grow up hearing how easy it is to get pregnant. "It can happen your first time," we hear, and a lot of us know people for whom this is the case. So imagine my surprise when more...

We had been trying to have a baby for a year before my husband and I encountered the medical diagnosis "infertility." The first time I saw that scribbled on the bottom of a fee sheet, I just about crumpled...

Pregnancy and postpartum can be both an exciting phase of motherhood and an intimidating one. We hope this guide helps answer some of the endless questions on the minds of new and expectant moms. Special thanks to the featured...

We are all familiar with the traditional baby shower; a custom our society designed to celebrate mom and baby, with a heavy emphasis on the baby. Registries are filled with swaddles, strollers, diapers, toys, clothes, and “must-have” accessories. There is...

At 37+ weeks pregnant with my third baby, I am in the ‘home stretch’ as they say. Most mothers I know hit this stage of pregnancy and are so ready to be done, and hold their babies in their...

I remember driving through downtown Lexington while pregnant with my second daughter, and seeing Mom+Me Strong. It was a fitness center with children's toys and gym equipment peeking through the large glass windows. I immediately searched for the website and...

March 14, 1997 was an ordinary Friday. I remember thinking that morning that Easter was rather early that year, March 30. This particular Friday was a teachers’ professional development day, and we had all gathered in the theater to...

I have been immensely lucky to have had three healthy pregnancies without much of a fuss. Since the very early stages of each one of them, my body was eager to let me know that change was coming (probably in...