Each new year seems to bring a slew of marketing campaigns targeted at moms, or just parents in general, promising to help them address the sorts of problems that they are too busy, or tired to deal with at...
My family is one of those crazy families whose Halloween costumes are epic because they match.
The best advice I can give when trying to think of an awesome family Halloween costume is to talk to your kids. Find out...
When most women see those two pink lines on a pregnancy test, they are elated. Those lines promise a new bundle of joy entering the world in a few short months.
But for the one in four women who has...
Every time I see the "skinny moms," I want to dropkick them. Okay, that's a joke. In all honesty, I'm just envious. Some moms gain weight and it flies right off. Other moms gain weight and it stays right...
When I found out I was pregnant with my second child there were a couple of things I immediately assumed would be true: morning sickness would only last the first trimester, I would crave French fries and Kraft Mac...
May is Cystic Fibrosis Month, and by way of spreading awareness of this debilitating and serious illness, I would like to share my family's story of how two very strange words changed our lives.
Cystic fibrosis (CF for short) is...
As summer travel, family gatherings and temperatures ramp up in South Carolina, so does an increased risk for food borne illnesses. While anyone can get food poisoning, pregnant individuals are more likely to get sick and have a more...
OK, don't get me wrong. I love my kids, but I really don't like pregnancy. Unrealistically, I wish a stork brought me my baby or I could be super rich and hire a surrogate. In our society, it feels...
My name is Erica and I am a wife, a mom, and a Cord Blood Registry (or Cbr® for short) educator! I live in Charleston but travel all over South Carolina and North Carolina sharing Cbr® information to parents...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we were a few weeks away from having my younger sister’s baby shower. Baby showers are honestly a godsend. They allow us to get help with the essentials (and not so essentials) for bringing...
Dear Caroline,
I write this letter to future you. By the time you’re old enough to understand, you probably won’t even remember much of what life is like right this moment. You probably won’t remember the wonderful chaos of being...
When it comes to pregnancy, I have been so lucky. I've had no problems conceiving or carrying healthy babies to term; and other than having my children via c-section, I have not had complicated births. Because my children are...
Nurses have been front and center this week after Miss Colorado's monologue about being a nurse and The View hosts' denigrating comments about it. It has caused me to give a lot of thought to the nurses I have...
Truth be told, I wasn't that sold on motherhood.
Like my mother, I was very career-oriented and dreamed of working as a lobbyist in Washington, DC, or for an international organization such as the United Nations. I saw long hours...
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