by Amy | May 5, 2018 | My Family, Pregnancy
Even though I had terrible morning sickness and gained a million pounds, sometimes I miss being pregnant. It’s the only time in an adult woman’s life when it’s perfectly acceptable to cry, nap or eat ice cream any day of the week. Basically, permission to be a...
by Amy | Aug 2, 2016 | List, My Family, Pregnancy
I’ve been pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing for most of the past six years. So rather than owning and occupying my own body, I’ve been renting it out to some rather unruly but very adorable tenants. At 15 months old, Baby #2 is still on the...
by Amy | Apr 2, 2016 | List, My Family, Pregnancy
My baby is turning one. While a lot of mamas are back to their pre-pregnancy weight by then, I’ve still got a ways to go. And frankly, I don’t really care. In fact, I bristle at the implication that I or any recently pregnant lady should be racing to...
by Amy | Mar 17, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Pregnancy
If you’re planning to breastfeed, a hospital lactation consultant will show you different positions for holding the baby while nursing. You’ll hear terms like “cross-cradle,” “side-lying” and “football hold.” These are...
by Amy | Oct 25, 2015 | Couplehood, My Family, Pregnancy, Sponsored
Let’s talk about sex, baby. Or more accurately, sex after baby. A friend recently confided in me that after giving birth to her first child, she lost her sex drive for a long time. She remembers sadly mourning her old friend, sex. “I’d always been...
by Amy | Jul 1, 2015 | List, My Family, Pregnancy
It’s hardly fair. After nine months of pregnancy aches and pains, I assumed I’d feel so much better once the baby was born. But though my nausea and heartburn quickly faded, my hormones went haywire, my hair fell out and I needed maxi pads in size jumbo...
