Being pregnant during a pandemic is terrifying, so here are some tips to make it more bearable. This is the time to lean on others and plan for the unexpected.
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World Condom Shortage Couldn’t Have Come at a Worse Time
Looks like the latest casualty of the Covid-19 Pandemic might just be… the condom industry?
Feminist Parenting Advice That’s Actually Regressive AF
Nothing dismantles the patriarchy more effectively than a woman who has left the workforce. Did you know breastfeeding burns calories? Daddy will love that!
Study Finds Pregnant Women Exhibit Same Peak Performance as Athletes
A new study found that pregnant women, like extreme athletes, push the body to the peak of human endurance.
My Reality-Too Young To Have Kids
There is no doubt in my mind that I had my children too young. It didn’t seem that way at the time, but I know better now. Just 21 years old when I had my first, I was naive and hopeful that everything would work itself out on its own accord. Twelve years later, I […]
Longing For One More Baby…
What does one do when they want something they cannot have? Something out of their reach merely because of the circumstances of life? They simmer beneath the surface. They bring envy, jealousy, longing, and yearning together in one pot and pray it doesn’t boil over. That’s exactly where I am in my life – silently […]
5 Things That Should Never Be Said To A Pregnant Woman On Bed Rest
It was pure hell. After seeing those two pink lines on that pregnancy test and feeling all the initial excitement and joy of finding out I was a mom-to-be, it was abruptly followed by a diagnosis of a condition called Hyperemesis (the same condition Duchess Kate helped put on the map), where I endured debilitating, unrelenting, […]
My Pregnant Body is Taking Over Your Newsfeed, and I’m Not Sorry
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] So, I’m pregnant. But then you probably knew that, because I’m pretty sure the whole universe knows it, because it’s all I can talk, think, or breathe about right now. I would apologize for this, except I can’t, because I’m too busy being pregnant. Six months pregnant with stretched out belly […]