About the time my daughter turned two, something odd began to happen. The general public had a lot of opinions about something that isn't their business, but I got their opinions anyway. OK, that part wasn't new, but they...
Becoming a mom doesn’t happen the same way for everyone. For some it’s an accidental blessing. Others make a plan that just works. Still others plan and hope and dream and pray….and wait…and wait…and wait.
The calendar tells us this...
I am the product of a mother who gave birth at 15. Being just a child herself, she didn’t have much background knowledge to pass down to me the essentials of what makes us girls...well, girls. I never wore...
“As long as the baby is healthy, that’s all that matters.”
Many well-meaning people say this in response to moms sharing their traumatic childbirth experiences. Please don’t be this person. It devalues the mom’s experiences, and echoes the many ways...
So you peed on a stick and it’s positive for pregnancy. Now what?
Chances are if you’re reading this, you’ve already birthed a human or have a little human around you who calls you some variation of “mom.” And now...
Grief. I know it well. We are old friends, Grief and I. We first got acquainted in 2015: the year we lost my sweet cousin Taylor and my sister-in-law Rita within a month of each other. Grief introduced itself...
When we say we're here for all moms—we mean it. We don't, in the slightest, just mean 'perfect' moms, in ideal marriages, with sparkly lives. We mean the moms who get STDs from their partners, who feel incomplete without...
It’s 2020. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, social distancing has become something we accept, because at least it’s some sort of human interaction and if you’re friends are anything like mine, EVERYONE is pregnant. Between now...
On April 28, 150 new and expecting moms and their guests, 40+ vendors, a panel of experts, and the ACMB Events Team gathered at the DoSeum for an evening of community, pampering, and information.
After the incredible DoSeum events staff...
I had an extremely medicalized, heavily monitored pregnancy and C-section, and because of that (and, you know, COVID) I never really considered the option of finding a doula to help support me at the end of my pregnancy. I...
When I found out I was pregnant with my first baby, my OB-GYN gave me a goodie bag that contained some magazines, brochures, free samples, and coupons. I had no idea what some of the products were, but I...
Cryo-Cell Cord Blood Banking is the world's first cord blood bank, having given birth to the industry in 1989. Today, we have been entrusted to store the cord blood from the babies of more than 500,000 parents from 87...
When you are the. very. last. of your friends to have a baby, there should be some automatic imparting of all knowledge about child birth and postpartum-ness. I was having my first baby while most friends were having their...
As a birth doula, I have talked with so many expectant parents about their wishes for their birth experience. You'd be surprised how many people plan to "just wing it." Many of them have even brought up their birth...
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