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Hot Mom: Mission Impossible?
My definition of beauty and what I will do to feel beautiful have definitely changed post baby. My son is one year old and I have never felt more beautiful in my life. Not to say I actually am, but I...
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The Four-Month Slump
The honeymoon is over. I have entered a period I like to call the “four-month slump.” It’s a little phase that I never knew existed before I had a baby, and one that I always forget about until my...
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Infertility: Over and Out
It took four years and thousands of dollars to have our second child… so you can understand why I literally burst out laughing when my midwife asked which birth control method my husband and I would be...
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Trust and New Parenthood
Since giving birth to my son two weeks ago, I have had much to think about regarding trust: how it works, whom we choose to trust, how we trust them, and when. The nature of my trust in my husband, for...
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Me, postpartum.
The other day a neighbor lent me her copy of Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott, a chronicle of her son’s first year. I devoured it in between feedings and sleepings, as it’s such a wry and totally...
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My Mommy Body
I have a confession: I was a fat kid. Nearly nine pounds at birth, baby three-chins, tall and “solid” all through school…I was neither an athlete nor a prom queen. When I went to college, my...
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How Our Dog Is Training Us For Parenthood
There are some women born with the desire and heart to welcome motherhood with open arms. Then there are other women, like me, who write letters to their “older-selves” while in college to remind...
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The New (Pregnancy) Super Food
Do you remember the list of super foods that came out a few years ago? Blueberries, spinach, almonds – just to name a few – that were praised by all as having the essential nutrients needed for a...
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Hot Mom, Here I Come!
I want to be a hot mom. I don’t mean skinny, let’s get that straight. I don’t care about numbers on a scale. I also don’t mean I want to look good for someone that has three kids. I want to get rid...
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Well, the big day has finally arrived. No, it’s not “D” Day… it’s the first day of my second trimester. Which is simply amazing to me because it feels like just yesterday I was surprising my husband...
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