Challenges

The birth of my first child was nothing short of traumatic. Prolonged labor, prolonged pushing, and severe tearing left me in pain and feeling like a stranger to my own body. Postpartum recovery was not only a physical healing process but a mental reconnection to the body I was once familiar with.   It took months to even begin to fathom the thought of intense movement again, and- although my p...

I thought I’d share a little bit about what my experience going back to work while breastfeeding was like. This is something that a lot of working moms are going through today and it can be quite a challenge for some of us.  As a preschool teacher, kids are my life and I love them with all my heart. I treat every one of them like my own and watching them meet their full potential through the wo...

When I was expecting my first, I did not think I’d have anything other than a natural birth. I spent weeks worrying about when I’d be going into labor naturally, and right up until a few days before my baby was born, this was what I was planning for.    However, on my last hospital visit, our doctor told us that based on the growth scan and some health concerns that he had, we needed to have a...