Hey lovelies, I have a confession to make: I am “that mom”. You know when people, usually groups of women, are gossiping and someone will eventually roll their eyes and exclaim, “Ugh, she’s ‘that mom’.” “That mom” is a catch
Micro Post: “That Mom”
Micro Post: When Anxiety Hits STFU
Hey Lovelies, I have a saying that I repeat in my head when I find I’m getting overly anxious about anything baby related. “Mothers in Africa don’t worry about this stuff!!” or, alternatively, “What would mothers in the bush do?”.
Squawk Box: Nothing Natural
Hey there Lovelies, A new Squawk Box post! Hooray!!! I am so grateful to the submissions I have gotten since asking for help during NIAW. I now have a few to get the Squawk back up and running, but I
Micro Post: 4 Month Sleep Regression
Lovelies, Honestly, it’s a god damned miracle I have been able to post anything of substance lately. For all of Bean Sprouts 4th month sleep went to shit. It started slowly but then snow balled into a major cluster fuck.
One Year Ago…
*Trigger Warning: this post contains a photo of the Bean Sprout. Proceed with that awareness* Lovelies, The 30th of March marked one year to the day that we did the embryo transfer for our first IVF cycle. That was, fortunately,
Parenting AFTER Infertility
Hey Lovelies, Some of you probably remember when I fell pregnant that I was adamant I would never NOT feel infertile. That I would always staunchly identify with my diagnosis. That the pain would never go away. That my struggle
Micro Post: Intensity
Hey there Lovelies, How about a lighter micro today? LOL I was looking back over all the last ones and DAMN, heavy and crappy. I mean, I want to make sure that I tell the real story about how hard
Nanny Does Motherhood- Part 1
Oh Lovelies, I’m sure many of you could have seen this coming, probably most of you hoped it would, but the joke’s on me. Having a baby isn’t the same as taking care of someone else’s. I know right… that
Micro Post: Breastfeeding
Hey Lovelies, I know I alluded to my problems with breastfeeding in a previous micro about baby blues but it really deserved its own post. Trying to breastfeed really ruined a lot of the good that could have been enjoyed
Micro Post: Baby Blues
Hey Lovelies, Ok, so I am going to be really real and vulnerable in this post and some of you might not like what I have to say. But I think it is really important that I talk about the