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Pregnancy Loss

I really don’t like going to the doctor. Not for the usual reasons, though. There’s this one line that gets me every time. I fill out my name, my personal info… life is good and then I hit the ‘Number of pregnancies’ followed by ‘Number of Live Births’. My numbers are 10 and 3. The …

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October

Here in the US we assign months to causes. October is known for Breast Cancer Awareness,Down Syndrome Awareness, Rhett Syndrome Awareness, Pregnancy Loss and Infertility Awareness, Domestic Violence Awareness… That’s a lot to cover in one month. It is crazy to me that I know at least one person who has been effected by each …

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Those Hard Days

It has been almost two weeks since E started back at school. He has had no negative behaviors in the classroom and on Friday the teacher invited him to share lunch with the class the week after Labor Day! This is all fabulous, but. Last night, I was on the phone with a tribe member …

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My Tribe

That journey into motherhood isn’t always smooth. Quite often, there are many bumps, scrapes, bruises and even some broken bones along the way. I don’t know anyone who describes motherhood as glamorous. I also don’t know anyone who describes it as alienating. As a new mom, and a fairly young one, it was really tough …

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Anxiety

I have been thinking a lot about Post Partum Depression and Anxiety lately. Often called “the baby blues”, approximately 11 to 20% of women experience PPD or PPA in their post partum period. To quote this site: Postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, putting American families at risk each and every year. …

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Purge

Get rid of EVERYTHING! I’m a Type A, love knowing everything, Control Freak. We have been in this house for a little over three years. Before moving in, I donated and sold a ton of things. When we moved in, I made a pile of boxes of things I decided I did not need and …

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