Life Lessons Learned from my Ectopic Pregnancy

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Like many difficult things in life, distance from my ectopic pregnancy has given me perspective. Time has passed and I am able to articulate my emotions around it and even find purpose in doing...

Natural Ways to Increase Your Fertility

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How to Naturally Increase Your Fertility | For those that don’t know my story, we’ve been through the ringer with trying to increase fertility; let me save you a buck and years of your...

My Birth Plan is Not to Plan, Anything Can Happen!”

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Elevated blood pressure, PVCs, a Disney villain-worthy cardiologist, and multiple scans are just a few things that scrambled my perfectly curated (and color coordinated) birth plan. Often I would lie through my teeth and...

Reclaiming Meaning for Motherhood Despite Childloss

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My first Mother’s Day as a new mom started with ice cream and a massage at 39 and 1/2 weeks pregnant. It ended with my incredible doula and amazing nurses at Seton preparing me...

Your Pregnant Belly is not Weird & It’s Probably Perfectly Normal

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No matter what you look like while pregnant, your pregnant belly is not weird. It's probably perfectly normal. My pregnant belly was huge. I’ll just admit it. Prior to my pregnancy, I’d read so many articles...

Ways to Help Your Partner Connect During Your Pandemic Pregnancy

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Pregnancy can be so isolating. Pregnancy during a pandemic is on a whole different level. A usually exciting time spent celebrating with loved ones is really shaken up when your partner can’t even attend...

10 Tips For A Healthy Pregnancy

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Do you have a new baby on the way? Whether it be your first or tenth pregnancy, we’ve all heard the “advice” from well intentioned friends. But, with so much advice out there, how...

Best Friends & Rainbow Babies Through Pregnancy Loss | UT Health

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A story of how two women were brought together over recurrent pregnancy loss  Kim and Julia weren’t best friends in college, they didn’t meet at a book club, or even through mutual friends at a...
Preeclampsia

My Preeclampsia Birth Story: From Plan-A to Emergency C-Section

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Here we are in 2021 a year that’s started to be just as weird as the previous year and somehow a few short weeks ago I officially have a five-year-old. It's just dizzying to...

Pregnancy + Smart Devices… What To Know To Protect Your Baby

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Behavioral difficulties in children are becoming more common these days, little did moms know this could start as early as pregnancy and they only had to look as far as their smart devices. As...