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Is It Safe to Come Outside Yet…
You know that old wives’ tale about staying inside with the newborn? Funny thing is, no one ever says when it’s safe to go back out into the world. With my first child, a son, we stayed inside for what felt like forever. I had six months of maternity leave and absolutely nowhere to go. Besides the…
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I’m Exhausted and the Baby Doesn’t Want to Sleep
You know the famous saying every new mom hears when leaving the hospital: “Sleep when the baby sleeps.” Yeah, right. This morning I woke up at 2:30am. That’s her first wake window, after a 4–5 hour stretch of sleep. I did the routine: diaper change, feed, burp, back into the bassinet. But instead of drifting off behind…
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How I Felt About My Body After Birth, the 2nd Time Around…
As long as I can remember, I’ve had body image issues. As a tall, heavyset woman…that’s not uncommon. With my first pregnancy, I remember looking at myself in the mirror a lot, or in the selfie pics I was taking, and feeling down about how I looked. I felt like my stomach went down after…
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