Smoke, Ticks & Parenthood – How do you manage the fear?
Mar 19, 2021
My pregnancy with S was scary. With complete placenta previa, I was bleeding at the smallest things – dinner with friends, a short walk, a conversation on my cell phone…any sort of excitement, whether good or bad, had me bleeding. I had to be very careful. I wore a...
Let’s Talk About My Rape (In Light of the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing):
Sep 29, 2018
This is the first time that I’m publicly coming out and proclaiming that, yes, I was raped. It took me years to resolve what happened to me in my mind, years of going over and over that moment, or not going over and over that moment, but instead ignoring that this was...
For my daughter; for my husband; for myself. (And, I guess, for my doctors.)
Jul 14, 2018
My doctor suggested I write my journey down. It’s been a long one. With vertigo, and chronic joint pain, muscle pain, lightheadedness, fatigue – but these things, these things I can live with. It’s the unknown that makes me feel as though I am dying. And I know that...
What They Don’t Tell You About Breastfeeding; This Shit is HARD.
Dec 4, 2017
I almost didn’t buy a pump. I had this silly notion that after such a challenging pregnancy, postpartum would be a breeze, that Scarlett would latch onto my breast, no problem, and suck, suck, suck until her heart’s desire. This is what I wanted. To breastfeed my...
A Rant:
Jul 20, 2017
A conversation that I had with a dear friend yesterday evening has me up at 3am unable to sleep, so worked up that I need to vent, to rant, because the ignorance of some is astounding. This dear friend asked about my pregnancy, but each time I attempted to convey what...
Complete Placenta Previa, Another Challenge.
May 31, 2017
A dear friend told me she believes we aren’t given more than we can handle, and that she’s fairly certain I’m a shark; I’m fairly certain as well. I’ve been challenged, for almost a year now I’ve been consistently challenged – physically, emotionally, mentally – and I...