This post is from the “True Story” collection of posts and contains details about the real and true events of my life. *Trigger warning* Child loss/Still birth At 8:30 AM on March 20th, we were given our hospital room. Our nurse was young and so nice. “You’ll be in here until baby is here, and then you’ll move down one floor to the postpartum unit. … Continue reading Long Car Ride, Empty Car Seat (Part 2)
This post is from the “True Story” collection of posts and contains details about the real and true events of my life. *Trigger warning* Child loss/Still birth I should warn you, reader, that this chapter of my life is tragic. I am certain, even now, at the very beginning of my attempt to write it, that it will consume me all over again to try … Continue reading Long Car Ride, Empty Car Seat (Part 1)
My experience with breastfeeding was not a pleasant one, to say the least. From birth, my daughter had difficulty latching, while I, riddled by social-media-induced mom guilt, felt it absolutely necessary to give her breastmilk at any cost. I’d read that breast is best, but clearly my daughter did not agree. Now that my daughter is a toddler, and my breast pumps are safely collecting … Continue reading The Best of the Breast
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