Pregnancy + Postpartum

This post is part 4 of 6 in the series How I Became a Mother. In keeping with the theme of "How I Became a Mother" this month, I thought it a fitting time for me to share my story...

This post is part 3 of 6 in the series How I Became a Mother. When mothers look back at their time during labor and delivery and say, “It was all just a blur,” or, “I don’t remember much,” I...

This post is part 2 of 6 in the series How I Became a Mother. My husband and I shared 10 amazing years of marriage before we welcomed a child into our family. Our friends and family finally stopped asking when it was...

This post is part 1 of 6 in the series How I Became a Mother. Confession time: I’ve never been a real big baby person. I thought babies were cute and all, but I was never the girl to be...

The journey started on the path that I had planned. I was married at 24 years old, and after a few years, started trying for our first of two children -- because I like a plan and two children...

Infertility. What an ugly word. That word just sounds miserable, dirty, horrible. Maybe because that word brings me back to a time in my life when I was young, feisty, full of life… or so I thought. That word changed...

I want to thank Des Moines Moms Blog for the opportunity to share my story for Infertility Awareness Week. It feels like just a short time ago that I had no use for the word infertility. Then it consumed...

I thought I had breastfeeding figured out. I had breastfed two babies, counseled and consoled countless new moms, and worked through trials and pain myself. And then I had my third baby. About this time last year, Angela of Basking Babies...

Count The Kicks is pleased to announce its upcoming 2015 Every Woman Counts luncheon on Wednesday, April 29 at 11:30 at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines. The upcoming luncheon will raise funds for the public awareness campaign Count the Kicks and will help...

I can remember my first pregnancy fondly. The naps. The attention. The baby showers. All of those become a quick memory when you become pregnant with your second (or third, fourth, fifth, or more) child. Not that I am...