Enriching the Soil of Your Life
Photo credit: katya_alagich on Visualhunt.com / CC BY
Mom, you do not struggle alone. My story of infertility and late pregnancies at 40 (we lost one twin) and at 42 (we had twins) made me instantly identify with the following story and want to share it here. Thank you, Jeanne Harrison, for giving us courage and balm!)
About a year ago, a friend called to tell me about her pregnancy. “That’s wonderful!” I exclaimed. “But . . . are you okay? You sound sad.”…
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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a recommendation in 2011 that pregnant women receive the Tdap shot at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Tdap combines the Diptheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines into a single stick.
This recommendation was in response to continued outbreaks of whooping cough around the United States. One recent outbreak was located in Washington State with 2,786 reported cases.…
As a 14-year infertility patient, I had a high desire to connect with the 2 babies growing in my belly.
Thanks to that first scheduled ultrasound on day 18 after the GIFT procedure, we learned we had conceived, and we marveled at the flutter of two newly-formed beating hearts in what many call a ‘blob of tissue’.
Long before my baby bump showed off the precious miracle, I prayed for, patted, sang and read to our little twins. But unknown to me at the time, what was happening inside my belly was more even miraculous than I could fathom!
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The digital baby monitor is problematic. Is this news to you? If so, read on. (and at the bottom of the post I found a SAFER one!) Updated Sept., 2016.
As a parent, this information may be very hard for you to hear at first…
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This visual is brilliant!
Being a visual learner, I have always done better with a picture! When I saw Katie’s infographic on Facebook (from Babies First Lactation) it was my hope that lots of people (Moms, Dads, and extended family members) could gain understanding from it. The La Leche League also has a valuable visual here.
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Two 25-milliliter samples of human breast milk. The left-hand sample is first milk produced and the right-hand sample is milk produced later during the same pumping. Photo source Wikipedia.
The God-design of the human body never ceases to amaze me, and today, we are talking about human breast milk. The immunological and nutritional components of breast milk adjust every day, according to the changing, individual needs of a baby.…
