Tag: pregnancy
5 Things I Wish I Had Known About C-Section Recovery
With 1 in 3 women in the United States having a cesarean section (often referred to as a C-section for short), it's important to...
The Fourth Trimester
When you are pregnant, there is so much care and attention provided to you during those three trimesters. Everyone is fawning over you, you...
A Birth Story {Solomon Marcel}
For my first post on the Louisville Mom Collective, I wanted to share a birth story about my son, Solomon Marcel. On March 28th,...
Bloom :: An Event for New & Expecting Moms {2023}
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!) in the...
You Can Always Just Adopt…
If I have to hear "You can always just adopt" one more time, I might actually scream. I never felt like I had a...
Friend Breakups after Babies
When I was just a few months postpartum, I went through the hardest breakup of my life. It wasn't my first friend breakup, but...
Make Vasectomies the Norm
We really need to make vasectomies the norm. When I was in active labor with my second child, in the process of making the...
Don’t Do it Without a Doula
Having a baby? Don't do it without a doula. If you have never heard of a doula, I highly recommend you look into who...
Motherhood :: A Lesson in Humility
Motherhood is a constant lesson in humility from my experience. But, I'm glad I humbled myself. I didn't have a choice really. Humility -...
C-Section Wasn’t the Worst
I can remember when I first started thinking about myself as someone who may one day birth and parent other humans, I thought a...