I started this blog as a way to cope with the loss of my previous pregnancy (amongst other reasons, but really… that was the main one). So, it seems appropriate to write about this current pregnancy, especially now that the news is out and the genetic testing came back normal. It also means that I can finally take a little bit of an exhale. I know parenting will never be easy, but getting past the 12-week mark and getting the testing back was a huge milestone. One that I had

I was planning on writing something different for this week’s blog, but in light of this past weekend’s horrific events in Charlottesville, VA, I can’t sit idly by. And neither should you. I’ll be honest, for the past few months I’ve been fairly removed from politics and everything going on in the world. I’m not proud of this fact, but it is a fact. Life got in the way and suddenly the barrage of twitter posts and news articles seemed like an annoyance, rather than anything p

“It’s pretty hard for you to trust, huh?” That was the question my current therapist posed for me back at our first session last December. At the time, I vehemently denied this claim. Sure, I had been through some stuff, but I liked to consider myself a pretty trusting person. I am empathetic and kind and like to see the good in people. Those aren’t usually qualities associated with someone who goes around with a mistrust of the world. Those people are brooding and angry— thi