“Expert” Advice from a Professional Patient

One lesson I’ve had to learn, and re-learn, is that my body is not always willing to go as far as my mind intends to take it.

The Birth Story

Every labor and birth is different, just as every baby is different. I hear stories of some births and am completely mystified by how a woman could be standing in front me explaining her birth using phrases like "relatively easy." Excuse me? How does the earth not begin spinning backward when you put the words … Continue reading The Birth Story

Blissful Breastfeeding. Really?

After a baby enters your world all the sudden phrases float through your head. Phrases like, “Why didn’t anyone tell me it was going to be like this?” “I don’t think I can do this”, “ If I don’t get some sleep my body is going to die."