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Hello, class! Today, we are talking about vaginas. … Are you still there? Great! Chances are, that means you are a mom, a not-easily-grossed-out baby daddy (hello, all three of you!), or you’re just into reading about super-important-but-kinda-gory stuff. Whichever you are, welcome! Today we are talking about a topic…
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During a naptime Facebook scroll, I came across this article in The Inquisitr, and I nearly threw the glass baby bottle I was holding against the wall. If you don’t care to click through and read, let me summarize: Lady Gaga’s “belly steals the show” at the Super Bowl, because… wait…
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There’s not much during pregnancy that’s more fun than dressing up, putting on some makeup and playing glam. Just kidding. Everything sounds more fun than that when you’re pregnant. Like staying in your high-waisted maternity pants and sitting on the couch all day watching Fixer Upper while consuming copious amounts…
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Another day, another study proving what mothers have been trying to explain for millennia with our exhaustion-limited vocabulary and sleep-deprived cortices. Let me just say that, before we delve into specifics, were we to print out all of the studies that have come out in recent years linking the changes…
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It sounds like I’m far along–and looks like it too–but then I realize I have 16 weeks left and think, “Nope, lady. You’ve got some more baby hauling to do.” Feeling: Energetic during the day, near-comatose as soon as the sun sets. Also, so, so excited when I feel this…
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Pregnancy is an amazing, but strange, time. Your body is growing, your mind and memory is starting to slip away (hiya, Mom Brain!), and you can’t fit into your damn clothes anymore, and yet everything you see in maternity clothing stores seems to be absurdly expensive or just not your…
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I’ve heard it from my pregnant friends time and time again. “All people ever want to tell me is their horror stories about giving birth. I don’t wanna hear that crap!” “Why are all these moms being so negative?!” “Doesn’t any woman have anything positive to say about her labor?”…
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Of all the things I’ve gained from motherhood, the one thing I’ve lost the most of is time. Aaah, the good old days when I would wake up, eat breakfast within 2 hours of rolling out of bed, brush my teeth and drink a hot cup of tea, all…
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There are some things that you are forced to become more aware of, working as an anchor and reporter in television news for 13 years. Take, for example, the daily political talking points, or the latest health news, or the weather. About all of these points, most television journalists could…
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Today I got stabbed in the head with a fork, A most unlikely weapon. The perpetrator? Two years old. And mischief, her intention. I bent to move her breakfast plate, Arranged on it, a feast. She’d barely eaten half a bite, For it was food she wanted least. …
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