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The Prenatal Screening Debate
I was outraged this week when I heard a news story about Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s opposition to prenatal testing. I saw a story Tuesday morning on the Today show that said he...
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Just Shoot Me Now
Thursday nights have become a real pain in my butt thanks to a new medication I’m taking. As if I weren’t in enough pain already, I decided to add a shot into my life every 7 days. Since my second...
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Spring: Finding Hope in New Life
I think sometimes I could sit on my couch all day with my hands on my middle, enjoying the kicking, wiggling movements of my unborn son. Each jab and nudge are a miracle to me. A miracle I tragically...
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The Pregnant Pause
I know of six different women who live within a half a mile from my home who are pregnant – and that’s not counting me. Not only is there something in my neighborhood’s water, it feels like dozens of...
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Baby?
I am less than a month from my due date and feeling a little overwhelmed. At times anxiety threatens to take over my every though and action. Other times the thought of actually bringing home a little...
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Living With My Rainbow
Sometimes after a dark, cold storm, when the rain is done chilling you to the bone, when the wind is done taking your breath away, when the clouds disperse and the sky reappears, a burst of light...
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Gone But Not Forgotten
I called my son by the wrong name the other night. Which really isn’t a big deal for most parents. I honestly do it all the time with my oldest two boys. But I called my newborn son “Luca,” the name of...
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Oh Baby, Oh Baby!
Here we go again. I’m 12 – almost 13 – weeks pregnant and once again I am terrified. Not because I don’t want to have a baby. But because I DO. I want to hold it and kiss it and cradle it. Not just...
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Gender Reveal, We’re Having A …..
Two days. That’s how long it took my boys to tell half our neighborhood the gender of our unborn baby. They probably would have spread the word sooner, but we didn’t go anywhere or run into anyone...
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Induction Dilemma
The last week of pregnancy has to be about the longest week of a woman’s life. In my experience you waddle around like a walking time bomb, anxiously waiting to go off. People ask you how you are doing...
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