So, here I sit slash lay during an unexpected visit to the hospital. 13 weeks pregnant just needed to be welcomed I guess. Yesterday, around noon, I suddenly became very sick – fever, chills, throwing up and some seriously major pain. I called my OBGYN and they insisted it didn’t have to do with baby [...]

Source: Reuters About a week after my third pregnancy, I thought I was having a heart attack. I went to the ER after my neighbor, a doctor, took my vitals. After 3 hours of sitting in the ER, they said my heart was enlarged. Immediately I went into full panic mode and scheduled an appoitment [...]

Get out your knitting needles, it’s time to knit some vaginas. It’s Women’s History Month so why not? Ok, clearly there is reason behind this entire story. To protest the attacks on women’s health by the Republician Congress, a new knitting group was born across social media. And boy are they already making an impact. [...]

Disclaimer: We have a safety gate installed properly. This was the case of a falling parent, not a gate left opened or an unattended child. We are all about safety first! This was one of the most traumatic events for our family and this weekend is one we will never forget. Nothing like this has [...]

Fighting a fever is one of those nightmares parents could totally do without. When your Little has a fever it is anything but fun and so nerve wracking especially a high fever. Today across Babble you are seeing lots of great go-to info on fevers. With lots of hands-on experience, I have had my fair share [...]

It is currently 1:47 a.m. and I am sitting here writing a blog post. This is not due to the usual run-of-the-mill pregnancy induced insomnia, but rather because of a possible new and unexplained weird pregnancy symptom… Uncontrollable itching. Yes, I know that an itchy belly comes with the pregnancy territory – all that stretching [...]

I might be the only person on the planet who feels this way, but I actually like New Year’s resolutions.  I never set crazy goals or anything – just little ones to keep me motivated throughout the year, or super vague ones that I can feel like I accomplished without having to achieve anything overly [...]