After struggling to get pregnant, I had to have a misplaced pregnancy surgically removed. When looking for comfort, I found reasons to be angry, and reasons to be persistent.
pregnancy
pregnancy
Gods of writing and all that is decent, this is the only time I will ever use the term "baby bump."
kim kardashian
I can't believe the amount of bile that's being directed at Kim Kardashian for her 'maternity style faux pas' - well, actually, I can.
Hey Everyone, Why Don't We Let Kim Kardashian Wear Whatever The Hell She Wants During Her Pregnancy?
infertility
Fostering is completely different than adoption, which is completely different than pregnancy. All are wonderful, but different. Remember that.
babies
I purchased prenatal vitamins, took a picture of the jar and Texted it to my boyfriend with the following caption: “My vitamin-enriched womb will be the best nest ever!"
babies
Arguably, more people are going to see my abdomen than my ladybiz, but I'm more concerned about the latter's appearance.
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Smoking is for single people. Now that I found Dashiell, I want to live forever.
pregnancy
It’s a goddamn political minefield, but then no one wants to offer their seat to a fat woman by accident, do they?
mothers
Seeing my mother struggle with parenthood makes me wonder if history will repeat itself.
ihtm contest
The next day I checked the mail to see that he had mailed me an envelope without even putting my name on it. Seriously. Because he didn’t know my name.
pregnancy
I had five miscarriages by the time I was 39 years old. I think with six you get an egg roll.
pregnancy
You will suffer this psychotic laughter at very inopportune moments. Like when you are watching Rue die in "The Hunger Games" in a crowded theater on opening weekend.
beauty snoop
The best beauty recommendations come from people you know (or ‘know’ virtually - ie. us!) so I’ve been talking to women about their favourite products, stuff they're good at and whether they have that Holy Grail – a hairdresser who ‘gets’ them.
pregnancy
I don't know how I got through those early days, shell shocked and stupid, staring at my new baby with a growing sense of distance and fear.
Daisy Pearce in
Issues,
pregnancy,
childbirth,
post natal depression,
anti natal depression,
anxiety,
nervous breakdowns,
alcohol
Dec 4, 2012 at 3:05pm | 5 comments
kate middleton
Everyone's taking Kate Middleton a bit more seriously – but while the papers are jumping for joy and speculating on the sex and name of the baby, don’t forget that Hyperemesis Gravidarum can be a serious, debilitating condition.
pregnancy
This is how screwed up my brain was: I actually weighed the merits of having a baby vs. having cancer.
issues
After I had Gabe, I was clearly in need of some help. I was a wreck, my baby was basically starving and the midwife on call wouldn’t come and see me at home because she wasn’t allowed to visit a house in the dark.
body image
Sometimes it feels like the collective media are conspiring to shame Jessica Simpson about her post-pregnancy weight. But when we criticize celebrity moms, we criticize all mothers.
Somer Sherwood in
Healthy,
body image,
celebrity weight loss,
havin' babies,
jessica simpson,
pregnancy,
the media batcave,
weight
Sep 14, 2012 at 1:13pm | 0 comments
legitimate rape
I don’t know their names but I do know this: Many, many of the other 31,999 women who get pregnant from rape each year are married to their rapists.
children
I returned to London when Gabe was five months old and it was then that Dan opted out of Gabe's life, leaving me a letter that labelled me a disappointment to him, and Gabe too painful a reminder of what a fuckup he was.
pregnancy
The part where Dan makes an unwelcome return and we scare the bejeezus out of a room full of expectant parents.
pregnancy
Looking back now I know I felt bad that I was so scared and had so many worries about being able to take care of my baby but in the years since, with friends having babies and us all talking candidly I’ve come to realise, most women have those worries whether they’re married or not.
