Within five minutes of observing Gavin, she (and the rest of the team for that matter) said “the issue we have here is this super smart kid is in the wrong body. So we need to fix this.”… Read More Technology is our new best friend!
Each Thanksgiving, I take inventory of the things I am grateful for. While I am never more or less appreciative, one year to the next, there are times where events like births or deaths act as glowing reminders of all that we are blessed with (and, more soberingly, how quickly those things may be lost). This… Read More Crazy grateful
Removal of object unknown from privately owned liver. NOTICE TO QUIT Under instructions from the owner, Lilia Gomez, the mass situated at the left lower lobe of her liver (Tumor Unknown) is hereby given notice to vacate and NOT TO RETURN. The period of that notice being 6-7 hours from the service of this document. Date: October… Read More Eviction Notice
Husband out of town. Family in Florida. Youngest child wakes in the middle of the night with a high fever. I bring the fever down with medicine and everything looks better in the morning. But then by the afternoon, her fever spikes back up and she’s having very bad stomach pain on and off. Do… Read More Is My Mothers’ Intuition Full of Crap?
I’m a frequent faller. I have fallen on my knees about a million times. I’m a klutz, nothing more. My mother used to say, “You could even trip over the flowers in the carpet.” In my adult life, I have had an MRI of my brain so I know nothing medical is causing this problem,… Read More Ouch
It’s Moms For Moms Day next week, and we’re all supposed to be talking about this and doing supportive stuff for moms. Unfortunately I have been less than supportive of anyone this week, most of all myself and my family. The new job and the winding down of my business has put a lot of… Read More Judgment Bad, Assertiveness Good: Stand Up For Yourself, and Your Parenting Practices, Without Being a Jerk.
It’s becoming more common for pregnant women and their partners to enlist the labor support services of a doula. Many women seeking a natural childbirth believe that the emotional and physical support of a doula is crucial in the hospital setting, due to research suggesting that women with continuous support during labor are more likely to… Read More FAQ: Is It Worth Having a Doula at My Homebirth?
In a previous post, I talked about how I did not learn until 31 weeks gestation that my heightened level of the Ro antibody, attributable to my autoimmune condition, carries with it a slight risk (1%-5%) that the fetus will develop neonatal lupus. Of the population of babies with neonatal lupus, an even smaller group… Read More Neonatal Lupus: Update
CT Working Moms 