How Motherhood Healed My Anxiety
It sounds like basic math: chronic anxiety plus surprise pregnancy equals disaster. I’ll admit, I about dropped my glass of wine in the toilet when I saw the test results....
What To Do When You Are Overdue?
by Nealy
(photo credit: Blush Baby Las Vegas) The Due Date. Supposedly it is the Day on the calendar that the baby is Due to be born. Have you ever heard of any baby...
From One Mother to Another: Breastfeeding Q&A Part I
by Annie
It’s National Breastfeeding Week. Or, for those of us who are currently breastfeeding, it’s just Monday. As first-time breastfeeding mamas to our little dudes (who are only one month apart), fellow...
Growing Pains
by Cari Dugan
The thing about parenting that always gets me is that as soon as I think I have figured a child out, they go and do a 180 on me so...
When An Amniocentesis Becomes Your Saving Grace
by Leah Pihlaja
It was just a routine 16-week checkup. Let me reiterate. I meant… It was just a routine 16-week checkup, followed by an email parading the words in the subject line: You have 1...
9 Benefits of Infertility (Or, How a 100+ Year Old Song Turned Me Into An Optimist)
by Kristin P.
Before you fire up your fingertips to type an offended response, please know there are no real benefits of infertility. Not one. But after three miscarriages, nine rounds of treatment...
Quiet the Working Mom Guilt
by Ami
When I was pregnant, I knew being a stay-at-home mom really wasn’t an option. I would imagine what a luxury it would be, but realized financially it most likely wouldn’t...
Why Not to Feel Guilty Sending Your Kids to Daycare On Your Day Off
So you are checking your time off balance at work and realize you are in serious need of a day off. A day off from work…a day to yourself. Do...
Event Recap: Bloom Parenting Fair at Park Nicollet’s Women’s Center
Were you at our BLOOM event on May 2nd?! We had a fantastic time, a great turn-out and everyone learned so much about Park Nicollet’s Women’s Center, their Family Birth...
How I Became A Mom
by Emily
I was almost 20, and he was 26 when we met. I’d be lying now if I didn’t say that people were hesitant to support our relationship at that time....
This Mother’s Day
by Leah Pihlaja
This Mother’s Day, I will reflect on the day I became a birth mother. It’s not that I didn’t want to remember, but I have tried to block out that time...
BLOOM: Details and FAQs!
Our Bloom event is just TWO DAYS away! We can’t wait to see you there, but we want to make sure you have all the details you need. Bloom runs...
Pregnancy: What I Don’t Like and What I Love
by Leah Pihlaja
We made a big decision recently to add another little person to our family. I am a Google maniac and started to look up what people actually need to do to...
A Family is a Family is a Family
by Emily
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of “family” is: 1: a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head : household 2a: a group of persons of...
