Finding Support During Infertility
by Lauren Jerle
National Infertility Awareness Week April 18 – 24, 2021 Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter your race, religion, sexuality or economic status, infertility does not discriminate. National...
When Infertility Treatment Fails
by Kristin P.
National Infertility Awareness Week April 18 – 24, 2021 Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter your race, religion, sexuality or economic status, infertility does not discriminate. National...
Become a Stepparent: 15 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me
by Val Newbold
Marrying someone who has a child, you don’t think much about the stepparenting situation other than that you are in love with this person, who already has a child. When...
Ectopic Pregnancy: What You Should Know
When you’re hoping to add to your family, that little plus sign on the pregnancy test is a cause for celebration. However, sometimes an egg implants itself outside the uterus....
Saying Goodbye and Finding Hope
My story is not unique. Like many women, I lost our baby during the first trimester of what was supposed to be a nine month pregnancy. Medically, my situation was...
Grace and Grit
I knew I’d get some funny comments when I was pregnant. I had heard my mom friends lament about them, the jokes about expecting twins, and how ridiculous it is...
Two Pink Lines
My husband and I only waited a year after we were married before we started trying to have a baby, but month after month, we kept getting negative pregnancy tests....
Growing up Green: Introducing Young Children to Nature Reaps Benefits
“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” ~Thomas Berry, Nature Writer Growing up green is more than a...
Changing Daycares: How to Make It Suck Less
by Liz Murray
For every working mom with a new baby or preschooler, one parenting decision looms large: Daycare. Where can you safely entrust your child during the 40-plus hour work week? Where...
Letting Go, and Losing Audrina
by Trista Rakow
August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day. Twin Cities Familys Blog contributing writer, Trista Rakow, is bravely sharing her story with us today about loss and how it’s impacted her...
