Labor Pains: I Was Secretly Relieved To Have An Emergency C-Section
The birth of my first daughter involved an emergency c-section that, I’m not ashamed to report, I actually preferred…
The birth of my first daughter involved an emergency c-section that, I’m not ashamed to report, I actually preferred…
I’m not sure what’s worse: Packing your child up for her first day of school after Labor Day or…
“I’ll be right back,” I told my friend H. after returning home from my first walk since giving birth….
Being in my 20s rocked. I lived alone, in downtown Toronto, in a small one-bedroom with a giant back…
I was an hour into to my labor, with seven more to go, when my sister showed up with…
Mommyish has a new avid reader named Will that I would like to welcome! I know that Will has…
May 2009: I was six weeks from my due date for my second child. My partner, our almost-two-year-old daughter…
I moved to my new Brooklyn neighborhood two months before my son arrived. In the weeks leading up to…
I was upstaged while giving birth to my daughter. I’d heard of dads trying to take center stage before…
As we all know, giving birth for the first time is a little scary. Sure, it’s natural and women…
Okay, I’ll admit it: I had an epidural while 1.5 centimeters dilated. Twice. With my first, the anesthesiologist just…
I had anything but a “normal” pregnancy. A blood clot in my leg that had thrown to my lungs…
“I’m sorry to tell you this, but we need to get this baby out of you today,” my doctor…
It all started at 2:30 AM on a Monday morning when my water broke. Unfortunately, I had stayed up…