July 25, 2018 The realness of early pregnancy and loss My pregnancy was real. Really brief. Really scary. Really exciting. Really surprising. Really sad. Really hopeful. Really exhausting. There were three emotional weeks between the moment I saw two lines on a pregnancy test in my bathroom at 4am and the moment an ultrasound confirmed we'd lost it. This wasn't our first pregnancy, but it was our first since knowing the pain of losing one. We were scared and sad from the start that we might lose it, yet we were hopeful this might finally be our time… Read More July 18, 2018 I'm pregnant and in a metal band: how do I protect baby's hearing? I'm an audio engineer and an electric violinist for a metal band, and just found out that I'm pregnant. It's early days, but do I need to cancel gigs after a certain point? As an engineer, I experience up to 105db at work, but generally staying under 90db. As a musician, though, I'm onstage next to drum kits and loud amps, including my own, for an average set of 50 minutes. Is there anything I can do to keep them safe without cancelling gigs? Read More July 16, 2018 These photos of moms & babes nursing in protest of family separation will inspire you For the past two Saturdays, a group of mamas and babies have gathered outside of the ICE detention center in Portland, OR to breast/bottle feed their babies in protest of the Trump administration policies that have separated roughly 2,000 children from their parents. They were invited to hold the line during the nationwide Families Belong Together march on June 30th and decided to make it a weekly event until meaningful change happens in regards to ICE… Read More July 9, 2018 A love letter to my postpartum angel, my sister I never had much of a meaning for the term "angel" until my sister arrived in my bedroom at five in the morning after a seven-hour drive to be by my side right after I had just given birth for the first time. I felt guilty for pulling the alarm, but I was scared and confused and anxious — and she got it. She has two kids of her own, a partner, and a crazy work schedule… but she was there. Read More 1.0k July 2, 2018 Clean, bring meals, or GTFO: what should you ACTUALLY do when visiting new parents? Way back in 2011, we published this post about the dos and don'ts of visiting friends after they have a baby and recently realized how GOLD the comments were. Here's advice straight from our readers about what you should actually do when visiting new parents… Read More 123…343
July 18, 2018 I'm pregnant and in a metal band: how do I protect baby's hearing? I'm an audio engineer and an electric violinist for a metal band, and just found out that I'm pregnant. It's early days, but do I need to cancel gigs after a certain point? As an engineer, I experience up to 105db at work, but generally staying under 90db. As a musician, though, I'm onstage next to drum kits and loud amps, including my own, for an average set of 50 minutes. Is there anything I can do to keep them safe without cancelling gigs? Read More July 16, 2018 These photos of moms & babes nursing in protest of family separation will inspire you For the past two Saturdays, a group of mamas and babies have gathered outside of the ICE detention center in Portland, OR to breast/bottle feed their babies in protest of the Trump administration policies that have separated roughly 2,000 children from their parents. They were invited to hold the line during the nationwide Families Belong Together march on June 30th and decided to make it a weekly event until meaningful change happens in regards to ICE… Read More July 9, 2018 A love letter to my postpartum angel, my sister I never had much of a meaning for the term "angel" until my sister arrived in my bedroom at five in the morning after a seven-hour drive to be by my side right after I had just given birth for the first time. I felt guilty for pulling the alarm, but I was scared and confused and anxious — and she got it. She has two kids of her own, a partner, and a crazy work schedule… but she was there. Read More 1.0k July 2, 2018 Clean, bring meals, or GTFO: what should you ACTUALLY do when visiting new parents? Way back in 2011, we published this post about the dos and don'ts of visiting friends after they have a baby and recently realized how GOLD the comments were. Here's advice straight from our readers about what you should actually do when visiting new parents… Read More 123…343
July 16, 2018 These photos of moms & babes nursing in protest of family separation will inspire you For the past two Saturdays, a group of mamas and babies have gathered outside of the ICE detention center in Portland, OR to breast/bottle feed their babies in protest of the Trump administration policies that have separated roughly 2,000 children from their parents. They were invited to hold the line during the nationwide Families Belong Together march on June 30th and decided to make it a weekly event until meaningful change happens in regards to ICE… Read More July 9, 2018 A love letter to my postpartum angel, my sister I never had much of a meaning for the term "angel" until my sister arrived in my bedroom at five in the morning after a seven-hour drive to be by my side right after I had just given birth for the first time. I felt guilty for pulling the alarm, but I was scared and confused and anxious — and she got it. She has two kids of her own, a partner, and a crazy work schedule… but she was there. Read More 1.0k July 2, 2018 Clean, bring meals, or GTFO: what should you ACTUALLY do when visiting new parents? Way back in 2011, we published this post about the dos and don'ts of visiting friends after they have a baby and recently realized how GOLD the comments were. Here's advice straight from our readers about what you should actually do when visiting new parents… Read More 123…343
July 9, 2018 A love letter to my postpartum angel, my sister I never had much of a meaning for the term "angel" until my sister arrived in my bedroom at five in the morning after a seven-hour drive to be by my side right after I had just given birth for the first time. I felt guilty for pulling the alarm, but I was scared and confused and anxious — and she got it. She has two kids of her own, a partner, and a crazy work schedule… but she was there. Read More 1.0k July 2, 2018 Clean, bring meals, or GTFO: what should you ACTUALLY do when visiting new parents? Way back in 2011, we published this post about the dos and don'ts of visiting friends after they have a baby and recently realized how GOLD the comments were. Here's advice straight from our readers about what you should actually do when visiting new parents… Read More 123…343
1.0k July 2, 2018 Clean, bring meals, or GTFO: what should you ACTUALLY do when visiting new parents? Way back in 2011, we published this post about the dos and don'ts of visiting friends after they have a baby and recently realized how GOLD the comments were. Here's advice straight from our readers about what you should actually do when visiting new parents… Read More 123…343