Fair warning: I’m going to swear, at the end of this. Something is very wrong. At first, I thought that I was exhausted from holiday travel, and I assumed that…
Category: birth
In the past week, I have taught two HypnoBirthing classes. There’s a switch in my head that flips, when I have agreed to help a family, and I take my…
I have some amazing news that I have managed to share everywhere but here: I am studying to become a Certified HypnoBirthing Instructor! What does that mean? I’m studying information,…
My first goal in writing this blog was to make sure that something encouraging and human showed up in the search results for phrases like “klonopin and pregnancy.” Since I…
After Christmas celebration #3 (one in Long Island, one near Albany, NY and this last one in Phoenix, AZ) I have finally had a chance to have a long nap…
Two months ago, on October 19th, I gave birth to my son, Walter. Birthing was the most amazing, healing, life-affirming, empowering experience imaginable. I went to bed on October 18th…
My psychiatrist gave me a grade this morning. A B- in fact. It was actually pretty funny and not something she regularly does. Her point was that when I do…
I have been hiding for these past few weeks. At BlogHer, I overdid the walking in the no-support-but-very-cute ballet flats and got myself some seriously swollen ankles and feet. Ouch!…
Yes, I am hiding. I am pulling the covers over my head and pretending that nothing is changing, even as my belly grows and the baby’s movement becomes more insistent.…
Almost exactly five years ago, as a senior in college, I spent the night in the psych emergency room. Then, a week later, I spent another night in the same…