More than a few experienced parents told me to skip putting newborn clothes and newborn-size diapers on my baby registry. I listened because I’m a bit of a minimalist mama, and I wanted to avoid filling my small New...
Yesterday someone asked me how my twins are doing. “You have four children, right? The babies must be getting so big.” I get this question less often these days, nearly 16 months after I gave birth to a healthy...
At two years postpartum, I still don’t feel quite like myself. I carry extra baby weight, but it isn’t physical. It’s the weight of motherhood.
“But… what if?”
I’ve asked myself that question a few hundred times over the past pandemic year.
We could quarantine for two weeks, get tested, and then visit grandparents! But... what if we pick up COVID on our road trip and...
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and in the name of raising awareness, I'd like to share the story of my antenatal and NICU experience with premature twins.
When I received the incredible news that I was pregnant again (a magical...
Pregnancy presents many challenges, one of which is getting dressed each day. Dressing a growing baby bump isn't easy. But the wardrobe challenges don't end when your baby is born. When you're nursing, getting dressed means your breasts must be accessible any time,...
Sarah is delighted to be the mother of two-year-old Margalit Penina. By day she is the Senior Director, Operations, Planning and Analysis at Combined Jewish Philanthropies. When not working, she enjoys gardening with her daughter, taking loads of pictures, and...
My reproductive function and infertility, which I affectionately refer to as my "ovarian insecurities," have been a source of confusion, distress, and shame for me for 20 long years.
I got my first period in 9th grade. Yes, you guessed...
The whirlwind of motherhood can be overwhelming and difficult to process. My lack of desire to shed the pounds or eliminate the cellulite is not a disguise for laziness; instead, I have learned to welcome rest — both mentally and physically. It has been life-changing to shift my perspective, making the conscious choice to enjoy my femininity (whatever that may look or feel like). Why do our bodies need to be what they used to be? Can we not be satisfied with how they are now? All of us women deserve bragging rights — our bodies are amazing.
After more than two years of searching, I finally have an appointment scheduled with a therapist. The search itself has been an exhausting process on top of everything else I'm balancing. Yet here we are, and I’m thankful to...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it's good timing, because I have boobs on the brain. Namely, my own boobs. (Although I'm sure yours are quite nice.) Considering their utility alone, my boobs have served me well over...
Congratulations — you're having a baby! From now on, everything in your life will seem overwhelmingly chock full of options. So, it's a fitting initiation to motherhood that one of the first decisions you'll make — your Boston labor...
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My Kid Is Not On the Honor Roll — and I...
It's that time of year again. School graduations and parent-teacher conferences and awards ceremonies occur, and suddenly social media is flooded with pictures of...
