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I Need Time
Recently, I came across an article, “I’m Having a Baby, Not Hosting A Party-Stay Out Of My Hospital Room!” while researching the time of c-section recovery for the mother. With a large, loving,...
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A Perfect Birth
Birth without trauma. Birth in which the mother and baby are healthy and happy. Birth which leaves no lasting ramifications, either physical or emotional. A Perfect Birth. That’s what I have now...
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The Loss of a Birth Plan
Trauma. That word evokes feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, injury, shock, disbelief, anger, sadness, despair. Trauma does not equally impact individuals. One person’s trauma may not be another...
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The first step to Wellness
Navigation of treatment is one of the many obstacles that an individual faces when dealing with trauma. In both physical and emotional trauma, the simple confession, if you will, to oneself of one’s...
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A Mother’s Choices
Last week, I made a choice. I made a choice to be done with breastfeeding. I made a choice to use formula and baby food. I made a choice that feeding my baby my milk for the first seven months of...
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Cringe
Sometimes, I cringe. I cringe when I hear stories about birth trauma. I cringe when someone contacts me with yet another story of doctor incompetence resulting in physical and emotional harm. I...
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This is Me
I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am an educated individual. I am a wife. I am a mother. I am an advocate. I am me. I am me. But, does everyone know the real me? Sometimes I feel...
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My “Adult” Movie
Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging in a video shoot for Medtronic Interstim device for fecal incontinence. This video will serve to bolster Medtronic’s website for fecal incontinence by...
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Living with Chronic Disease
At our most recent support group, we discussed living with chronic disease. Our guest speaker, a mental health professional that focuses on chronic disease, was extremely helpful in guiding our...
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You might scare her…
Sometimes, and often by well-meaning individuals, I am silenced from telling my birth story to others. When in the room with certain individuals and a newly pregnant mother-to-be, I am sometimes told,...
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