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[...] You’re a single mom because you’re divorced; because you’re widowed; because you got pregnant at a young age and [...]

[...] level and it’s the best feeling in the world. The post 8 Things I Learned After I Became a Single Mom appeared first on MomQuery. [...]

[...] for working. To the Starbucks Barista. You make my coffee everyday as I head to work, you are a single mom just trying to feed little mouths every night. You are doing your best, don’t let anyone [...]

[...] . I can’t please everyone much less every mom. We may not all agree or like every single mom we meet. But we can respect each other as women and as mothers because we ALL know this [...]

[...] probably forty twin moms with a wide variety of birth experiences. I carefully crafted a birth plan (which we forgot at home). I was very, very serious about the requests in my birth plan, [...]

[...] pain. I made it to ten cm by one in the morning and was allowed to labor down, as per our birth plan. When I started to feel the need to push, we asked the nurse to come in, and we started [...]

[...] my “canal” hurt for a good while… I’ll just spare you more details on this one. Our birth plan may not have gone as planned also: Most articles about C-section support involve [...]

[...] on the way to the hospital and having the baby at the gas station is probably not part of your birth plan. 7. Baby blankets. The hospital nurses will wrap up your precious bundle like a little baby [...]

[...] . It took me a very long time to let go of the feeling that I had failed. Truth be told, our birth story was beautiful. We were all rested, happy, and ready to meet when the timing was right. God’s [...]

[...] is 15 months old wearing 4T clothes… No surprise she was a 12lb baby! The post My 12lb Baby: A Birth Story appeared first on MomQuery. [...]

[...] consultant after going home. Today we are doing great, breast feeding like a champ. Our birth story is not what we planned for or even something I could have anticipated. Baby D is healthy and [...]

[...] If you’ve read my birth story with Ford, then that should be enough of an explanation as to why I am choosing to have a [...]

[...] I thought. Now, at times, this may be     to a fault. My uniform these days consists of yoga pants and baseball caps. Don’t be deceived, yoga pants are not always used for exercise. [...]

[...] . We all know how it is on that day where getting dressed means stuffing your best pair of yoga pants (read: the only pair without mysterious holes in the crotch) into UGGs that were probably [...]

[...] the opportunity to dress up. Let’s face it – when I’m home, I’m probably in yoga pants. Sure, I’m more comfortable that way, but it’s amazing how much sharper a little [...]

[...] but I think I am a pretty good mom to my son and yesterday I did laundry and folded 5 pairs of yoga pants and finally washed my favorite fleece pullover I have been wearing for days. My son refuses to [...]

[...] NICU, which are babies who are stable and are expected to survive and thrive like any other newborn baby. Others of you may have babies with special needs or medical conditions who are fighting for [...]

[...] mode. Probably because I was so sleep deprived and coming out of the shock of what is the newborn baby, but nonetheless, it didn’t occur to me to even wonder about milestones until around month [...]

[...] any woman who goes through child birth is strong. Labor really is work! After you hold your newborn baby, you realize that you would do anything in the world to keep them safe. You become a strong [...]