As a parent, I recall when I first learned I was going to be a mother. I purchased just about every parenting book, followed countless parenting sites/blogs and even provided my husband with a stash of "best books to...
In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, I thought I would share my own story of prematurity.
Spoiler alert: It is not about my own child. It's me! Oh, and my brother. We were both preemies in a time before so...
I knew I just wanted a lot.
Matter of fact, when I was little, I even told my parents I would have enough kids to fill the biggest house I knew of in our town. I played pregnant and nursing...
Pregnancy and infant loss affects one in four pregnant women. One in four. Twenty-five percent of all pregnancies (at least) end in some kind of loss, whether miscarriage (generally up to twenty weeks gestation) or stillbirth, in addition to...
Courtney and Allen Tipping have been married for eleven years. They attend Midtown Fellowship (downtown campus) where Allen is on staff. In late 2008, the Tippings found out they were expecting sextuplets. Their babies, tragically, did not live, as...
I pride myself on being a woman of my word. I'm pretty well known for being headstrong and the more "mouthy one" in my close knit group of friends. I have no problem telling people what I am thinking...
I have an 8-year-old who I've never met. I never fed or held this child. I never had a chance to bandage boo-boos, read stories, or give a kiss goodnight. I missed preschool and the first day of kindergarten. I...
Nurses have been front and center this week after Miss Colorado's monologue about being a nurse and The View hosts' denigrating comments about it. It has caused me to give a lot of thought to the nurses I have...
After the initial joy of finding out we will be parents, my husband and I sat down to start going over finances. We then began looking into my maternity leave options. Luckily, my employer allows me to take 6...
I love to write, and when I joined the Columbia Mom team of writers as someone who was trying to get pregnant, I couldn't wait to chronicle my experiences.
That is, until I became pregnant.
Then things got real.
The last post...
Welcome to Bump Diaries – a new series on Columbia SC Moms Blog! One of our contributors is expecting, and here she will share her journey – the good AND the ugly – with all of you. It is sort of...
I'm the oldest of three children, and I don't really remember my mom ever telling me she was pregnant with my sister. I was 2 1/2 when she was born, and I just remember going to the hospital and...
Welcome to Bump Diaries – a new series on Columbia SC Moms Blog! One of our contributors is expecting, and here she will share her journey – the good AND the ugly – with all of you. It is sort of...
May is Teen Pregnancy Awareness Month. Which is rather ironic to me, because in May 2004 I found out I was pregnant at the very young age of 15.
Being a teenage parent is not for the faint of heart....
In + Around Columbia
Let’s Hit the Trails :: Top 10 Kid-Friendly Hiking Spots Around...
The Midlands is home to a surprising number of family-friendly hiking trails. This fun, inexpensive, and educational hobby is a great way to wear...
