“It’ll be over by 12 weeks, you’ll be fine.” “Just eat some crackers and ginger ale.” “Just eat small meals and eat more often.” These are just some of the small tokens of advice women are often given in the early days of pregnancy, when the symptoms of...
Oh hey. You thought I was gone for good didn’t you? Well, I’ve crammed a lot of life into the last few months which left very little time for blogging. But more on that later. Without further ado (sorry), I’d like to share part two of my birth story! While...
As the mother of an exclusively breastfed 5 month old, we are most definitely celebrating World Breastfeeding Week over here at Forever June. In case you didn’t know, WBW (and breastfeeding advocates everywhere) promotes exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life, which boasts a plethora...
As any mother would whole-heartedly agree, the birth of your first child is life changing to say the least. In that dizzying, what-just-happened, be still my beating heart kind of way. You spend all those weeks and months building up what you hope will be a climactic ending to your pregnancy journey....
So it seems we’re all weighing in on the concept of “MEternity leave” lately. Thank you to the powers that be for blessing us with this kind of nonsense to comment on daily. ‘MERICA! Can I just.. pipe in real quick before I jest with you here? Maternity leave, while...