Our family just celebrated my oldest son’s 7th birthday and I find my heart in the deepest praise for how the story of my pregnancy with him in Africa continues to gift us with its teachings. His tender questioning...
We currently have six children and are now pregnant with our seventh! I’m due July 5 and my 40th birthday is July 12. This is NOT how I wanted to spend my 40th, but here we are. I love...
I have four words for you.
Clomid. Is. The. Devil.
Seriously. It's this teeny tiny little white pill that promises you this amazing thing you are craving, called pregnancy. And then after you take it for a while you become a...
When I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to find out the sex before birth or wait. In the beginning, I leaned towards waiting until birth. I liked the idea...
I am part of two clubs that pregnant and new mothers don't ever wish to join: the long-first-labor club and the postpartum depression club. My husband and I did 54 hours of labor, mostly alone. Afterward, I developed postpartum depression,...
When I was 6, I had a bad case of food poisoning that developed into a lifelong phobia of vomiting. My entire adult life, I've been terrified of pregnancy for one reason and one reason only: morning sickness. Knowing...
Awwww, pregnancy. That one little word provokes so many emotions – excitement, love, fulfillment. The list can go on and on. When I learned I was pregnant with my second child, I experienced all of the above. My body...
I don't remember much about the first trimester when I was pregnant with my son, mostly because I slept through it. Exhaustion was my biggest symptom.
Of course, we also bought and moved into a house and took two back-to-back...
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!) in the Greater Dayton, Cincinnati, & Northern Kentucky areas. Everyone is welcome! There will be great giveaways...
Warning: Do not read this if you haven’t had kids! Or do, and remember you’ve been forewarned!
I never thought I wanted kids. I thought maybe I was missing the “mom gene” or something. I was in denial for a...
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Bloom :: An Event for Moms! {2024}
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!), and other...
