Tag Archives: pregnancy
Motherload
When they put the BABY on my BODY, I LOOKED down at HIM, and my HEART SANK. I felt NOTHING. – Sarah Hoover
Grief Etiquette
“Looking for Grief Etiquette” wrote to you about her grief after experiencing a miscarriage. As a retired obstetrician, I have had considerable experience with this. One point I discussed with patients early in pregnancy was the fact that pregnancy loss … Continue reading
Parenting
No one…who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents. – Suzanne La Follette If God were a woman, She would have installed one of … Continue reading
Beautiful Beat
“Do you hear it?” the midwife asked. Holding a stethoscope to my newborn’s heart, I couldn’t hear anything. “Let me try removing my hearing aids,” I said. “Sometimes they get in the way.” I became a parent and learned I … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 