3 Tips If You’re Concerned About a Pregnancy Symptom
“I’ve done something bad,” I admitted to my midwife. “I’ve googled, and now I’m worried.” I generally choose not to worry about pregnancy symptoms…
Scary Shit
Whether it’s something we read, saw on the news, or have a personal experience with it, there is always one or two things that just haunt our damn world when we have a baby.
So I wanted to feature some of these topics, not to scare you more, but just to arm you with some of the facts, signs and precautions you can take to ease your mind – even if it’s just a little.
So hang onto the shark, grab a stick of dynamite and stay tuned for the exhilarating ride of terror.
How a Cerclage Saved my High Risk Pregnancy
A cervical cerclage, or stitch helping to close the cervix, can be one way to help a high risk pregnancy. Here’s one mama’s story…
Reassuring Words About Giving Birth in a Crisis.
I asked readers who had given birth in a less than ideal situation if they had any advice for someone facing the same challenge….
What You Need to Know About Ectopic Pregnancy
Pretty much anytime your doctor uses the word “pregnancy” with an adjective before it, things can get pretty stressful, pretty quickly. If you’ve ever…
Scary Shit Series: Surviving Diagnosis Day
Ok. It wasn’t supposed to go like this. You were supposed to go in, find out the baby’s sex, and then buy the pink or…
Scary Shit Series
Whether it’s something we read, saw on the news, or have a personal experience with it, there is always one or two things that…
How To Get Through a Complicated Pregnancy
Here are the things that happened while I was pregnant: I was hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme sickness in pregnancy). I was diagnosed with…
My Experience with Choroid Plexus Cysts
“Choroid plexus cysts.” A million and one questions went through my mind when my OBGYN casually mentioned this three-word term to me after my…
6 Signs You Might Be Suffering from Prenatal Depression
I was eighteen weeks into my pregnancy when my doctor told me my baby might not make it. She labeled me high risk, and…
Scary Shit Series – Placental Abruption
The placenta does not get nearly as much love as it deserves. For most of us, it is a passing curiosity. After my oldest…
Scary Shit Series – Placenta Previa
Placenta previa always sounds like a horrible breakfast cereal to me. Ok kids, let me pour you a bowl of placenta previa! Now with…
Scary Shit Series – Cholestasis
Pregnancy comes with a litany of aches, pains, and minor complications. Usually, these are annoyances that come and go, but rarely become anything serious….
Scary Shit Series – Preeclampsia
If preeclampsia was a person, it would be that unassuming guy at a party that farts then walks away from a conversation to go…
Scary Shit Series – Stillbirth
Not that long ago, stillbirth was an easier topic to talk about. At the turn of the century, infant mortality was so high that…
Scary Shit Series – Congenital Heart Defects
There are a couple of reasons I want to write about congenital (meaning present at birth) heart defects in this series. One is to…
Scary Shit Series – Postpartum Depression
I’d like to start this by saying whoever coined the phrase “baby blues” needs a throat punch. It has such a condescending tone –…
Scary Shit Series – HELLP Syndrome
We’ve previously covered preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome is a variant of that. HELLP is basically preeclampsia’s asshole, homicidal cousin. It’s pretty rare, but very serious…
Mentally Managing My Medically Normal Pregnancy After a Scare
We had a pregnancy scare recently. At a wedding in California, for seemingly no reason at all, I went into preterm labor. This already…
How to Handle Bed Rest
There’s nothing more terrifying than being told by your doctor that something has gone so horribly wrong with your pregnancy, and you have to…
12 Dangerous Pregnancy Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore
Sure, I see a lot of dumb reasons to come into labor and delivery. I’ve even heard of someone coming in because their belly…
