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Preparing to Be a Working Mom
I returned to work after 6 weeks of maternity leave. You know how one minute on the treadmill feels like five? Well, a week of maternity leave feels like only a fleeting moment. I knew, even when I first got pregnant, that I would be returning to work full time. I wasn’t sad about it. The truth is I really enjoy working and, candidly, I don’t believe I am tough enough to be a full time stay-at-home mom. However, as my 6 weeks came closer and closer to an end, I realized that I was totally unprepared to go back to work and take care of newborn baby. I felt…
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Birth Story – Mila
Our daughter took her sweet time getting here. In the weeks leading up to her due date, she was comfortably settled inside me and my body seemed none the wiser that she would soon need to come out. I had very few Braxton Hicks or contractions and I felt relatively normal except for my limited lung capacity. I tried every trick in the book during my last week – eating pineapple, bouncing on an exercise ball, and even awkward pregnancy sex (sorry mom and dad!). The contractions didn’t come. Luckily, during my 39th week, my doctor scheduled an induction date. He’s been an OBGYN for many years and explained that…
