Last Thanksgiving I was only 6 days postpartum. At 6 days postpartum, my milk had just recently come in and I was still trying to get the hang of breastfeeding. I wasn’t yet comfortable trying it publicly and still struggled to get my baby to latch correctly. At 6 days postpartum, I was deep in the throes of hormonal hell, experiencing sharp contrasts between drenching sweats and whole body, teeth-chattering shivers. My hormones had just dropped (from the equivalent of taking

Dear postpartum body, YOU ARE A MIRACLE MAKER. You created life. Your soft, stretch-mark filled belly expanded beyond imagination to house your growing baby. YOU ARE A WARRIOR. You labored for over 30 hours and birthed that baby girl —all 7 lbs, 4 oz and 20 inches of her — naturally, without any drugs! YOU ARE EXACTLY what your baby needs right now, and you are far stronger than you look. Your new heavy breasts fill with liquid gold to keep your baby alive and growing. Your u

“Today’s a day like any other, but I am changed I am a mother oh, in a instant. And who I was has disappeared. It doesn’t matter, now you’re here, so innocent. I was lost for you to find. And now I’m yours and you are mine.” – Everything Changes by Sara Bareilles 2018 ended up being nothing like I thought it would be. Back in March, when we learned we were pregnant, it felt like the sharpest left turn away from where I thought the year was going to go. Looking back now, I cou