My bosses and colleagues were amazing, but they couldn’t hold a candle to my cooing little being back at the ranch. Too-tight work clothes, pumping my milk in the bathroom, and the million other crazy things working mommies live through every day did not sweeten the deal.
When I found out I was having another baby, my thoughts immediately turned to my first daughter: Would I be able to give her all of the love I had before? Would we still be as close as we were? Would she still feel like she was the center of my world? Would she be OK?
Well, here I am 10 months later, with a six-week-old and an I-can’t-believe-she-just-turned-two-year-old, and so far the answers to my questions are usually, no, no […]
This time around, I will tell who I want, when I want.
This time around, I will not run to the bathroom every five minutes to “just check” my underwear for red.
This time around, I will not Google every little symptom or read the “complications” chapters just to freak myself out.
This time around, I will fight nausea to the death.
This time around, I will breathe more, worry less, and enjoy my growing belly.
This time around, I will be due in “early […]