Author Archives: Myv

I had many struggles breastfeeding my first daughter and you can read all about it in this post about breastfeeding Madison, but in the end I felt it was worth it. So worth it that I opted to do it all again when Mallory came around. Sort of. I thought it would be less painfulContinue reading “Breastfeeding Mallory”

As I planned my first year with my first child it was important to me to breastfeed . I recognize it’s not possible or even desirable for everyone and I respect that. For Madison, I wanted to do it and my hope was to last a full year, tapering off right before the end ofContinue reading “Breastfeeding Madison”

On my second time around the block I figured I would deliver earlier than my first. I had heard that is common. Madison was a week early so I figured Mallory would be the same or even earlier. But this was the first event in a line of many that would show me that youContinue reading “Birth #2: Mallory”

Where better to start than at the beginning? Madison, my first, my steep learning curve. She began her entrance to this world when my water broke at 4:30 AM, exactly a week before my due date, waking me up with a gush of fluid. As soon as I realized what had happened and that thereContinue reading “Birth #1: Madison”