I'm not a pleasant pregnant person. Ask anyone. While I adore my kids, the process my body undergoes to produce each of these children is not something I relish. I'm currently on the home stretch of pregnancy number four,...
My name is Erica and I am a wife, a mom, and a Cord Blood Registry (or Cbr® for short) educator! I live in Charleston but travel all over South Carolina and North Carolina sharing Cbr® information to parents...
Thirty-nine days. This may seem like a random, rather simple number, but when one is trying to conceive, it seems like slllllowwwww-motion time. Thirty-nine days was the length of my most recent cycle.
In case you are unfamiliar with the...
You may have heard a friend or family member mention they want to hire a doula and you find yourself asking, “what’s that?” Believe me, as a doula, I get asked that question every day!
What is a doula?
Doulas work...
When pregnancy rolls around, most of us expect there to be several added expenses to the budget for the next nine months. Your wardrobe should not be one of the expenses to worry about.
I’m in my second pregnancy...
“When are you having another baby?”
“Is she your only?”
“You should have more kids.”
These are the comments I heard almost daily. At the playground, the library, my daughter’s dance class, and the children’s museum. Anywhere I went with my daughter,...
I sat in the lobby, waiting on my daughter to finish her summer dance camp session. Two women sat next to me. They obviously knew each other outside of the dance studio and were chatting about their personal lives.
"Do...
It was about ten years ago. My husband and I nervously awaited the results of our first 20 week ultrasound. Like most expectant moms, I was excited to find out if we were having a boy or a girl,...
Welcome to Bump Diaries – a new series on Columbia SC Moms Blog! One of our contributors is expecting, and here she will share her journey – the good AND the ugly – with all of you. It is sort of...
In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, I thought I would share my own story of prematurity.
Spoiler alert: It is not about my own child. It's me! Oh, and my brother. We were both preemies in a time before so...
Naming a baby is just the first in a long line of decisions you make for your child. And over the past five years, my husband and I have had the opportunity to name three boys.
What pressure!
It has become...
I love any reason to send a care package to someone. I have a few friends who are pregnant right now, so I plan on sending care packages to them. I like to send things via Amazon, but...
My baby is 15 months old, and up until we moved two months ago, I still had my hospital bag packing list washi-taped to the bedroom wall. Call me sentimental and schmaltzy, but there was something so magical and...
We're now just sixteen weeks into our pregnancy and I have to confess that when the little plus sign showed up on my E.P.T test I freaked out a little. Yes, I was really excited {I sort of knew it...
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Columbia Family Events | May
May in Columbia is full of fun – from puppet shows, outdoor play, storytimes, art activities, and more! Get out your calendars and make...
