Five days postpartum, I sat in tears, completely overwhelmed by the week ahead. My husband was preparing to head back to work, and the guilt was already setting in. The weight of meeting a newborn's needs felt like failing my toddler. While I was physically nursing, emotionally, I wasn't even sure I wanted to continue …
Continue reading Ditching the “Do-It-All” Mom Myth: A Guide to Postpartum Delegation
I spent the months leading up to my wedding working at a local dairy's farm store. During that time, I toured the rest of the farm, watching the cows march into massive machines. I remember the mechanical hum filling the air. The equipment hooked up the cows, dispensed a small treat, and finally released them …
Continue reading Why You’re Not a Cow: Connection Over Pumping
I am choosing presence over pressure. I am reclaiming my body. I am retiring the pump. I am embracing the "And." I am letting go of the "What Ifs." I am enough.
Struggling with an IGT diagnosis? Stop feeling like a "broken factory." Learn the science of the "Vessel" mindset to reclaim your bond and peace of mind.
If I had a dollar for every time someone gave me advice like 'just drink a blue Gatorade' or 'eat more lactation cookies,' It feels like I’d probably have enough money to buy all the formula my baby will ever need. When you have insufficient glandular tissue (IGT), well-meaning advice can feel like a punch …
Continue reading The IGT Gaslight: 5 Myths You Can Stop Believing
For a long time, I believed that my worth as a mother hinged on milliliters and ounces. My life revolved around the hum of a machine and the ticking of a clock. I saw my body through a lens of "deficit." If the bottle wasn’t full, I felt empty, creating a cycle where my morning …
Continue reading The Permission Slip: When I Stopped Chasing ‘Enough’
"Growing up, I used to trust my body without question. It had a knack for healing quickly and when necessary, enduring physical pain that most people avoided. From a nearly fatal bike accident, to sprained wrists and ankles, to small accidental burns and scratches. My body handled it all, taking it on with no issues. I trusted that my body could do everything it had been designed to do…"
I feel the need to explain that this is a draft I've had written for a while. I wrote it in May 2025. I wasn’t expecting anything unusual when I went in for a routine physical. I certainly wasn’t thinking about lab results from over a year ago—labs I didn’t even know had flagged anything …
Continue reading Nourishing My Body: How I Embraced Change After Health Scares
I’ve been there. The immense pain of feeling like you’re all alone. Like you’ve been abandoned. You pray and plead and seek for the feeling of something. Anything. But God is silent. And you’re confused. Confused why he would leave you feeling like this. Forsaken. I’ve been there many times. Most notably was in my …
Continue reading God’s Timing, Our Growth: Finding Peace in the Unanswered
Do you remember when your precious little baby was born? You looked down into their brand new face, and fell in love at first sight. You knew from that point on you wanted to give that little one the world. Every good thing, you wanted to provide for your new bundle of joy. Despite wanting …
Continue reading Navigating Comparisons: When Other Mothers’ Journeys Trigger You