Kim Negrete
The Story of My Miscarriage :: Why Compassionate Medical Care Matters
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Ochsner Lafayette General as a retroactive storytelling of one mom's experience with compassionate care. The story within contains intimate details about pregnancy and infant loss, which could be...
My Geriatric Pregnancy
A "geriatric pregnancyâ is an outdated term used to describe a pregnant person 35 years of age or older. While geriatric pregnancies are considered high-risk pregnancies, the majority result in healthy babies. Specialized prenatal...
How Motherhood Altered My OCD Tendencies
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Also called: OCD
Requires a medical diagnosis
OCD often centers on themes such as a fear of germs or the need to arrange objects in a specific manner. Symptoms usually begin gradually and vary throughout...
The Most Important Minutes of the Day for Your Child
During my pregnancy, I would read article after article on everything from being a first-time mom to what to feed your child to when to bathe them, etc. However, there was one article that...
Our Spang-lish Toddler
The Definition of Spang-lish is a hybrid language combining words and idioms from both Spanish and English, especially Spanish speech that uses many English words and expressions.
Our daughter who is 3 about to turn...
How Growing Up Without My Mom Shaped Me as a Mom
I was 8 years old when my parents divorced. At first, it wasn't much of a big deal. But as time went on, and as I was getting older, there were things that a...
“Playdates” Being an Older Mom
The desire to become a mom was my ultimate goal. I could not see past the 2 pink lines; that was all I wanted, that was all I needed. However once I had my...
I Didn’t Choose IVF…IVF Chose Me!
I met my husband at the vivacious age of 42. I was single and childless, and so was my soon-to-be-husband; it was a perfect match. We would become one and start a family. I...