Momologues

My entry into motherhood wasn't sunshine and daisies. From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was scared. And I remained scared for...

7 yo: I need a bandaid. Me: For what? 7 yo: My knee. Me: What’s wrong with your knee? 7 yo: I’m afraid it’s going to faint. :: After...

In a high school varsity hockey game my son in his Jr. year, was going for a puck on the boards right in front of his team's bench. He...

We were interrupted unexpectedly and he bolted out the back door so no one would know. The phone rings. On the other end was him. He said...

When my daughter was about four years old, we took the kids camping. The morning of day four of our trip, she and I headed to the...

Everyone always asks if women really poop during birth. Yes, you absolutely do. And no, you absolutely do not care. ~~~

I was lucky to have my sister, ten years younger, living in town when I was pregnant. She came to all the birth classes with me, was...

You’d never think that motherhood would involve so much losing and finding of my kids’ body parts!  Not to mention the body parts I’ve...

Two summers ago on July 3rd, my 11 year old was complaining about a stomachache. We had been suffering in a heat wave, multiple days of...

My husband promised not to tell me if I pooped during labor. Of course, I asked him anyway. He just stared at me - terrified. ~~~

Chloe, age 3, after telling her she was going to be a big sister: “Would you like a little sister or a little brother?” “Hmmmm, how about...

I can remember one evening shortly after returning to work after maternity leave and coming home from work/daycare with both girls....

My first baby, woke me up in the middle of the night. Woke dad up, we were excited, and nervous! There were no cell phones back then, so...

“Mom, can I see your vagina?!” “No honey.” “Ok moma, it’s beautiful.”

I remember right after my daughter was born they took her to the nursery, cleaned me up and moved me from the birthing room to a regular...

Around age 3 my daughter asked me why girls have two butts. “We don’t have two butts, just one.” I said. “I have two. My little butt (her...

I gained a lot of weight during my late thirties pregnancies. I nursed two babies for a combination of 51 months. Both left my body with...

My daughter discovered a tampon in an old purse of mine and said,”I know what this is for. Girls but them up their butts to keep babies...

Right around the time I was figuring out that I was infact pregnant I vomited in a trash can at Save-U-More. It was in the front...

When my daughter was about four she finally noticed that her Dad's parts were different than hers. We were taking a family sauna and she...