What To Avoid During Your First Trimester
It’s official, you’re expecting! Whether this is baby number one or not, the first few weeks can be an overwhelming mix of joy, anticipation, nerves, and uncertainty. Feeling a little […]
Chez Claris: The Best Foods to Eat During Pregnancy
Why is food choice important during pregnancy? Food is fuel. Food becomes the energy we need to think, speak, move, and work. In essence, there is no life without food! […]
It Would Be Different This Time
When you can’t take time off of work, when you can’t pause your life, when you can’t afford it. . . an unexpected pregnancy can seem daunting. It was the last week […]
A Love Letter to You
In honor of National Infertility Week, we‘re sharing our hearts with the women and men who desire to be parents but suffer from infertility. Dear friends, If you are broken, […]
The Year Was 1967 . . . I Was 18 and Pregnant
This Is Us, Too — blog series finale When I first learned of my pregnancy, I got in my car and left the state, staying first with a friend and then with my […]
How I Broke Another Woman’s Heart
An adoption story of tears, sacrifice, and lasting joy. I stood in the parking lot of Cedar’s Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and loaded my one-day-old baby girl into the back […]