We are thrilled to announce that tickets to our 3rd Annual Bloom:: An Event for New and Expecting Moms are now on sale! *UPDATE: TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT* Who:: This event if for any mom who is currently pregnant, trying to...
Okay, so, never in a million years did I ever think that I would be writing that having a second C-section would be a healing process, but... here I am. I remember before my son was born, sitting in child-birthing...
Hello to all of the Burlington VT Moms Blog readers! I am the nurse manager of the mother/baby unit at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont, and there is a lot of excitement going on around here that I...
*Please note, no tickets will be available at the door. All tickets must be bought beforehand for planning purposes. Over the past few months we've had several moms request an event geared towards new moms or moms who are expecting....
We had a wonderful morning celebrating new and expecting moms at our Bloom Event held at ECHO Leahy Center a couple of weeks ago! Presenting Sponsors Thank you so much to ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for not only being our sponsor...
  I've written before about my struggles with breastfeeding my first daughter, Nora (you can read more about that here). When I found out I was pregnant with baby #2 I immediately started thinking about what I could do to...
On the morning of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, CT, an armed individual who will not be named because he deserves no fame or notoriety entered Sandy Hook Elementary School. In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history...
In a recent article written by the New York Times on the role of midwives in American births, Mary Lawlor, a Vermont CPM and Executive Director of the National Association of Certified Professions Midwives, wrote the following poignant Op-Ed:  Certified...
  Have you been to Yoga Roots in Shelburne yet? If not, well you should go. I love yoga. As a runner, not many other forms of exercise spoke to me until I started taking prenatal yoga when I was...
I just had our second daughter a few months ago, and I have been reminded of just how difficult life with a newborn can be. Don't get me wrong, it is a wonderful experience and there is much joy...
You know the feeling: You’re 5 weeks, 6 days postpartum, and you’re heading into your OB in the morning for the all-clear appointment. Your husband can barely sleep; it’s like Christmas Eve for him. He just can’t wait to...
To the women who give birth without pain medication… I salute you. I bow down to you. You are a fierce warrior. With my first son, I lasted approximately 10 minutes before waving the white flag and requesting the anesthesiologist....
Are you hoping for an “on-time” arrival? As a midwife and new mother, I knew the emotional dangers of becoming attached to my due date and harboring the expectation of an “on-time” or even early delivery. I have cared for...
The first time I heard of the "4th trimester" I kind of shrugged it off, thinking it was just one mom being dramatic. Thankfully I heard the phrase kicked around a few more times so I did some research....

In + Around Vermont

Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams

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My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.  While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
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Why I HATE Fall… Y’all