Posts by MoreBeans

Yes, that Ergo can be a killer for some of us regardless of the lovely reviews and the convenience of babywearing. Pregnancy, birth, and "recovery" have taught me that though it is difficult to give up the things you love or envisioned...

My debilitating pelvic pain started at 20 weeks and still continues today, 14 months postpartum. I went from having a tiny ache in my symphysis starting at 18 weeks to suddenly being unable to lift my feet high enough to slip on my...

  First, unless people prefaced their statements with “for me” or “in many instances,” you were pretty much lied to. That’s what I’ve concluded about all of the terrible and irrelevant advice I received about labor and what...

  It’s both infuriating and all too common. When I lived in a university town in the Midwest, I heard about this with a good bit of frequency. My African-American boss traveled with her daughter’s birth certificate and other...

  Thank you all for your kind responses. I’ve already been through physical therapy. It did help with isolating and strengthening my abdominal muscles so that I could resume some of my normal activities. The symphysis pain is...

  After losing track of how many medical professionals I've seen, I have one nagging question: Can I really be only mother who hates her body because it just doesn’t work anymore? I don’t care how it looks. I don’t have the...