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March 5, 2021
Does your baby smell sweet? Possibly like maple syrup? If you’re like me, you probably assume that your little one got into the pantry again. Declan is always getting into something, and for about two weeks recently, I could swear I was smelling maple syrup. As any mom would, I chalked it up to him exploring the kitchen. But something kept happening. Day after day, he kept smelling like syrup. I was pretty sure I put the syrup out of...
November 11, 2020
There was a reason I waited ’til 30 to become a mom. I knew I was selfish. I had a lot I wanted to do, places to see and events to attend. When I started to go to bed at 10 PM no matter if it was a Monday or Saturday and I was too tired to go out on a Friday night, I knew that I was getting to the point where having kids wouldn’t change my life too...
July 13, 2020
Prior to having a baby, I could easily kick my feet up, shut the blinds and pray for my migraine attacks to pass. However, I never understood how real parenthood was until I recently experienced a 10-day stretch of constant dizziness, light sensitivity and headaches. You know that Nyquil commercial where the parents are sick and go ask their child if they can take the day off? I relate to that commercial on a whole different level. I wanted to...
May 18, 2020
Will my vestibular symptoms flare up if I have a baby? That question was something that weighed on my mind prior to getting pregnant and during my pregnancy journey. I had heard so many horror stories of women who were either diagnosed with VM after having a baby or experienced an increase in dizziness after having their VM managed for several years. Well, here I am 7 weeks postpartum, and I’m dealing with dizziness like I did when I first...
March 23, 2020
I have known for a few months that my delivery wouldn’t be how I expected. I was diagnosed with a complete placenta previa (CPP) in November, and after a scary bleed and trip to the hospital at 28 weeks, I’ve been on moderate bed rest. I had accepted that the only way for our sweet boy to enter this world would be by a cesarean, and that was fine. The doctors have told me multiple times the risks I face...
November 20, 2019
At 27-years-old I was diagnosed with a vestibular disorder, and while that was life-changing enough, it put my plans for pregnancy on hold. So many women in my vestibular migraine groups had talked about how they were diagnosed with VM during or after their pregnancy, and if they already had VM it was HORRIBLE during those long 9 months. The last thing I wanted to do was take this brand-new chronic condition I had just been experiencing and mix it...