Ah stress. Perhaps one of the most obscure and overused words in the English language. While the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary emphasize “mental tension” under “extreme circumstances” as the focal points of it’s definition, I think we can agree that stress has become an all-encompassing state of being for us modern women, and even […]
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Part of the Tribe
During my first prenatal appointment at 6w+1d, the nurse practitioner spent a solid 30 minutes asking me all kinds of questions; everything from my health history to my ethnic heritage, my living arrangements, my education, and on and on and on. Before even checking to ensure that I was actually pregnant, (which she later confirmed […]
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