My husband travels off and on for six months a year. When he gets home from his work trips, I’m normally pretty spent. I work full time and have 3- and 10-year-old boys. By the time we get home...
It’s that time of year again. It’s a new year and the time when most people set New Year’s resolutions. It’s so easy to go into a new year optimistic wanting to become the very best version of yourself.
But...
Hearts, specifically those small, cute candy ones, are an iconic image during the month of February because of Valentine’s Day. Fittingly, February is also American Heart Month, making our actual hearts an important topic to keep in mind. In...
My mama always told me what didn’t kill me would make me stronger. She was wrong, so very wrong. I can scroll through Insta and see a ton of memes and reels about mental health and daily struggles. Mostly...
My child likes to talk about death. Wait, that's not right. "Like" isn’t the correct word. She is interested in death — what happened, where they were when they died, where they are now, etc. It's not surprising she has...
Brought to you by Eccella
There are many misconceptions about injectables that I hear from time to time from my patients. I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to debunk some of these common concerns. After decades of clinical research,...
Have you ever been asked if you liked the way your child looks? Well, I have, and not by a friend or a close family member, not even by a stranger off the street, but by a medical professional...
“Light, white, and bright.” Those are the words that seem to run through my head a dozen times a day as I walk through my house. I’ve lived here for over 10 years. This is the house my husband...
On my 39th birthday, my best friend, who also happens to be my business partner and gynecologist, showed up on my doorstep bearing a gift of bad news: I had tested positive for the BRCA 1 genetic mutation. As...
Jax Moms Blog is excited to promote local businesses like Waxhead Sun Defense. All opinions are still my own!
I love the sun. My skin does not. In the summer, I live at the pool and beach. You can't pay...
Now that I am a mom, and a very proud member of 20+ mom support groups on Facebook, one of the most common questions I notice being posted is some version of "What kind of IUD should I get?"...
This is Part III in a series of blog posts by the author who has chosen to stay anonymous during her fertility journey. Click to read Part I and Part II.
I feel like a failure — at IVF, that is....