Brittany
Will I Ever Stop Hearing the Beeps of the NICU Monitors?
No, it’s not schizophrenia. I’m just a mom who still, after almost three years, hears the beeps of all the monitors, feels the coldness of a dark room, and remembers the touch of what...
There’s Something About NYC That Makes Mama Feel Alive Again
It’s like a scene from ‘Sex and the City’… no really. I struggled with perinatal and post-partum depression during and after giving birth to my twins, so I haven’t quite felt beautiful in a...
Nutrition: I Couldn’t Lift or Run My Post-partum Weight Off… I Tried
For eight years, I spent many hours in the gym focusing on weightlifting and hitting new personal records. As told in a previous blog of mine, I started off in all body-weight exercises and...
Am I Failing as a Mom? :: When Katrina Kids Turn Into Ida Mothers
Not only could I not handle riding out a storm, but I absolutely was falling apart knowing I would have to do it as a mother of three.
Boom! There went a metal object and...
‘Mothering’ with a Heavy Heart
How do you grieve, cry, get through personal challenges while ‘the show must go on’… being a mom?
Mom is supposed to be the fearless emotional backbone of the family, the one our babies come...
Postpartum Fitness :: How I Got the Twin Baby Weight Off
I am currently studying to become Personal Trainer certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, but before I started studying recently, my weight loss and fitness journey started way before.
Late 2014 is when...
Remembering Papa: When Father’s Day Goes Beyond Just ‘Dad’
Different scenarios for many people have me feeling not so alone. Sometimes many of us have different father & mother figures. I was/am lucky enough to have my dad and his dad, my Papa...
Pregnancy & Childbirth Trauma :: The ‘Thing’ Not Many Moms Talk About But Should
“My body failed me during my first pregnancy. Why again?”
“I take care of myself … why me?”
I struggled during my pregnancy with my twins who were born at 30.1 weeks, but before that...
Dealing with High-Functioning Anxiety :: Going From a “Complete Stop” to “Floor It”
As a mother of an older toddler and twin toddlers who also has high-functioning anxiety, telling me to stop is something I hate. I mask my anxiety by “flooring it,” and not stopping. I...