Last year I posted the story of our adoption journey in a series of posts leading up to my son's birthday. Since we have so many new readers I wanted to repost it this year and add some updated pictures. I struggled with telling this story, in the sense that to really tell it properly, I had to be ... View Post

It was a steamy Tennessee July, each swollen pregnant patient that entered my office would ask me the same question, “WHEN is this baby gonna come?” Each time I would give my best sympathetic shrug, and reply, “Sorry I do not have any magic ability to predict labor.  I can give you my best guess, ... View Post

It was 3 a.m. on a Saturday night, midway through my intern year, when the impact of pregnancy loss first slapped me in the face. As intern, I was in charge of doing the paperwork for all those being admitted to the hospital that night. The last patient on my list was a pleasant 50 year old women ... View Post

On July 31, 2008 Jessica sent me an e-mail {Jess, can you really believe its been 3 years?}. She had an idea for us to write a pregnancy book together. I think my first response was to laugh, which is likely why she sent me the request in an e-mail and not in person. Despite her most excellent ... View Post