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I still remember THE morning as if it was yesterday...

It started with a strangely vivid dream, a vague sense that something was different, and a pregnancy test taken before my husband had even left for work. By evening, I was testing again — and this time, there was no doubt.

That night over dinner, I told him we'd be welcoming a new little person into our lives. And just like that, the journey began.

And here we are: some years later when I'm finally getting some sleep again, I've written the...

In the early days of my first pregnancy, I remember brushing my teeth one morning and suddenly being struck by a strange, almost dizzying thought: I was carrying a tiny life inside me, and hardly anyone knew. I looked the same. Our apartment looked the same. The world outside carried on exactly as before, but everything felt different.

That feeling stayed with me for a long time. Early pregnancy is a strange in-between space. Your life has already changed, in a way, but there’s little outward...

Becoming a parent was, without question, the biggest thing that ever happened to me.

Two years earlier, I had thrown myself into planning my wedding — researching, organizing, and perfecting every detail. But when I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I found a new kind of obsession: preparing for motherhood. I wanted to read, plan, and buy everything, yet quickly realized how overwhelming that world of information could be. Where do you even start when you want to feel calm, ready,...