Nikki & Her Family
When I was pregnant, the only sites I could find were on Lamaze breathing, hospital births, making a birthing plan, and how to pack your hospital bag.
I thought I knew what to expect.
I was wrong.
I didn’t know that labor would be so excruciatingly painful and there are so very many things that can go unplanned. I didn’t know how much you would bleed afterwards, or the painful cramps that last over a week. I didn’t know that if your baby didn’t latch on properly, your nipples could tear and bleed for weeks. I didn’t know that your emotions could get so out of whack you start to wonder if you’ll ever be normal again. I didn’t know that I could be so possessive of a little being, so in love that I never wanted to let her out of my sight, much less let someone else hold her. And I certainly didn’t know that each of my births would be completely different from the one before.
I want expecting moms to know these things. I want new moms to know that they are not alone.
This website was inspired by a variety of things … my decade of being a mom, writing on parenting topics for at least that many years, the website Dear Teen Me (which I wrote a post for and loved the concept of) … but mostly it comes from my desire to share the truth with new moms.
Not the fluff … The truth.
The bad. The good. The ugly. The beautiful. The depression. The elation. The gossip. The advice. The trials. The triumphs. Real stories from moms, writing back to their “New Mom” self.
I’m hoping you share this site. I’m hoping you want to write for this site. If you do, send me an email.
~ Nikki
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