Continued Advocacy: How to Stay Resilient During Challenges With Your Medical Plan
Continued Advocacy: How to Stay Resilient During Challenges With Your Medical Plan It can be so discouraging when you are consistently dismissed, told to wait and see, or forced to be put into a sit and wait cycle when it comes to getting the right medical care for your kiddos. As a mama, I know […]
Sickness-Induced Asthma in Children: What Every Mama Needs to Know
Our Journey With Sickness-Induced Asthma If you’ve ever been up in the middle of the night, holding your child upright while they struggle to breathe, knowing another ER visit is looming because of sickness-induced asthma, mama, I see you. This article is for the mama who’s exhausted, scared, and desperately searching for answers about why […]
10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Mom Navigating Kids’ Feeding and Breathing Issues
10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Mom Navigating Kids’ Feeding and Breathing Issues If you’re a mama struggling with your kids’ feeding and breathing issues, I want you to know you’re not alone. I’ve been there—through the sleepless nights, the endless doctor visits, the frustration of being dismissed, and the heavy burden of […]
How I Advocated for Delayed Allergy Testing and Found the Right Doctor
How I Advocated for Delayed Allergy Testing and Found the Right Doctor As a mom navigating feeding and allergy challenges with my children, I’ve faced more than my fair share of medical frustrations. It’s easy to feel dismissed or unheard when test results come back negative, yet the symptoms persist. But today, I want to […]
Airway Diagnosis for My Child: Our Journey to Healing and Hope
From Dismissals to Answers: Our Journey to Healing Through a Life-Changing Airway Diagnosis For six and a half years now, my family has been navigating an uphill battle—a journey filled with sleepless nights, countless ER visits, and more questions than answers. My son’s health issues began when he was just weeks old, and despite seeing […]
Moms: Top 3 Things to Consider When Facing Gaslighting by Physicians
I am no stranger to being gaslit. Hell, the last year, I have felt like I have had it from all sides of my life. Whether it was my boss at work, his boss, or even the IT team, I had it everywhere I looked, hello #momboss! Then, in my personal medical journey, I experienced […]
Top 10 Tips for Managing Food Allergies in Young Children
Keep your child safe and healthy with these expert tips on managing food allergies. Food allergies in young children can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming for parents. With the right strategies in place, you can effectively manage your child’s allergies and provide a safe and nurturing environment. As a mom of 3 kiddos, […]
How Mayan Abdominal Massage Helped Me Build My Village
After my first child, which ended up being an emergency c-section after 3 hours of pushing, and an overall pretty traumatic experience, my body felt like it never recovered. As a first time mom, and never really hearing any other woman talk truthfully about what postpartum was really like, I felt awful. Since I found […]
Attempt Flipping a Breech Baby to Avoid a C-Section
**Trigger Warning – Birth Trauma and C-Section Story below** When I found out my first child, my daughter, was a breech baby at 35 weeks pregnant, I obsessively googled everything that I could find to attempt flipping a breech baby to avoid a c-section. I was going to twice per week physical therapy with a […]
Advocating for ourselves with physicians: More #MomRoar
As a mom, one of the most challenging things we can face is advocating for ourselves with physicians when it comes to our health. This also goes with advocating for children – both while pregnant, and afterwards (aka life). When we suspect something is wrong, it can be frustrating and frightening when we feel like […]