When I was a teenager, I remember sitting in my doctor’s office. I had just completed an ultrasound and tests. The test results along with my abnormal menstrual cycles were clear. The doctor told me I have PCOS, or polycystic ovarian syndrome. He told me bluntly, a young teenager with hopes and dreams for her…
Sweets were my family’s kryptonite growing up. Every family gathering, and every holiday, we’d have dessert, and lots of it! At Easter we’d have lots of pies and cookies in addition to jelly beans and robin eggs. At Christmas we’d have lots of candy in our stockings. After opening presents, we’d gorge ourselves on more…
[CONTENT WARNING: Parts of this post may be graphic, discuss menstrual periods, excessive bleeding, and miscarriage.] In April of 2023, I took a pregnancy test. Nick and I wanted to have mimosas on Easter, but I was wondering if something was going on in my body that maybe I shouldn’t. I felt different. A couple…
It’s no secret that in our society today, people, especially women, are bombarded with images on television, in magazines, and on social media of what the “ideal body” should look like. If we don’t look like “that,” then we are made to feel less than. We then find ourselves trying to find a new diet….