I have many nieces and nephews so I heard a lot about birth from my sisters. I knew about the main big things like epidurals, vacuums and c-sections. I wasn’t interested in going to a birthing class and hearing too much, I thought it'd be better if I just went in with an idea of my options and see how it went. I watched videos online of some things I thought would be helpful, like massage techniques during contractions. My mindset was “if our bodies were made to do this, I ca

Before you read this thinking I’m about to come out to the world about my hard core drug addiction, I think you should know I’m talking about prescription drugs. Good, now that I’ve lost half of you, let’s jump right in. I have vivid memories of visiting the nurses office on a daily basis when I was in elementary school, with a headache. I couldn’t have been more than 7 when I began. Since the nurse didn’t have time to sit and talk to me everyday, she handed me an Advil, and