Category: Trying-To-Conceive

home insemination Kit If you’ve visited my home, you’d see small potted plants gracing every windowsill alongside little tea saucers filled with various seeds. After years of experience, I’ve learned to carefully check my partner’s pockets when doing laundry, as they often harbor seeds from interesting plants he’s discovered during his forest explorations. He was…

home insemination Kit Nestled in the cozy embrace of my 7-year-old’s bed, his head resting comfortably on my arm, we share a beloved Winnie the Pooh book. He enthusiastically reads the final sentence aloud and looks up at me, radiating joy. “Mommy!” he exclaims, “I read the whole thing!” “Yes, you did!” I respond, my…

home insemination Kit In a light-hearted plea, a principal from a school in the UK has reached out to parents asking them to “take the time to get dressed” before dropping off their kids. Kate Waverly, the headteacher at Maple Grove Academy in Darlington, wrote a note expressing her concern about the increasing number of…

home insemination Kit Parenting is tough. It may sound simplistic, but it’s an undeniable reality. What we really need is a good laugh, and Twitter is full of parents who delivered just that all year long. In 2015, we were treated to a plethora of hilarious tweets about everything from toddlers throwing tantrums and babies…

home insemination Kit I live with what can only be described as the human incarnation of Oscar the Grouch. My son thrives on routine, and woe betide anyone who dares disrupt it—or anyone who happens to be nearby when the mood shifts. If you wake him by flicking on the light, brace yourself for a…

home insemination Kit When I first brought my little one home, fear was my constant companion. I remember lying awake, convinced he might stop breathing at any moment. I sacrificed sleep in the name of sanity, an irony I still can’t quite grasp. I’d find myself fixated on the rise and fall of his chest,…

home insemination Kit I made the rare choice to leave the dishes piled in the sink before heading to bed. It was a Saturday night, I was drained, and we had an early start the next day. So, I decided to silence my anxiety and slipped into my pajamas, ready for sleep. Just as my…

home insemination Kit Since the dawn of parenting, it seems we’ve taken great joy in sharing tales of our childhood hardships with our children. “Back in my day,” our ancestors might have grunted, “we didn’t have fancy tools; we had to hunt for our food using nothing but our hands.” We’ve all heard those eye-roll-inducing…

home insemination Kit Once upon a time, my mind was a well-oiled machine, full of sharp thoughts and organized ideas. Now, it feels more like a plate of scrambled eggs. I can’t quite lose it, but sometimes I wonder where it’s gone. My daily life is a whirlwind of confusion and forgetfulness, thanks to my…