Tiktok At this stage in my life, my friends are a healthy, near-even mix of parents (usually of young children) and child-free-by-choice married couple also known as DINKS (Dual Income; No Kids). While there’s often a stigma against married couples who choose not to have kids, I couldn’t be happier for my beloved DINK friends....
TikTok Here in America, we often describe the immediate postpartum period as “being in the trenches” and it’s easy to understand why. Hospital stays are brief — between 24 and 48 hours for a vaginal birth and about two to three days for a c-section — and paid maternity leave is, famously, non-existent if your...
TikTok There’s a (generally good-natured) joke in healthcare that nurses make the worst patients. I don’t know how true that is, but I can also imagine it’s hard to switch over from caregiver to the person receiving care. But it can give you valuable insight that, in the end, can make you an even better...
FG Trade Latin/E+/Getty Images Every year for years it rained on the day of my kid’s birthday party. They’re born in late May, so we were put in the awkward position of turning an outdoor party into an indoor one. Our house is a decent size: we could always accommodate the number of guests invited…...