If you're a bird, I'm a bird

Around July I felt a lump in my breast. It was right before the move, I think. I was exclusively breastfeeding and Grey had thrush. I've had clogged ducts before so I know how painful those feel. This was not painful, just a knot. I thought I would keep an eye on it and see if it went away from nursing. Sometimes babies pull clogs right out from the suction. Since I pump so much, I feel the tissures of my breasts often. Around October it was still there. I told my mom and my mentor at school and they both told me I should probably see someone soon. After calling a few gynecology offices and having a 2-week to 1 month wait, a receptionists told me my quickest solution would be to visit an urgent care facility. That night I went to Doctor's Express down the street from my house. I saw an older doctor who examined me (with a nurse watching). He wrote an order for a mammogram at the Women's Imaging Center at Beaufort Memorial and follow-up with a surgeon. T...

I've been wanting to write for a while. I feel like I start every blog like that. It's true. Everyday I feel like I need to journal so I don't complain on FB. Just like everything else in life; there is never enough time. I take that back. It's just a matter of prioritizing what time we do have. I had two students stealing Friday. One, six Band-Aids! The other took someone else's library book from their desk and put it in their backpack. The Band-aid boy said repeatedly, "They were just lying there." I replied, "That doesn't mean they are free. We need to figure this out before you end up somewhere" (because this is the 4th known incident with this kid). Another kid responded, "Yeah, in jail!" I have a 9-day break from school- Thanksgiving break. I am thankful for it! I am settling in and enjoying my job...finally. All the changes at once were rough on me emotionally-a new baby, the move, and a new school/district. With changin...

Our birth photographer owns a mama and baby consignment store in Athens. She wrote the following in her newsletter to her clients about Grey's birth: Dear friends, There are very few things in life that seem perfect. But on Saturday, June 22 nd , I witnessed one. I was invited to photograph a birth, a very special birth planned at home as a VBAC: vaginal birth after Cesarean. At 8:42 p.m. , after putting my girls down and getting in my jammies, I received a text from Rebekah: “Water broke, everyone is on their way to the house.” Oh, my goodness!!! I turned to Danny, asked for permission to escape the house, threw on clothes (what do you wear to a birth?) and grabbed camera equipment. I was nervous. I said a little prayer everything would be just fine for the mama and the baby in her belly. And it was… picture-perfect . I saw the midwives of Morning Glory Childbirth Services listening to the baby’s heartbeat, using their wristwatches to count the beats and brewing coffe...