The Young Mommy Life

Things keep on moving around The Young Mommy Life and your girl is neck deep in deadlines and schoolwork and not so fun stuff. I’m grateful for my new blogging buddy Tamara, who recently found out she’s expecting her first baby in the fall! She offered to come by and share some of those “I [...]

I almost don’t want to write anything, but just you watch this movie and come up with your own conclusions. I’ll set it up a little for you. The following video was part of a teen pregnancy prevention campaign in Milwaukee. With teen pregnancy rates rising, the good folks at BabyCanWait.com took strides to combat it [...]

Somewhere between the shock of the first trimester and the plain ol’ crankiness of the last trimester, there’s a few days where you are actually happy to be pregnant (or was that just me?). You want something to make you feel special and pretty. And yes, you might be willing to drop a couple of dollars [...]

You’ve had the signs of pregnancy: nausea, swollen breasts, a nagging cramping sensation, etc. Then you get the most obvious one: a missed period. You purchase one (or two) pregnancy test and read the instructions carefully. Then you take the test. And wait. Slowly, you pick up the test and read the result: Pregnant. Now, [...]

I’m a young mom, and with 1.5 kids (soon to be two any day now), I think I’m done. No, not think, I know. I know I’m done having kids. But everyone I know thinks I’m crazy for deciding this at 22. With two kids already, don’t I have a right to step back and [...]