It’s been a while, so for those of you who don’t know, I decided to take the plunge and try for another child. I feel like God must have thought I was going to chicken out, because we were immediately successful, and I am now 32 weeks with our second daughter. Bug, on the other…
Tag: Mental Health
Exhaustion
I’ve noticed that I’m more irritable, more emotional, and less patient. While I know that writing doesn’t fix all of this for me, I do know that taking the time to regularly process my feelings is immensely helpful.
Living a life again
If I had to give you an excuse for not writing lately, it’s that life has gotten in the way. I say this in the best sense, because for once, life–and not my OCD–is dictating what I do. My children are growing like weeds and pushing their boundaries daily. I admit, I still struggle with…
In sickness and in health…
There’s never a convenient time to be sick, and there’s never a convenient time for someone you love to be sick. When someone you love is dealing with a mental illness, it can often take over their entire life, and yours as well
The end of breastfeeding…
If you haven’t read the entry immediately before this one, I recommend it–it’ll give you some more insight into my fears about the meeting I had with the psychiatrist. I have to stop breastfeeding. This is a loss for me. When my son was born, breastfeeding was hard. I mean hard. It took weeks of practicing…
Medication changes…
So, I know I’ll be meeting with the psychiatrist in my program today. I know that we’ll be talking about decreasing one of my medications. I know this because we talked about talking about it last week. The reason why we’re talking about it is that I’m currently pumping in the hopes of being able…
Mommy Has OCD 