- Abortion, Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Evangelization, guest post, infertility, IVF, pregnancy, Pro Life
IVF regrets: one mother’s story
Today I have the distinct privilege of bringing a unique voice to the discussion about in vitro fertilization (IVF). Katy* is a wife, mother, Catholic, and a regular blog reader who emailed me a few months ago with a…
- Abortion, Catholic Spirituality, Contraception, Culture of Death, politics, pregnancy, Pro Life, Theology of the Body, Women's Health, Women's Rights
To my sisters who marched on Washington
I wanted to write something snarky. I wanted to dash off line after line of statistics and data supporting the appalling abuse committed against women and children in the name of “progress” and “equality.” I wanted to drop…
- breastfeeding, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Marriage, mental health, NFP, Parenting, pregnancy, Sex, Theology of the Body
NFP: The methods and the madness
Never one to resist a pun. I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while, but I wanted to have a few months (a year maybe, now?) under my belt before going and saying something crazy…
The motherly art of rest
Dear mothers of the world, lend me your ears: Motherhood, including-but-not-limited-to childbirth and recovery: we might be doing it wrong. Actually, I’m almost positive we are. And my suspicions were confirmed a hundredfold a little less than a…
- Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, infertility, IVF, Marriage, motherhood, NFP, pregnancy, Pro Life, Sex, sin, Women's Health
Why not just use birth control? {some possible “right” answers}
I field a good number of questions along the lines of “how do I explain to my boss/neighbor/mother-in-law/college bff why we don’t use contraception?” This tends to be an especially sticky conversation when the questioner in the scenario happens to…
- Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, motherhood, pregnancy, Theology of the Body, Women's Health, Women's Rights
Well, that escalated quickly
I mean, I guess if you’re going to break the internet, you might as well do it talking booze and birth control. Two things near and dear to my heart if ever anything were. If anyone is…
Zika, abortion, and contraceptive imperialism
You knew I was going to write about this, right? I can’t help myself. My newsfeed is filling up with blustering outrage and hand wringing over the Zika virus – a heinous incurable disease with dire consequences…
- About Me, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, Marriage, motherhood, pregnancy, sin, Suffering
On mothering, body image, and acceptance with joy
How’s that for a title? Oh, but there it is. The agony and the ecstasy of being able to carry new life within your body and then, also, nurture new life with that same body. It’s incredible.…
Why we chiro
All four kids are asleep and it’s still 30 minutes till my 8:45 bedtime so…why not blog about it? I wanted to take a minute to shout out to a very special doctor in my life, and…
Luke Maximilian’s birth story, part 2 (finale)
Now, where were we? (Part 1 here, btw) Oh, yes, driving to the hospital on day 14 of labor. We pulled up and I had the sickening sensation that we were once again too early, and that…