pregnancy – Sarah Badat-Richardson

Essay 95: Hope for new moms

March 11, 2018September 20, 2021Sarah6 Comments

I was 34 and married twelve years before I became a mother. We had wanted that baby and carefully planned for it. Pregnancy was wonderful. Labor and delivery, something I look back fondly on. We brought home a newborn with a mild case of jaundice and, for the first week, all she did was sleep.…

Essay 84: The truth about having a baby

November 12, 2017September 20, 2021Sarah6 Comments

So you’re having a baby. We’ve all seen it in the movies: a tiny swaddled bundle sleeps peacefully in his crib; mom is standing by the door smiling, her husband’s arms wrapped around her shoulders as they steal a quick glance at the miracle they created together before they peacefully head to bed to make…