Category: pregnancy
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Getting back into running while postpartum
I ran a half marathon today! And not any half marathon but arguably one of the most difficult half marathons in the Northeast. A trail run that took me up 1500 feet elevation and back down and then back up 1500 feet elevation (for the second loop) through steep ass hills going up and steep…
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A Doula / Birthworker’s Origin Story
The first birth I attended was my best friend’s birth. I drove down from graduate school in Western Massachusetts at midnight in early January, picked up my mom (my birth guru) in Queens Village, and drove like a madwoman to Forest Hills, Queens, New York. I didn’t know what to expect. This was my first…