Pregnancy, Parenthood & Playtime

I am very excited to be on board with the Connecticut Media Group bloggers! I have been blogging since I gave birth to my first child, Camden who will be two this coming December, and it has become a very strong passion of mine.
I tend to keep my blogs to things like birth, pregnancy, parenting, and my family because these are the things that I know the most, and feel the strongest about.

So I thought I would throw together a little “about me” so everyone who does read can get to know who I am. I am a Connecticut native, born and raised on the shoreline in the small community of Lordship in Stratford. I have two amazing parents who helped to shape me as a person and the parent that I am today. My mother was, and is the picture of the perfect stay at home mother, and housewife. The impeccable home that looks like it belongs on the page of Better Homes and Gardens, and my father, a hardworking laborer who would never let my mother or myself go without. And for the upbringing I had, I thank them.

They have shaped me into the “type a” mother and person I am today. My first child came into the world in December of 2007 via a cesarean section, which sparked a movement in my life. I went from being the “good patient” that all Doctors wanted in their office to the educated consumer who dove head first into every birth, pregnancy, medical journal, and informative study I could find. Which is where I find myself today. It also spawned a mother-to-mother support group in the state called ICAN, or The International Cesarean Awareness Network of Connecticut. ICAN is an international organization that is worldwide. Through our group we provide support for mothers who have had cesareans (which is something I found I needed after the birth of my first child), and help to lower the cesarean section rate in Connecticut (34.6% in 2007) by providing education, and support for moms looking for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).

Enough about that though. I am also married to a wonderful, and hardworking man. Who often reminds me of my father, but isn’t that who all women end up marrying? Someone who in some way, shape, or form resembled their father?  He served in the United States Marine Corp from 2001 (right before 9/11) till 2006. He is now a brave volunteer firefighter in the town which we reside. Volunteers make the world go round, so next time you see your local fire department thank them, because the majority here in Connecticut are volunteers, with the exception of a couple towns!

I am really bad at actually writing about myself.
I could write about anything under the sun, but when it comes to myself, it is a whole different ballgame.
I am sure everyone will get to know me more, as time goes on, and with every blog that I write!