Sentences with phrase «of motherhood when»

Rinna was also seen in a fearless exhibition of motherhood when she posed nude and pregnant for the September 1998 issue of Playboy.

But I would prefer to be released from my duties of motherhood when I am working..

But in those first months of motherhood when you and your partner are finding your parenting footing, it's smart to have a plan in place to prevent such tragedies from taking place.

Just like the first weeks and months of motherhood when you're postpartum and sleep deprived, our potty training - stressed selves really just need to know that what we're thinking and feeling is normal.

Not exact matches

Canada may have a pretty generous policy towards maternity and parental leave — especially compared to the U.S. — but many women still encounter significant career setbacks or experience the so - called «motherhood penalty» when they take time off to have kids, and many employers still wrestle with how to accommodate the disruption of employees going on leave.

Some see Mother's Day as at best an antiquated observance or at worst a patriarchal indulgence, evoking traditional ideals of motherhood and domesticity, when what the churches really need are new liturgies of gender equality and inclusion.

Today we'd never condone the marriage and motherhood of an 11 year old because it makes no sense in our time when she'll live to her 80's and likely have all of her children survive.

When one such seminarian, who had come perilously close to dropping out, was able to graduate, I felt I had learned something about living the mystery of spiritual motherhood.

But be careful of focusing on marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, when it is not our roles that define us, but the integrity and bravery we bring to those roles.

That's because, too often, we focus on the Proverbs 31 Woman's roles as a way of reducing womanhood to marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, when really, this passage is about character that transcends both gender and circumstance.

I believe that when people espouse the values of a mother or wife exclusively being a homemaker, they are longing for a perceived simpler and easier time as opposed to truth, elevating a nostalgic look at motherhood from the standpoint of the post-war American dream of the white, upper - middle - class rather than Scripture.

«I think we are hard - wired to release our compassionate care when we see signs of vulnerability,» said Stephanie Brown, a psychologist researching neurological links between motherhood and altruism at Stony Brook University in New York.

When I first became a mother nearly a decade ago, as much as I loved my newborn baby boy, I also wrestled with a constant stream of internal questions: was motherhood supposed to be my highest or only calling?

, replies: «The regulation of births, which is an aspect of responsible fatherhood and motherhood, is objectively morally acceptable when it is pursued by the spouses without external pressure; when it is practised not out of selfishness but for seriousreasons; and with methods that conform to the objective criteria of morality, that is, periodic continence and use of the infertile periods» (no. 497).

Moreover, to fear and avoid a vocation to motherhood, when that vocation is there, is an immense block to the fulfilment of womanhood, and an immense impoverishment for humanity.

When you get underneath the sentimentality that surrounds the cultural image of motherhood and fatherhood, you have touched one of the deepest guilt - producing emotions of human life.

They grow up with a belief about the nature of the embryo, so events in their lives lead them 10 believe that the embryo is a unique person, or a fetus; that people are intimately tied to their biological roles, or that these roles are but a minor part of life: that motherhood is the most important and satisfying role open to a woman, or that motherhood is only one of several roles, a burden when defined as the only role.

When the polka dotted apron's hanging up, she's a full - time mama to two tiny kidlets enjoying the crazy days of motherhood and pumping out brownie recipes from her thrice - dropped - barely - hanging - on laptop in sunny Costa Rica.

When I was preparing for my daughter Ava's birth, there were a lot of uncertainties about what motherhood would have in store for me, but there was one thing I knew for certain — I would breastfeed.

I've always kind of felt like I was on the outside looking in when it comes to motherhood.

It's I understand those first few months are I mean as motherhood generally and then when you're exclusively pumping it just adds to the whole crazy messes of life and the dropping a session or dropping a few sessions can sometimes seems exceptionally inviting.

When Allison's first child was born, she imagined stay - at - home motherhood to consist of blissful days filled with finger - painting and frolicking at the park.

Lately I've been feeling «not good enough» when overwhelmed with the responsibility of motherhood but I realise that I need to forgive myself and give myself some credit for all the hard work I've put into becoming a conscious parent.

When she launched The Happiest Mom, I invited her to share some of her experience to inspire moms to have more fun during the first years of motherhood.

Sometimes, it's about putting one foot in front of the other, getting from one moment to the next, making it through each day in one piece (and with your kids in one piece, too) and waiting for the other times when motherhood is rewarding and fulfilling and joyful.

So when you give birth to your little bundle of joy, take a moment to really soak in motherhood and then think about all of the things happening in your body right at that moment.

When, at the age of 41, I learned I would finally get to be a mom, my dreams of motherhood did not include having a gifted child.

When you add to that, the isolating nature of life with a newborn, you end up with a mom pretty much alone in navigating the new waters of recovery, motherhood and defining her «new normal.»

What I fear is that my clients and all who inquire with me feel I only care about their birthing experience, when that is just a sliver of what I can do and want to do to help women & families transition into motherhood.

«Motherhood is a thing that can be terribly underappreciated,» actress Uma Thurman said a few years ago when the divorced mom of two was touting her movie «Motherhood.»

I spent much of my early motherhood obsessed with her Mango Mama site (which I consider an early form of blogging) and was shocked when she had her very public breakdown.

Dangerous because it increases our loneliness when we remove ourselves from the world of everyday motherhood — a world we still live in, even if it sometimes seems far away.»

ShareYou know when The Motherhood asked whether I would take a Sargento cheese testing / tasting party to see the difference of processed vs non-processed cheese, I thought I had this one nailed.

My last objection to calling moms heroes is because it idealizes motherhood and thus perpetuates the myth of what a «perfect» mother is and does, and then punishes her when she can't, or doesn't, live up to the ideal.

When I first had my daughter, I did go through times where it panicked me to think of motherhood defining me.

When the polka dotted apron's hanging up, she's a full - time mama to three kidlets enjoying the crazy days of motherhood and pumping out brownie recipes from her sunny Costa Rican kitchen.

Think of all those totally chaotic motherhood moments when the actual star of the show was the convenient, crowd - pleasing powers of pizza.

For the first few months of motherhood, I liked knowing exactly what my baby was doing at all times, so when I wore him I knew.

All children benefit when their parents are healthy, and good health will allow you to have the energy and positive mood you need to meet the intense demands of motherhood.

Amanda Cole, entrepreneur and blogger, conceived of the idea for Yummy Mummy after the birth of her daughter when like many other new moms, she was looking for help overcoming the challenges of breastfeeding and motherhood.

Learning the job of motherhood is hard enough without the distractions of responsibilities outside the home, but when you're trying to maintain your identity as a working woman you have an intensified need for the lessons taught by breastfeeding.

So give yourself grace for the hard nights when all you want is to sleep for longer than 30 minutes at a time, embrace motherhood (exhaustion and all), tell yourself that you've got this, and incorporate a few of these tips into your nighttime routine.

Now is the time of year when we think about mothers and motherhood.

Delve a bit deeper into my blog and you will see that since having Leo I haven't always loved motherhood, I struggled a lot when Leo was 2 and went through a biting phase and throwing serious toddler tantrums, I have often questioned if I'm doing it all wrong and have felt the unwelcome effects of «mum guilt» on an all too regular basis.

None of my children were actually conceived when Jim and I were living together and in some ways, I found single motherhood quite a calm position to be in.

I am aware that in many ways the twins and I are in the «honeymoon» period of motherhood, when blessedly newborn babies sleep a majority of the time.

Find other women who share in your journey of motherhood because they will ground you, and they will lift you when you are your weakest.

When I think back to those first few days of motherhood, I think about how I felt in those moments with each of my daughters; and I think about how they were feeling looking up at me during those midnight feedings and diaper changes.

If the nurses hadn't suggested Kangaroo Care, and instead left my baby in the incubator in those early days when my sense of motherhood was most fragile and yet impressionable, I don't know what approach to parenting I might have adopted but I do know that it would have taken me much longer to get to the current place in my parenting journey.

I hope you walk with me and other moms here, sharing the stories of our lives, because motherhood (and life) is better when we hold hands.