“What about potty training?” I asked the doctor. What I was really asking was, “But what does it mean to have a child with Down syndrome?” Lyra was less than 36 hours old when we met with the geneticist to determine if, as it appeared, Lyra had Down syndrome. In the years since Lyra’s birth, […]
Month: May 2018
The End of an Era: 25 Years of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
“How does that make you feel?” asked my physician. My eyes suddenly burned and I gulped before speaking, my voice hoarse with emotion. “Wow, I wasn’t expecting that,” I said, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand. After 25 years of pregnancy and breastfeeding, my youngest child has weaned. I also cried when […]
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