Labor & Delivery Turf Wars: Delivery Room Bullies
A first-time expectant mom needs advice on how to manage her pushy family and in-laws before, during and after labor and delivery.
A first-time expectant mom needs advice on how to manage her pushy family and in-laws before, during and after labor and delivery.
I’m pregnant and live overseas, but want to come home for my third trimester and the birth…with or without my husband.
My mother has announced that she will never let her (hypothetical, for now) grandchildren call her anything grandmother-related. Should I be worried?
A pregnant mom is very angry with her family’s gender-stereotyping issues, and it is causing her stress especially in how it will affect her baby shower. But, we think the issues could be bigger than that….
A grandmother is being asked by her daughter to forgo “Grandma” for an alternative name to be called by her grandkids. She needs some advice.
Amalah tackles a common problem: disagreements over household division of responsibilities between out-of-the-home-working and stay-at-home parents.
Dear Amy, My question is non-beauty related, but I think you’re completely qualified to answer it. I follow all of your blogs (yes, even ClubMom, and I’m not a Mom, but am completely smitten by Noah). As my friends are getting married, and “the one”…
My husband is an alcoholic…but if he goes to rehab he’ll miss the birth of our child. What should I do? We have some advice.
My mom really, really wants to be in the room when I deliver. I really, really don’t. How can I tell her without hurting her feelings?
My mother-in-law will be caring for my baby daily when my maternity leave ends. How do I set-up appropriate boundaries and manage that tricky relationship?
Another day, another horrible sea-monster of a mother-in-law. How to handle a difficult mother-in-law and preventing bad repercussions on your marriage.
A mom is starting to climb out of postpartum depression and is having a hard time getting her husband’s support for alone time for self-care.
Concern about keeping young kids safe around a family dog has led to lots of family drama that could have been avoided. Can family peace be restored?
(Literally.) Hormonal birth control can mess with your mental health. If you’re on birth control and struggling with depression or anxiety, talk to your doctor immediately.
What’s a fair and realistic division of household responsibility when one parent stays home and the other works outside of the home?
Should we let his mother buy us life insurance…even if she’s demanding control of the benefits?
My newborn has colic and now my family is hanging out without me! Are postpartum hormones just making me oversensitive? Please help.
This mom needs advice on whether she should consider the future use of a “dream” baby name that is also the name of her sister-in-law’s lost baby.
My pregnant sister-in-law just told us her baby’s name…which is the same as ours. I’m due first. Can I ignore her calling “dibs” on the baby name?
My child has just been diagnosed with a condition my in-laws don’t even believe exists. Now what?