As a first time mom, I have no idea what to get my son for his first Christmas. I’ve spent hours walking up and down the aisles at Babies R Us and Target and been lost in the black hole that is Amazon.com. Though I don’t pretend to know what is cool and hip for […]
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I’ve always heard of the “work/life” balance, but really never paid any attention to what it meant. My husband and I are both incredibly driven people, understanding of each other’s career ambitions and the sacrifices needed to get to where we want to be. But bringing a child into the equation is still throwing me […]
Our surrogate Aimee posted a “Surrogacy 411” post on her blog after receiving so many questions about our surrogacy journey, and she offered to share her post here on Hellobee. I’ve been wanting to do a blog post all about surrogacy for some time now, but I wanted to finish my journey first before I […]
Our animals were and will always be our first kids. We adopted our formerly feral cats 8 years ago, and are also parents to a 6-year-old Lab/Rhodesian Ridgeback (Eleanor) and a 3-year-old Lab/Basset Hound (Tucker). Tucker came from a family who had kids, and loves kids and babies. We take him to Home Depot regularly […]
We are so incredibly fortunate that our surrogate offered to continue pumping for Baby Sea Otter. In most surrogate contracts, the surrogate chooses whether or not they’d like to pump for the intended parents, and there is usually a fee associated with it. The fee varies, though in most situations I’ve encountered it’s about $1 […]
In the first week Baby Sea Otter was born, we were just surviving. We had our bundle of love home, and now we had to nurture him and keep him alive. Well-intentioned friends would often tell me things that worked for their babies, which was appreciated, but ultimately, this is our list of what worked […]
The only thing scarier than realizing the hospital will really let you leave with your baby, is the realization that you’ll have to drive 546 miles to get home. Yes, we were crazy enough to drive home with our two-day-old baby. When we were first deciding the logistics of how to get Baby Sea Otter […]
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