The doctor is in! Imperfect Women is excited to bring you a new column titled “Ask Dr. Silvio Aladjem!” This column will feature Dr. Silvio Aladjem answering your questions of medical interest related to pregnancy. You can ask your questions on the contact form that you will find at the end of this post and the question will be emailed to Dr. Aladjem. We will also place … [Read more...]
The Birthing Experience
By Silvio Aladjem MD The term “Birthing Experience” is a relatively newcomer to the lexicon of pregnancy. It is, I believe, not more than 25 years old. To test how common of a term it is today, I searched for “birthing experience”. It retrieved over 5 MIL quotes on Google, and over 45 MIL on Bing. I don’t know why such a difference of returns between the two, but most … [Read more...]
It’s Not Your Fault
The likelihood of complications happening to you during pregnancy is low. But if it does, Dr. Silvio Aladjem wants to make sure you know, it’s not your fault. By Silvio Aladjem MD Pregnancy, by its very nature, is one of the most sensitive times a woman will ever live through. The mere fact that a new life is developing inside her, is an exhilarating feeling that will … [Read more...]
Memories Of A One-Room School
"Memory of a One-Room School" was written by Emil Schmit in 1994 and was featured in the University of Wisconsin Extension's Yarns of Yesteryear Contest. With schools reopening across the country for this school year, we thought this post would fit right in. The door was open and I cautiously looked in - a small 6 year-old farm boy taking his first look at a schoolroom. … [Read more...]
Learning The ABCs
The boys have been up to so much these past few weeks! Well, more so that they have been learning so many new things and they just keep getting more fun to watch every day. The first thing that they have been doing so well is learning the alphabet. I went to the Goodwill and bought this electronic alphabet board called “Phonics Tiles” that they both absolutely love for only … [Read more...]
Jenny McClendon Shares Her Thoughts On The Realities Of Divorce
Chances are you know Jenny McClendon better as Jenny Masche, one of the stars of WETV’s “Raising Sextuplets” along with her adorable sextuplets and ex-husband Bryan Masche. Jenny and Bryan have since divorced and Jenny married Levi McClendon in March of 2012. Jenny gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Cash Allen, this past January and they are raising their blended family in … [Read more...]
Husband, Father and Best Friend
A husband. A father. A best friend. I'd like to dedicate this post to my husband, Anthony. We just celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary on Monday and have been together for eleven years. It all started eleven years ago back when AOL was the "hip" thing to use. I was searching the AOL member directory, where you could search people based on information in their … [Read more...]
Life Is Messy, Live It Up!
Is it possible to feel both incredibly productive and incredibly unproductive at the same time? I feel like this all the time! As I sit here at the kitchen table writing my blog entry, I look around and I am in the middle of a huge mess! Ha. Ha. We weren’t always this “messy,” but it seems like we can never get ahead of the game these days. I also think I’ve basically given … [Read more...]
From Mom to Business Owner
I am now a business owner. Wow! I never thought those words would come out of my mouth. When I was a little girl, around the age of seven, I would make these little insects with this Creepy Crawlers Bug Maker machine and set up a little shop, using a piano bench in our living room, and sell them to my sisters. I can clearly remember getting all the little bugs lined up into … [Read more...]
Colds, Teething, Modeling, OH MY!
In the past two weeks, three out of the four family members have been sick. Yes, again! Tyler came down with a cold, which only lasted two days, Christopher had a mild flu for a few days, and I had some mild version of the flu as well. It seems like the flu season is slowly fading away, but it will be nice once it is gone. I’m just so thankful that when the boys have been … [Read more...]
