Note: It’s important to start by saying that this blog post is not about my birth. I’m still pregnant (37 weeks 5 days) as I write about...

So, I posted the photos of my baby shower and announcement on Facebook this past week, and I thought people might also like to know what...

Jeesh, Maxi, is that all you’re going to eat? What are you on some sort of cleanse? — A colleague After my first ultrasound, the doctor...

On the day we went to the German Christmas Market with Ben’s parents, I accidentally sat down on a broken bench. The bench looks...

When our first attempt at trying to conceive again failed, Realist Maxi was far from discouraged, though not in the “Let’s just try again...

The week before I found out I was pregnant, I was still complaining about symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes. I was worried...

This post is a sequel to “Pregnant (Maybe).” If you have not read it, you can read it here. So, when I saw that drop of blood, I just...

On July 29th, my mother texted me and told me to take a pregnancy test. I didn’t want to. There were many reasons I didn’t want to take a...

In the last post, I mentioned that there are only two “cures” for adenomyosis: menopause and hysterectomy. A hysterectomy would eliminate...

So, on the day of diagnosis, I thought these two uterine disorders were the same. In fact, not so long ago, they were considered two...

One of my three sisters, Zain came to visit China in February 2018 for the Chinese New Year celebration. She, like my other two sisters...

So, after months of acupuncture and TCM, I was feeling better. I started taking the bus to work again. I had less pain during my period...

Before Ben and I got married, I told him honestly that I may not be able to have children. After self-diagnosing my period-related...

I remember with surprising clarity when my mother called my father on Good Friday in 2001 and told him that I had become a woman. In...