So, at 29 weeks pregnant, I passed out. I just fainted. It scared me. At the time, Ben and I had just started moving items between our...

My hairstyle causes a lot of confusion for people who don’t know anything about black hair. Even I am not an expert on black hair,...

What if I told that you that when Ben and I first started dating, it wasn’t because he found me particularly attractive? Okay, well,...

In the past, I have re-posted a blog from when I first moved to China. I have decided to do that again today because this post provides...

“If you are willing to take one meaningful step on your own behalf toward making a dream come true today, the Universe will meet you...

May 1stis Labor Day holiday in China. This year, May 1stfell on a Wednesday, and the government moved the working days Thursday and...

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...

After a miscarriage, it can be hard to know when to announce to people that you are pregnant—again. The first time I announced to the...

Some of you may know that it was originally my plan to return to the United States at the end of the academic year 2018. By that point, I...

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...

You ever been in a situation where you did not say or do something to be “nice”? I’m in that situation a lot with my landlords. As I...

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...

So, while Realist Maxi was evaluating all the options at the beginning of November, Optimistic Maxi was gearing up for trying again. As I...

The Annual Gala Spring Festival holiday is China’s biggest holiday celebration. Ben and I normally go to Shanghai to spend the holiday...

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...

I presented all of my research (see Did adenomyosis cause my miscarriage? for the research referenced here) to Ben, and his main concern...

So, I previously had a blog post called Colorful Conversations: Good Enough. It was about a conversation I had with a rickshaw driver in...

There were two questions that I grappled with after the miscarriage. Could adenomyosis have caused what looks to be a blighted ovum or a...

The following post is something I wrote more than five years ago now on an earlier iteration of the Not Minimum Coverage blog I had when...

After the miscarriage, I would just start crying at a moment’s notice. Something or someone would cross my mind, and my heart would break...