Plan B is now available over-the-counter to all women ages fifteen and older.  So how does this drug work, and is it an abortion pill? Plan B often works by preventing implantation of a human embryo in the uterus, thereby causing death of the new life.  It can also act …

Well, if you’re like us, you make a big list of names that you kind of like, and then you waffle about it for 40 weeks until they won’t let you leave the hospital until you have a name. But, there are better ways. And, I got these little bits …

When we found out we were pregnant in August and due May 20, 2013, I started daydreaming about what May 2013 would look like.  Mother’s Day would be a week before my due date, and our son, Walt, would turn 2 the day before my due date.  May 2013 would …

She’s fearless. She’s charismatic. She’s radiant. A modern evangelist, Annie basks in Christ’s love and shares it with a simple, winsome touch. A heart overflowing with love is a powerful testimony, I’ve learned.  “We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19). Annie’s love spills over, mysteriously opening hearts …

This week my husband and I announced our big news: we’re expecting our 5th child in September.  “Really?”  is the most common reply.  Here are some of the other zingers we have heard: “Do you hate money?” “Are you done now?” “Are you crazy?” “Was this planned?” “Don’t you know …

As my husband and I knelt before the relics of the manger at St. Mary Major on Christmas, I asked the Child Jesus to bless us with a baby.  We’d only been married a few weeks, but I’d had fears of infertility looming over me for months.  So with fear, …

Today’s the day! Download a great new app, hot off iTunes: iIncarnate. Check out this testimony: {embedded video} The concept: God became Man and dwelt among us. iIncarnate is an app that allows you to journey with Christ in the womb of Mary beginning on the Annunciation and ending on Jesus’ …

Here’s something super awesome…a new app that will be out on April 8…iIncarnate. The concept: God became Man and dwelt among us. iIncarnate is an app that allows you to journey with Christ in the womb of Mary beginning on the Annunciation and ending on Jesus’ birth. Experience the miracle …

In 2011, my Mom and I started a blog project, called Vox Luminis, which is Latin for “Voice of Light.”  It includes, among other things, testimonies of women who regret their abortions.  I wanted to do to promote The National Memorial for the Unborn, and I wanted to do it for the …

We’re more than halfway through Lent, and I want to thank everyone who is supporting our first ever CatholicMom.com Project. Here’s where we stand with the numbers: What we’re doing: Ave Maria Press and CatholicMom.com have partnered to provide spiritual support for pregnant women this Lent. Our goal is to …

What’s more fascinating than a book detailing your baby’s development a week at a time? An interactive ebook that makes the information come alive. That’s what I found in the “Week by Week” series available for the Inkling app (for iOS devices, Mac, or PC). I enjoy the convenience of …

Last week, I wanted to hit 300 books funded for our CatholicMom.com Project…and though we didn’t make it, we *DID* raise all $500 of our matching grant funds. WOO-HOO! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED! Here’s our numbers update: In case you’re coming to this for the first time… Ave …

I continue to be touched at how the CatholicMom.com Project has touched people. Late last week, I received an email from someone that included, in part, this: I donated one book for each of my 5 wonderful and amazing grandchildren.  And, if I read it right, my donation was matched, …

CatholicMom.com and Ave Maria Press are partnering on this Lenten project to provide spiritual support to expectant mothers. We hope to send 50 copies of A Catholic Mother’s Companion to Pregnancy—a week-by-week spiritual companion for pregnant women—to 20 pregnancy centers around the United States. Your donations will be used solely …

Editor’s note: Today, we welcome new contributor Melanie Jean Juneau to our CatholicMom.com family of writers. Melanie – a mom of nine – brings a unique voice and flare with her writing. Please join me in welcoming her to our community! LMH Pregnant with my seventh child, I was bedridden …

While creating our baby registry at Babies-R-Us a few weekends ago, my husband and I learned some very valuable life lessons which I would now like to share with all of you. I think that all of you mom’s will appreciate some of the insights/blunders of first time parents. Life …

It’s time to let you know about the project we’ve had up our sleeves. (That said, there are still a few itty-bitty details being finalized.) This Lent, Lisa and I wanted to tap into the generosity of this community and our passion for the important work at pregnancy centers. My …

Losing our baby Thérèse changed me.  Some of the ways are obvious, and others sneak up on me and take my breath away.  Although it was the most painful experience I have ever gone through (and am still going through), I can’t thank God enough for giving our family that precious, …

Today’s book note is six months overdue. A few weeks ago, my partner in crime Sarah Reinhard and I figured out that I had never formally reviewed her masterpiece, A Catholic Mother’s Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism. Doubting that such an oversight could be true, …

It wasn’t the birth experience I was hoping for. In fact, it was downright disappointing. I blame the hospital tour where I saw a re-designed postpartum unit, complete with its color light therapy over the large Jacuzzi bathtub and a full-sized memory foam bed. It somehow convinced me I was …