When you go to the doctor, you expect that they are someone you can trust to always act with your best interests in mind. This is especially the case with your obstetrician who you’ve been going to for the last nine months. You’ve discussed your birth plan with them, your pregnancy and labor-related fears, and...

Julie Hambleton
Freelance Writer
Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner. Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.
Women know when out that we need to take more precautions than men. That being said, we usually let our guard down a bit around people that we know. That’s what this girl did on her first night out as an 18-year-old in England. Unfortunately, someone took advantage of her trust and spiked her drink....
Parenting is hard. Trying to meet the expectations of your career while at the same time raising your children is incredibly demanding and hard to balance. This becomes exponentially more difficult if you are a single parent. This single Georgia mom of five left her 14-year-old daughter to babysit near the beginning of the pandemic...
If you base your opinion of Owen Wilson on the roles he has played in recent years, you’d probably think that he is a pretty great dad. Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be the whole truth. A father of three children, each with a different woman, Wilson sees his two sons somewhat regularly. His daughter,...
Photography is an important part of every wedding ceremony. Even if it’s just one picture of the couple holding hands and captured with a random smartphone, it’s a visual memory the couple would cherish for life. However, every couple deserves to have a proper wedding shoot and we love to see it! One photographer, however,...
Maxine and Jake Young knew they wanted a big family to fill their house with love and laughter. While they wanted to have some biological children, Maxine had always been interested in fostering and adoption. She wanted the opportunity to give children born into difficult circumstances a chance at growing up in a loving family....
A mother kept her tragic loss to herself for over a year, until she was asked to speak at a local town hall meeting. She was assured maybe 15 to 20 people would show up, but when over 200 people came, Becky realized the impact her story could have on others. Becky Savage is a...
If you are lucky enough to have a loving mother who is still in your life, when was the last time you called her? A couple of days ago? A week ago? Or has it been longer? This woman, Kristin Parrish, wrote a blog post about how integral her daily phone calls with her mom...
What would you do if your wife (or sister, daughter, or best friend) continued to drink alcohol after finding out she was pregnant? That’s what this man wants to know. His pregnant wife won’t stop drinking, and he doesn’t know what to do. He decided to ask Reddit for advice. (1) Man’s Pregnant Wife Won’t...
New Zealand is proving yet again that it is leading the way in terms of compassionate governing. The country’s parliament recently unanimously passed a bill that legislates paid bereavement leave after miscarriages and stillbirths. This makes them only the second country in the world to do this. India is the only other. (1) New Zealand...
At just 11 years old, Victoria Arlen lost the ability to eat, speak, walk, and move. Two rare conditions caused her to slip into a vegetative state. Doctors said that she would remain this way forever. Her family, however, never gave up, and neither did she. Four years later she woke up and came out...
When parents are expecting, they patiently wait for nine months to finally get that first look at their baby. Sadly, sometimes babies are born with conditions that current medical technology can not pick up in ultrasounds. This is what happened when Natasha and her husband met their son Raedyn for the first time. Their precious...