If you’re preparing for your child’s cleft palate repair surgery, I know how overwhelming it can feel. Our daughter, Emma Lynne, was born with a cleft palate, and she had her surgery the day after she turned 9 months old. If you’d like to read about our cleft palate journey before surgery, I shared the full […]

Our sweet baby girl, Emma Lynne, was born in November 2024 with a cleft palate. She will be having palate repair surgery in August 2025 at 9 months old. I am sharing our experience to give some insight into what we’ve been going through, and to possibly help any other parents who may find themselves […]

Every birth has a story, and here’s Emma Lynne’s! I had a repeat C section scheduled for 39 weeks. My first pregnancy ended in a nearly 24 hour labor followed by an emergency C section. Read Jett’s birth story here. It was really nice having the C section scheduled so that I could arrange childcare […]