Pregnancy Relationships

Last I checked, love wasn’t on the menu. Who needs it. Expectations with a side of white picket fence? Pass. My wife is my career. I treat her well and reap the rewards. You don’t get to be a hotshot lawyer with my reputation with a ball and chain. It’s simple math. So is lending a hand to someone who needs it. Like my friend’s sister, who’s down on her luck and in need of a second chance. Lucky for her, I’m in a position to give it. And I’m down for other positions too… if she’s willing to try them. She’s temptation and I’m the sucker. There’s so much more to her ...

One wild night in Vegas and now she's my wife…I don't even know her name. From the outside looking in it seems as if my life is perfect. I have light blue eyes and a lot of Money. Understatement. How about billionaire? Check. Exotic cars. Mansion, maids, and butler. Gorgeous women throwing themselves at me. Check, check and check. The only problem is having someone to share it with. Someone I want to be with. This bougie life comes with expectations of a perfect model trophy wife. Especially when it comes to my parents. My mom is always setting me up on these blind dates. But that girl is...

In this one-of-a-kind guide, dad, doula, and certified lactation counselor Brian Salmon and perinatal mental health and relationship expert Kirsten Brunner offer practical, modern-day survival tips for expectant dads and birth partners. Based on Salmon’s Rocking Dads childbirth course, this book provides everything dads need to know about supporting their partner through labor, birth, breastfeeding, and beyond.

Pregnancy is not just a trek from one medical appointment to another but a journey of the heart. Here at last is a guidebook through its sacred terrain. For each week, Orthodox doula Laura Jansson provides a new reflection on a theme specific to the ground covered at that stage. From one milestone to the next, she helps us unearth the spiritual treasures buried within the physical experiences of childbearing. These are gifts of love from a merciful God who reaches out to us, making a perilous expedition into a path of salvation.

Discover tried-and-tested techniques to help you relax during labour, including mindfulness, breathing exercises and visualization, so that you can have an empowering, positive birth.

I went in for a tattoo. I walked out with three monsters on my skin. Nina has rules. No dates. No drama. No falling for clients. But when she walks into Ironclad Ink looking for a cover-up, she meets three artists who rewrite every one. Kade is the quiet one with a dark gaze. Fox is the flirt who doesn’t stop touching. Riven is the one who marks her like he owns her. Together, they don’t just ink her skin. They claim her body. Her time. Her control. Nina came for art. What she gets is obsession. 🖤 Tattoo Shop Reverse Harem Romance 🧷 Artist Trio With Predator Tendencies 🔥 Power ...

Will she burn in their flames, or forge a family from the ashes? Sarah Adler, a drifter fleeing a haunted past, arrives at Triple Horn Ranch with twenty dollars and a dying car. Seeking refuge in the Texas wilderness, she finds three minotaurs—Kulvak, Wravur, and Vruphus—whose horns and raw power ignite terror and forbidden desire. They offer her a brutal bargain: work their land and warm their beds, or face the road’s merciless void. Bound by desperation, Sarah enters their world, her body seared by their possessive touches and her soul tested by their primal demands. As a ruthless ...

She sold out her rebellion—and got claimed by the monsters who were never supposed to want her. Sera I betrayed everything I once believed in to buy my freedom. I thought delivering secrets to the shadow-lord of Obsidian Reach would make me powerful. Instead, I got marked—body and soul—by two monstrous minotaurs. Varek is brutal, dominant, and made of fire and fury. Miloch is cursed, quiet, and sees deeper than anyone ever has. They don’t just want control. They want me. And the more I resist, the tighter they pull. I thought I was a spy playing a game. Now I’m the prize—and I ...

Her baby was completely normal - overweight if anything, yet her breasts just couldn't seem to get the relief they needed from feeding him. Sometimes Karen felt as if she was going to burst at the seams. Lonely housewife Karen just can't seem to keep her hands off of her swollen, creamy breasts now that she's a new mama. Unfortunately, her prude of a husband wants no part in her X-rated, milky fantasies. When a hot young college stud shows up on her doorstep, Karen begins to suspect that her dreams may be coming true. Will this stud give Karen the release she's been craving, or will he be ...

Conquer the world of pregnancy, childbirth, and fatherhood, even if it's your first rodeo! Is the thought of becoming a dad leaving you feeling overwhelmed, excited, yet a bit clueless? Wondering what to expect during labor, how to support your partner, or what's needed before your baby's arrival? And what's the deal with all the hormones? If these questions resonate with you, you're not alone. Most first-time dads feel unprepared, excited, and slightly terrified. This guide aims to replace these emotions with knowledge and confidence.

When Catherine Cho and her husband set off from London to introduce their newborn son to family scattered across the United States, she could not have imagined what lay in store. Before the trip’s end, she develops psychosis, a complete break from reality, which causes her to lose all sense of time and place, including what is real and not real. In desperation, her husband admits her to a nearby psychiatric hospital, where she begins the hard work of rebuilding her identity. In this unwaveringly honest, insightful, and often shocking memoir, Catherine reconstructs her sense of self.

When you find out that you are expecting twins, you are in total shock. Your mind races with a million questions and you start to stress out about what to do to get ready. This guide will help you be prepared and ready to tackle life the next several months without having to wade through a lengthy book you don't have time to listen to. It is perfect for the expectant twin dad, whether your twins are your first and second children or ninth and 10th.

Learn from a whole community of dads so you're fully prepared to be a great first time dad and partner. The moment you find out you're going to be a dad is one of incredible joy, shock, and anxiousness - often all the same time! This detailed guide, from the writers and dads at DaddiLife - the worlds leading online platform for fathers - provides the reassurance and practical advice needed for modern day dads. It addresses the real challenges that new dads and dads to be go through, while also providing the answers at every step of the way.

I’m in love with my professor, a man who is unknowingly the father to my child… He broke my heart six years ago and left for the Navy. I thought he and I were ancient history, but now he is teaching me ancient history. Professor James Carter is 6’4”, intelligent, and gorgeous. The connection between us ignites instantly, a magnetic force that's impossible to ignore. Yet, as sparks fly in the hidden corners of campus, I grapple with the weight of my secret. A five-year-old daughter he is not yet aware of. Threats surface, and old rivalries rear their heads. But James is willing to ...

Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) approach. Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. Baby Knows Best is based on Gerber's belief in babies' natural abilities to develop at their own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents. The Educaring Approach helps parents see their infants as competent people with a growing ability to communicate, problem-solve, and self-soothe.

Nora never imagined that agreeing to save her village would lead her into the clutches of an ancient ice dragon. Draxus, a powerful and feared creature, has claimed her as his mate, binding her to a destiny she never wanted. Trapped in his icy lair, Nora must navigate a world of cold power and unyielding strength, all while resisting the growing bond between them. Draxus has lived for centuries, ruling his frozen kingdom with a heart as cold as the ice he commands. But Nora’s arrival changes everything. She is more than just a sacrifice—she is his fated mate, and she awakens a warmth in...

Samantha and Julia have been friends for years. Joe, Alex, and Nick are the men in their lives, and each of them wants to be more than just a friend. Samantha doesn’t really give romance much thought until her high school sweetheart shows up unexpectedly at her door after a decade-long absence. As much as Sam would like to put the past behind her, she finds herself suddenly trying to choose between whether or not to give her old flame a second chance or to finally take things to a new level with a good friend. When Julia’s longtime boyfriend suddenly reveals that he is in love with ...

Funny, fast-paced, and full of solid and practical ideas and advice, Welcome to Fatherhood dives right into the challenges that many modern dads-to-be face as they try to partner up with their pregnant significant others. Not just another take on the “be helpful and supportive” mantra most books preach, this book gets right to the point and gives dozens of specific and detailed tips, tricks, tools, and techniques to help you meet and exceed all of today’s expectations.

Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too, is the inclusive guide to introducing solids. Over 25 percent of children experience challenges with this big step—both typically developing babies and those with (known or unknown) physical or neurological differences. Resources on how to help babies who face obstacles in making the move to solid foods are scarce. That’s where this audiobook comes in.

Eleanor I came to Hawthorne University for books, not romance. Certainly not for a man like Professor Alexander Graves—enigmatic, brilliant, and utterly untouchable. But from the moment I step into his lecture hall, I feel it. The pull. The way his gaze lingers, as if he knows something about me that I don’t. Then my body betrays me. Strange, overwhelming sensations take hold—my skin burns, my senses sharpen, and worst of all… I begin to lactate. Doctors have no answers, and I have nowhere to turn—except to him. Professor Graves seems to understand what’s happening to me. He ...