Hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization that assists, educates and advocates for the bleeding disorders community.
Dear Addy, My high school sweetheart and I are in our senior year of college and recently began a conversation about life after school. Are there any resources for us to learn more about starting a family when you know you are a carrier or have a history of bleeding disorders in your family?聽 Signed, […]
If you look up National Caregiver鈥檚 month on your computer, you will find several items from the Caregivers Action Network (CAN) before anything else. If you look through the stories, tips and suggestions you will see that most of them relate to adult children caring for parents. You can find the 2016 proclamation from President […]
In honor of National Caregiver Month, we鈥檒l be featuring 鈥淐aregiver Heroes鈥 throughout the month of November. While all in the bleeding disorders community are heroes in their own special ways, these folks are being given a special shout-out for the ways they take care of their loved ones and themselves. Meet William from Tennesse. William […]
Ask for help! It seems easy to do, but it takes a lot of effort. If someone would have told me, as a hemo mom, 鈥淵ou need to ask for help!鈥滻 could have saved myself a few unnecessary headaches. I recall a time when my oldest son, Marques, was in the hospital with a bad […]
I have a confession: I am a better talker than doer! Last November I wrote about self-care: 鈥淪elf-care should not only be what we teach our children with a bleeding disorder.聽 We have to practice self-care for ourselves.聽 Our children learn more from watching us anyway.聽 If they see us taking the time to care […]
I love being a mom. Nothing makes me happier than cooking a great meal for my family, making soup to feed a cold, and even washing and folding their clothes.聽I am blessed to still pack lunches for one of my kids, while I watch my oldest one pack his own for his day at […]
When my daughter, Ashley, and her husband announced their pregnancy it was one of the happiest days of my life. On the day of Landon’s birth, I was so excited and could not wait to hold that little bundle of joy in my arms. After a very long day and night, Landon finally arrived into […]
I knew I was on to something good when I arrived home from meeting Brent for the first time. We had a fun night out after a spontaneous meeting through a mutual friend. When I got home, I broke the unwritten rule of waiting a while to text someone new. I was thrilled when he […]
My brother Evan was born on July 3rd, 2007. Two days after he was born, he was diagnosed with severe hemophilia A. I was eight years old when he was born and had never heard of this condition. It was difficult for me to grasp that my little brother would not live a 鈥榥ormal鈥 life. […]
Often times I am talking with other moms and the conversation comes up about how tired we are or how we find it difficult to make time for ourselves. As caregivers, we are constantly doing for others. We are making meals, help with homework, running errands, or being a taxi for our kids. Being a […]
As hemo moms, we are the best when teaching others about self-care, but can be the worst at taking care of ourselves. Quick question — When was your child鈥檚 last doctor鈥檚 appointment and when is the next one scheduled? Now ask those same two questions of yourself. For most of us, we can鈥檛 quickly answer […]
I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l ever forget the day I got the phone call — the one I had been dreading since my daughter was diagnosed with聽Platelet Storage Pool Disorder (PSPD). It was 10:30 AM on a聽Thursday. I was singing to the preschoolers where I work when my colleague brought me the phone. She had that […]
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