Chelsea Devona - Ann Arbor Family https://annarborfamily.com Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:10:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://annarborfamily-com-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Screen-Shot-2021-07-09-at-1.10.07-PM-32x32.png Chelsea Devona - Ann Arbor Family https://annarborfamily.com 32 32 “Are You Sisters?” The Assumed Heteronormativity During My Wife’s and My Pregnancies https://annarborfamily.com/exceptional-families/my-wifes-and-my-pregnancies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-wifes-and-my-pregnancies Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:30:44 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78897 When my wife and I were successful in conceiving our first babies within a week of each other, I knew we would face a lot of curiosity and questions by friends and medical professionals alike: our journey was unique, and not many married queer couples are crazy enough to try to do two pregnancies at […]

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]]> The 16 Weird Pregnancy Symptoms and How I Learned to Cope Using Humor https://annarborfamily.com/exceptional-families/16-weird-pregnancy-symptoms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=16-weird-pregnancy-symptoms Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:40:45 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78809 Pregnancy is a magical time, full of the creation of life, they say.  It is also chock full of uncomfortable and even painful experiences, many of which most women have never experienced to such an extreme before.  As a disabled person, I was under no illusion that pregnancy would be a walk in the park. […]

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]]> Navigating Doctor Appointments as a Woman: Two Local Moms on their Hyperemesis Gravidarum https://annarborfamily.com/exceptional-families/navigating-doctor-appointments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=navigating-doctor-appointments Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:04:05 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78705 As a person with chronic illnesses and several disabilities, I am accustomed to doctors dismissing or downplaying my symptoms on a regular basis. Sexism and discrimination against women in the medical industry is an anecdotally well documented experience; personally, it took me eight years of suffering and dismissal by doctors to receive my autoimmune diagnosis.  […]

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]]> Surviving on Popsicles and Ice Chips: A local Mom’s Hyperemesis Pregnancy Journey https://annarborfamily.com/exceptional-families/local-moms-pregnancy-journey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-moms-pregnancy-journey Wed, 31 May 2023 19:56:00 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78532 Being nauseated is such a common part of the pregnancy experience that up to 80% of women experience it, and up to 50% of women experience vomiting. But, for 0.5-3% of expecting moms, morning sickness morphs into a ghastly nightmare–hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). This is such a severe case of vomiting during pregnancy that (if untreated), […]

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]]> Local Man Shares His Experience With Inclusivity and Racism in Honor of Asian American Month https://annarborfamily.com/local-events/asian-american-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asian-american-month Tue, 30 May 2023 19:29:09 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78546 May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, and in honor of that recognition we spoke with a local dad, Stephen R. Yen, on his and his family’s experience as an American Born Taiwanese.  Stephen is a software development manager and in his free time enjoys dancing, archery, video gaming and being a driver for […]

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]]> Ypsilanti Playgroup Offers Space for Children with Developmental Disabilities https://annarborfamily.com/exceptional-families/ypsilanti-playgroup-offers-space-for-children-with-developmental-disabilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ypsilanti-playgroup-offers-space-for-children-with-developmental-disabilities Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:35:10 +0000 https://annarborfamily.com/?p=78219 April is Autism Acceptance Month, the perfect time to bring awareness to families who have children with this developmental disability.*  A local playgroup in Washtenaw county, Pat-A-Cake Group for Children with Developmental Disabilities, provides a safe and nurturing space for children ages 0-6 who have developmental disabilities as well as their siblings to come together […]

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