by Leah Maurer | Mar 2, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
Witnessing children with life-threatening diagnoses survive as a result of cannabis therapy has created an empathetic wave and propelled cannabis legalization. We’ve watched as the hearts of politicians have been tugged to give a few more families hope that their...
by Barbara Platts | Feb 23, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
This personal essay was originally published on Lunch Ticket, a literary and art journal dedicated to issues of social, economic, and environmental justice. Click here to see the original post. I’ve never been particularly good at change. When I was nine years...
by MAMAFitWhit | Jun 25, 2020 | Innovation, Parenting
Superwoman Syndrome pushes mothers to do it all, but what about our well-being? Superwoman, much like mothers, is … Perfect. Strong. Beautiful. Independent. As a young girl I remember my mother coming home from work, setting her stuff down on the table and...
by Leah Maurer | Jun 22, 2020 | Parenting, Well-Being
Starting a Cannabis Conversation As cannabis sales continue to increase during the pandemic, one can’t help but wonder if more people are consuming cannabis than before the coronavirus outbreak. I’m sure many of those sales are due to consumers like myself stocking up...
by MAMAFitWhit | May 9, 2020 | Innovation, Parenting
MamaFitWhit Reflects on Motherhood “Mother” to me is one’s influence on children. It’s how I witnessed my own mother use her own intuition and discernment. In turn it’s now how I stand, speak, and treat other people including my children. That is motherhood in my...
by Sweet Jane | Apr 28, 2020 | Parenting, Women
A personal Essay on Mental Health, Pregnancy, and Cannabis When I found out I was pregnant last fall, I immediately stopped medicating with cannabis, as I had done in my first pregnancy years earlier. Before the first one, which was in 2013, I’d been partaking a few...
by Leah Maurer | Mar 24, 2020 | Parenting, Well-Being
These Resources Can Help Shape Age-Appropriate Conversations Earlier this year Amanda Fritz, a City Commissioner in Portland, Oregon, received attention in the media after responding to a Portland parent who complained about a cannabis dispensary opening next door to...
by Jenn Lauder | Jan 17, 2020 | Innovation, Parenting
When I first became vocal about my relationship with cannabis, I braced myself for the inevitable question: You’re a mom—how can you use marijuana? Informed by outdated stereotypes and a nagging stigma around this plant, those who ask me this question are confused....
by Sweet Jane | Nov 13, 2019 | Parenting, Well-Being
In August 2018, the University of California San Diego School of Medicine published results from a study aiming to better understand how much marijuana gets into breast milk of nursing mothers and how long it remains. Recent trends have shown that more pregnant women...
by Undark Magazine | Aug 29, 2019 | Parenting, Well-Being
Social media users extol — and health experts decry — a 25-year-old study from Jamaica suggesting cannabis use poses no harm to fetal development. August 28, 2019 by Alice Callahan Fifty years ago this summer, Melanie Dreher, a registered nurse and young graduate...
by Leah Maurer | Aug 12, 2019 | Parenting, Women
CannaMommy.org is a nonprofit with the mission of supporting mothers on their journey during pregnancy and beyond by providing safe access to natural medicines, including cannabis. The online platform aims to build a safe conduit between patient and health care...
