Irina Gonzalez

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Is this just pregnancy insomnia or perinatal anxiety?

Posted on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by Irina Gonzalez

It’s currently six in the morning and I have been awake since roughly 1:58am. This has been my ongoing struggle for the past couple of months. You see, I am approaching the 30th week of pregnancy and extremely excited (and nervous) to welcome my first child with the love of my life. A year ago,…

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Uh oh! Do I have baby fever?

Posted on June 5, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. This weekend, my fiancé Adam and I went to meet the 2 1/2 week old baby of one of our friends. It was one of those “baby greeting” type parties, which I admit I have never attended before, and it was a first for us as…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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