Welcome friends! My name is Tera Frederick Howard MD MPH and I’m thrilled you stopped by. Here, you’ll find information about my children’s books, excerpts of creative writing related to my work as an OBGYN and mom, and a page called “Nayla Knows Best” which documents real conversations between me and my eldest daughter, Nayla.
Take a look around and enjoy!
Motherhood looks different for me these days, now that I have 3 children instead of one – and now that one of those 3 kids is an interesting breed of child called a “tweenager.” My days used to be characterized by preoccupation with breastfeeding, physical exhaustion, and the constant tension between the time I wanted … More Motherhood 2.0
Because writers write when we feel intense emotion. Right now I feel relief, sadness, nostalgia and pain. Relief because I’m no longer a witness to suffering and I don’t have to clean up volumes of pee off my hardwood floors. Sadness because my first baby is gone. Nostalgia because I remember fondly our times together … More Goodbye Oscar: A Pet Owner’s Story of Love and Loss
I was born in my sister’s shadow. Sometimes I found safety in it– as if the cloak of popularity and likability that my sister wore would somehow also protect me. Other times, that shadow was cold and dark, as shadows tend to be. It made sense that everyone in my small town adored her. Sure … More The Other Frederick Girl
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