You’re near the finish line and whether through vaginal delivery or caesarean, your baby is coming soon…oh happy day. You’ll start to read up on every birth article you can find, watch every birthing video you can stomach, and take any and all childbirth classes you hear about. Your doctor, family, and friends will do… →
Postpartum
How to Cope With Your Postpartum Body
I jumped out of the shower yesterday to grab my towel off of the rack and I was a little…ahem…bouncy. I’ve got some serious stretch marks, and there isn’t anything that shea butter lotion, HOURS of running and a thousand crunches can do to help me. I’m here for the long haul, and I have… →
7 Ways to Survive AND Thrive the 4th Trimester
Your body and soul have just been through the mammoth task of growing and birthing a baby into the world. Now you need some serious resting and healing time! For many mums the fourth trimester, or newborn stage, is filled with both some of the highest highs, and the greatest challenges of our lives. For… →
7 Tips to Boost Milk Supply As an Exclusive Pumper
Being an exclusive pumper means many things. The biggest thing it means is that you are a hard working, loving, strong mama. Breastfeeding is so hard, and having to pump non-stop, 24/7 is just as hard if even more so. There are lots of reasons why moms choose to exclusively pump breast milk instead of… →
4 Words to Encourage Breastfeeding When It’s Hard for New Moms
Breastfeed, they said. It’ll be easy, they said. And like a sucker I believed it…the part where they said it’d be easy. I read here and there that breastfeeding is hard. But I always thought, not for me! I’m going to breastfeed my kids effortlessly! That was my attitude. When I found out I was… →
How New Moms Can Survive the First Month Postpartum
Congratulations! You made it through childbirth and are now snuggling at home with your new baby. In a perfect world, every new mama would have live-in help for several weeks after delivery. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about a thing except nursing your new little one and recovering. Unfortunately, this sort of help rarely… →
Top 5 Tips for Handling Sleep Deprivation As A New Mommy
It truly was a miracle – my baby boy slept through the night! For some moms, this was a much simpler feat to accomplish especially if their kiddo was sleeping through the night early on. However, for me it was a BIG deal – after months of enduring sleep deprivation, I finally felt like I… →
9 Tips to Keep the Spark In Your Marriage When You Have Kids
We remember it all too well. The way your husband looked at you whenever you gave birth to that beautiful baby. The way he leaned in and said “thank you” for giving him the gift of being a father. You kissed and it was that picture perfect moment! Then, reality sets in. You are both… →
7 Secrets To a Strong Relationship with Your Husband After Baby
So you welcome a baby, or in my case babies, into the world. You put all your time and energy into your pregnancy, the nursery, nurturing your growing bump. It’s everything baby for 10 months! Then baby gets here and your whole world becomes a little bundle swaddled up in that white, pink, and blue… →
7 Ways to Make Life as a New Mom Easier
Life as a brand new mom can be overwhelming. So many new adjustments all at once. Healing your postpartum body, caring for a new baby and figuring out if ‘You’ still exist somewhere in there. By the way, even though your a new mom, ‘You’ still exists. You may just have to redefine what that… →