Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering book review: I was delighted to read Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering; A Doctor’s Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices. The endless studies, statistics and percentages listed as Sarah...
Read MoreMotherhood is the hardest job on the planet and we all think we should be able to handle everything on our own. It’s society’s fault for dividing us into nuclear families so that we very...
Read More“What’s a birth doula?” is the number one response I get when I mention doulas and doula work. No hard feelings. A few years ago, I didn’t know either. In a nutshell, Doula’s help expecting...
Read MoreThere’s a stigma around pregnancy that most mothers have felt personally. The pressure from society to have a baby, but not too many babies. To have your baby under a list of appropriately checked boxes...
Read MorePregnancy loss in our modern world has long been an unspoken part of life. I know this because I grew up never hearing the word. I didn’t know it was a thing until my adult...
Read MoreThis post contains affiliate links and freebies! When you’re a first time parent, you don’t know what to expect. The baby gear industry is full of nick knacks and conveniencies and if you’re not careful,...
Read MoreWith my son, who’s now three, we carried your typical diaper bag with us everywhere. It was jam packed with things that we would go months without using. Things we would forget we had. It...
Read MoreThe birth of my first born was rather unremarkable. It was a standard hospital birth with an epidural. I was terrified. Although my husband was with me, I felt alone. When the whole thing was...
Read MoreBoth of my kids were breastfed. Breastfeeding is simultaneously the most convenient and the most challenging thing in the new mom world. It’s great to not have to get out of bed to mix a...
Read MoreHip pain was always my first and last symptom of pregnancy. With my son, my hips didn’t stop bothering me until I was several months postpartum and only then because I started going to the...
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