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Water Safety for Babies and Kids
"I always tell parents “if your child can roll, crawl or walk to a water source they need to know how to save themselves." Prioritizing Water Safety We often think of the safety of our children and the first things that come to mind are childproof locks, child gates...
Understanding Stretch Marks
**This is a repost of a classic Informed Pregnancy Project article. "Treating new stretch marks usually leads to better results than treating older stretch marks, but preventing them from occurring in the first place is obviously even better." One of the most common...
How I Fought for Myself Amid Postpartum Depression
*This is a sponsored post. "As much as I wanted to hide out forever, I responded to a tug in my heart and attended a women’s event at my church. Sitting in a room of 400 women, I still felt alone and unable to fully embrace the positive atmosphere or laughter of...
Selecting Your Birth Team
**This is a repost of a classic Informed Pregnancy Project article. "Doulas are not only for mothers planning an all-natural birth, but for mothers planning or investigating all kinds of birth choices. The doula movement is all about options, information and...
Pregnancy and Skincare
"Some ingredients are not safe during pregnancy like retinol. You want to keep your routine really simple and sweet, and not use a lot of products with active ingredients because we never really know how our skin is going to react while pregnant." Changes to skin...
5 Key Principles for Happy Parents and Effective Parenting
**This is a repost of a classic Informed Pregnancy Project article. "I find that moms in particular often view caring for themselves as a shameful experience; as if they should be above needing time for themselves. Just yesterday, I had a friend ask me what I was...
My Story
"I must admit, after I gave birth, the last thing I thought I would have to worry about was feeding my baby. I had always planned to breastfeed. My mother nursed me for two years and bragged about how fat my siblings and I got from her supply. As expected, my baby...
What is D-MER?
"D-MER (Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex), she told me, is a specific condition that is often confused for postpartum depression but is distinct in a number of ways. Its defining characteristic is that the intense and often overwhelming negative feelings are confined to...
Preparing for Baby: Body, Breath & Mind
"Yoga is beneficial at every age and stage of life, but can be especially grounding during seasons of change. The practice helps us slow down, listen to our bodies, shift our gaze inwards, and take good care. It generates compassion and connection and can support the...
The Silent Room (Stillbirth)
"In the months following Charlotte’s death, the other silence I was not prepared for was the silence of some of my family, friends, and coworkers. Those people who didn’t know what to say, so they said nothing. They didn’t mean to hurt me. In fact, they hoped their...
Why Men’s Health is a Women’s Health Issue In the Perinatal Stage (sponsored)
This is a sponsored blog post. ,,Needed is a nutrition company delivering optimal nourishment for women and their partners before, during, and after pregnancy. Needed is the #1 women’s health brand among nutritionally trained practitioners, and is backed by the...
Sciatica of Pregnancy
Sciatica is truly a pain in the bum. Technically it is nerve pain caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve. It's also the number one pregnancy ailment that my fellow practitioners and I see in our primarily pre and postnatal wellness center and thankfully, the...