Babywearing has been around for centuries (probably as long as there have been babies), and today’s technology and design advances present safer wearing choices more than ever. Carriers continue to evolve, meeting modern parents’ needs for safe, hands-free alternatives for carrying their little ones with comfort, convenience, and bonding. I’ve been an advocate for babywearing…
Finding Self through Motherhood
When I found out I was pregnant, I was completely surprised. I remember thinking my life was instantly over and focusing on all the things I wouldn’t get to do. When would I go back to India?! I needed to find a proper career and stick with it. Maybe I would become a teacher…that’s a…
Cool Alternative Lingerie for This Valentine’s Day
Every woman is aware that nothing can ruin their day faster than an uncomfortable bra. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you may be thinking that a lacy underwire bra is necessary right now, but nine times out of ten, that fancy lingerie just sits in your drawer after one wear. Even though it’s…
In Conversation With Author & Podcast Host of Mama’en Nina Pierson
Nina Pierson is a Dutch female serial entrepreneur with a focus on sustainability and motherhood. She published a bestselling book called Mama’en: self-care during pregnancy, birth and postpartum Dedicated to the mother’s wellbeing seen from a physical, spiritual, mental and science-based perspective all with one goal: to empower women becoming mothers. Nina is also the…
Prepping for Baby vs Yourself
Confession; I’m an A-type personality and a one on the enneagram. I need order and structure in my life to give me the illusion I have control. So naturally, when I got pregnant, I researched every product on the market. Since I was stuck in bed for three months, I had plenty of time to…
Navigating Postpartum Depression and Breastfeeding With Emily Ratzke, Featuring Bravado Designs
First, how are you feeling? I’m definitely starting to feel like me again. The pandemic has affected every person, and I think it has been somewhat challenging to navigate being a new mom during that. I feel like my emotions have been so manic lately: happy, anxious, depressed, lonely, but also elated and cautiously optimistic…
New Appreciation
My parents and I come from Guyana, South America. We migrated to the United States in 1987, when I was just one year old. Brooklyn, NY became our home. As my father currently nears the end of his life, he reminisces often. He tells me the version of old stories that my mother would never…
8 Months
I’ve been impatiently waiting for more than eight months for this to end.That’s been eight months of vomiting, of losing weight, of suffering, then of putting on weight again…always suffering, of course. Eight months with two lockdowns: you were conceived in one and will be born in the other.Eight months with a wonderful fiancé who…
In Conversation With Model & Muse Brook Power
Photographed by Emma Bella Bassill 2020 has been really testing. Emotionally, how are you feeling? Well, I’m currently standing in my living room which flooded last week, surveying how much of it needs to be demoed…floors, walls. It’s days before Christmas and a month and a half before this baby in my belly is due….
Road to Motherhood
Photographed by Evelyn Eslava, Mother Muse Elise Harris My road to motherhood has been unexpected. It’s been turbulent and painful and amazing. Becoming a mother was a sacred experience I look back on with excruciating memories. Becoming a mother challenged my every belief. It challenged who I thought I was. It broke me into a…
