How I’m feeling The day I gave birth is one of the happiest yet most traumatizing days I’ve experienced. I quickly learned that the US healthcare system is broken. My OBGYN had made me feel heard and understood during my appointments, but when it came to the day of giving birth, all my wishes were…

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 safer, hands-free alternatives for carrying their little ones with comfort, convenience, and bonding. I’ve been an advocate for babywearing…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….