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6 Ways Your Breasts Change During Pregnancy
A lot of changes happen to your body while growing a baby. From the early start of your nine-month journey your hormones start preparing to produce milk and your breasts will be changing big time. Here’s everything you want to know about how your breasts will progress with pregnancy. You might experience a few of…
Pregnancy Self Care
So here you are, blossoming with life, growing a human being, it’s no small undertaking. Your body will stretch, grow, and awaken to new sensations, all in a matter of months. For some, pregnancy is hard, there are restless nights, nausea, vomiting, and for others they seem to float through, no pesky pregnancy ailments in…
Longing in the Fourth Trimester
Welcoming new life is a heartfelt joy and overwhelming change, but it is truly a profound event that brings up complicated feelings. The person nestled within you for the past nine months is suddenly on the outside; a new, separate, individual being. I remember it all too well, the subtle shift of being in power…
The Attempt to End the Cycle
Whether you believe that trauma is generational, or that you simply mimic parenting techniques that you had learned while growing up, it is nearly impossible not to parent similarly to how you were parented. You may be the mother who has the same laugh as her own mother. Or you may be the mother who…
Because No One Knows You Like I Do; My Baby
I now understand the defensive nature many mothers experience when their children hang out with ‘the wrong crowd’ or fall in love with the ‘wrong soul-mate’. Because I do not want to feel that pain, though I know I likely will. I can feel my blood boil when I witness young children smoking an e-cigarette…
A Mother and Her Muse
I am a mother. This new title, inextricably intertwined with my identity, has irreversibly changed me like a candlestick hours after its wick has been lit aflame. My bones have made a home in new spaces, my mind is primal, my heart is overflowing, my body is endlessly tired, and my soul will never forget…
Unmedicated vs Medicated
A few months ago a stranger had asked me about the intimate details of my labor with my first baby and then proceeded to ask if I was planning on having an unmedicated birth again, this time around. It’s one of many instances when a loving and well intentioned conversation with a complete stranger about…
Long-distance Pregnancy
I never gave much thought to how my pregnancy would be. If anyone told me that half of this journey I would have to do on my own, I wouldn’t believe them. But, this is how it happened. My husband used to say that one thing he’d never recommend to anyone would be long-distance dating….
Millennials vs. Boomers Approach to Pregnancy
Millennial moms-to-be often use apps to track fertility and pregnancy updates. Along with sourcing the best nursery ideas on Pinterest while constantly researching for the best baby products, we are usually gravitated towards platforms such as Instagram for clothing inspiration and nursery aesthetics. The search for what’s next never ends, especially while you’re in the…
