Pumping at Work: Tips for the Working Mama
When I first started thinking about the realities of having a baby, I often wondered how I would balance my dream of being a writer and researcher with my dream of having a child. Would I breastfeed during maternity leave and then have to stop? Would pumping at work even be an option? Basically, I […]
14 Weird Things That Happen During Pregnancy That No One Told You
The first moment I experienced lightning crotch (more on that soon), I nearly fell to the floor in pain. I was changing pants sometime during my second trimester, and boom–it was like an electric shock hit the left side of my vagina. Honestly, I had NO clue what was going on down there, and it […]
My Honest Genate Test Review: Personalized Nutrition Changes the Game for Fertility & Pregnancy
When I was pregnant with Jack, my now 6-year-old, I had one major mantra that I repeated over and over and over again: “Control what you can so you can release what you can’t.” As someone who’s lived her entire life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, trying to conceive and pregnancy were stressful times for my…ahem…control […]
The Best Baby Sunscreens (and the Stuff Other Articles Don’t Tell You)
We’ve all been there, right? Scrolling through the sunscreen options on Amazon, baby steal the phone, trying to remember what that TikTok pediatrician said about safe sunscreens for babies. Half say “natural,” and somewhere in the back of your brain, a friend’s voice is saying half of these are basically banned in Europe. Where do […]
Best Kids Sunscreen 2026: 7 Mineral Picks That End the Research Spiral
Let me guess. You’ve read the reviews until that deep space behind your eyes ached like a mother. You’ve asked the group text, watched a dermatologist on TikTok, and face palmed when a crunchy mom on Instagram told you something totally opposite. Somewhere on your laptop, there might be a spreadsheet. And you still don’t […]
Pregnancy-Safe Sunscreens (and the One Step You Can Do Now)
I’ve walked more than 40,000 moms through pregnancy, and there’s a summer complaint I hear come up time and again: pregnancy melasma. What’s that? Sometimes called the “mask of pregnancy,” it’s the dark spots that show up on your face while pregnant (usually sometime in the second trimester). And it happens to up to 70% […]
We Need To Talk About Sperm Health & Its Role In Fertility
When I was in college, the National Council on Folic Acid (yes, that’s a real thing) started a major campaign on university campuses. The goal? To get young women to start folic acid supplementation well before they were interested in trying to conceive. This campaign was specifically geared toward reducing neural tube defects in babies, […]
The Screen-Free Car and Road Trip Games Your Kids Will Actually Ask to Play Again
When I was a kid, long car rides meant the most obnoxious game most parents have ever played: “Are we there yet?” Long before iPads, we found ways to pass the time. Still, we eventually got bored. Now, as an anxious mom of two who gets car sick from screens (and also doesn’t want her […]