How to Make Baby Food The Homemade Way: Your Go-to Guide
When your baby is first born, their lives consist of a continual cycle of sleeping, eating, and pooping. The simplicity of their days, along with a heavy dose of sleep deprivation and mom overwhelm, makes it unlikely you’ll be doing heavy-duty decision-making regarding your parenting routine, including whether or not you’ll be up late googling […]
The Top 8 Best Breast Pumps
After I found out I was pregnant with my first daughter, one of the first significant parenting decisions I made was to breastfeed, which quickly lead me to wonder about the best breast pumps out there. Once I had in my head that I wanted to nurse my baby, I set out to learn everything […]
Period or Implantation Bleeding? It’s Time to Break Down the Difference!
As someone who went through IVF to conceive, I think I speak for the vast majority of individuals struggling with infertility when I say that the wait for answers about a pregnancy test can be one of the most challenging experiences ever. Whether you’ve undergone an IUI, donor egg transfer, or traditional IVF cycle, you’re […]
Five Tips for Surviving the 4 Month Sleep Regression Monster
Are you sitting down? I hope so because I’m about to give you a vital piece of tough-love parenting advice you need to hear… Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out–you don’t. So sorry! That’s right, folks. No matter how well you stick to a schedule, how many books you read, or […]
The 12 Best Educational Apps for Kids
While the thought of only allowing our children to play with adorable Montessori toys for babies and kids is nice, the reality of the situation is that they’re probably bound to end up on a phone or tablet at some point. I’m a prime example. Before I had kids, you know back when I was […]
Tips and Tricks to Help with Postpartum Incontinence
A few weeks ago, I was watching a video by the hilarious Laura Clery. In it, she discusses all the random things you hear pregnant women bring up in conversation while carrying their babies. It’s no surprise that postpartum incontinence made the list. While she covers a range of wild topics, such as nipple pain, […]
Defining a Viable Pregnancy: At What Point is Your Baby “Safe?”
I’m not sure there’s any situation where I’ll ever forget the moment I received my first positive pregnancy test. I’d gone through my embryo transfer, suffered through the two-week wait, and gone back to my physician for a blood pregnancy test…then, I waited. The seconds, minutes, and hours crept by. I spent my day consumed […]
Acupuncture for Fertility: Is This the Alternative Treatment You Need?
There’s a certain amount of “I’ll-do-anything-ness” that comes with infertility – an interest in doing anything you can to increase your chances of getting pregnant without the struggle of lengthy, drawn-out procedures that may or may not be successful. For example, I probably would’ve walked around on my hands for a week if someone had […]