Summer is just around the corner. And with any luck, you’ll be leaving the house with your bundle of joy. And by luck I mean a well-stocked diaper bag, hours of preparation, and a Venti coffee. But before you leave you might want to make sure you’re fully prepared with these summer baby must-haves. summer baby must-haves at any age…
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Natural Ways to Improve Your Fertility & Get Pregnant Fast
If you’re looking to improve your fertility naturally these tips are for you! With these quick, easy tips you can start making positive changes to your fertility today!! Fertility is kind of a funny thing because as women we spend a good portion of our adult lives ignoring it. Really kind of hoping we don’t get pregnant. And then one…
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FACING A C SECTION ALONE: what you need to know
In the middle of these uncertain times pregnant women everywhere are starting to ask the hard questions about what to expect. And one of the hardest questions I’ve come across is what to do if a woman is facing having a c section alone. Now, of course you won’t alone, alone. Obviously you’ll be around some people, mostly medical staff….
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Genius Tips that Will Help Make Your Postpartum Hospital Stay a Breeze
As I am approaching the arrival of my third baby I’ve been thinking a lot about those first few days of postpartum recovery. Particularly the days you spend in the hospital. Postpartum can be a difficult time, between healing form the delivery, learning to breastfeed, trying to catch up on sleep, AND learning to be a new mom- it’s certainly…
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5 NEWBORN ITEMS THAT’LL MAKE NEW MOM LIFE EASIER
This post is brought to you to celebrate five weeks of baby number four! Which means we have survived life as a family of six for roughly 35 whole days. Sure, there’s been a whole lot of tears from everyone – me included – and I change diapers and feed kids ’round the clock, but life has been great. And…
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What Third Pregnancies are Really Like
Third pregnancies are great but they aren’t always easy! This humorous take on a third pregnancies will have you laughing out loud!! I sat down to write today and my content calendar said “Pregnancy update”. This was planned a while ago, and I knew I’d be 18 weeks along, so just about half way there. I made some notes to…
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Postpartum Must-Haves Every New Mom Needs in Her Bathroom
Whether you are recovering from a c-section or a vaginal delivery these postpartum must-haves will make your postnatal recovery easier. This post contains affiliate links, which means if you purchase through one of my links I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. If you really like legal jargon you can read more about that here. If…
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BIRTH DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER A C SECTION
A while back I had a conversation with a mother who shared with me that she was disappointed she would be having a repeat c section. She said “I know you’re all about birth is birth but…” and went on to share her feelings of grief. I thought long and hard after that conversation because yes, I believe that BIRTH…
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THE ONE THING THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY RECOVERY AFTER C SECTION
I want to share with you the ONE thing that made the biggest difference in my c section recovery. My C Section stories My first c section was an emergency cesarean delivery. We hadn’t expected to end up in that situation, and I was sorely underprepared. read more about my c section stories here My recovery after c section was…
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5 MUST HAVE BABY-to-TODDLER PRODUCTS
Spring has sprung here in the midwest (well, kind of….). And with it our little baby is slowly turning into a toddler. Yikes! So that means I’ve been making sure I’m completely stocked up on my favorite, no-fail baby-to-toddler products! Baby Bear (our third child) turned one last month and it seems like overnight he went from a snuggly, crawling…
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TO THE MOM WHO HAD A CESAREAN CHILDBIRTH: YOU GAVE BIRTH!
“I had a c section (aka a cesarean childbirth), I took the easy way out!” I’ll never forget the day I uttered those words out loud to my friends. We were lounging around having lunch, I can’t remember how we got on the topic of childbirth, but we did. We were laughing and I – always looking for a bigger…
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10 BREASTFEEDING TIPS YOU’LL WISH YOU KNEW SOONER
As a first time mom I had approximately zero breastfeeding knowledge. I didn’t bother to read any articles or books that offered helpful breastfeeding tips because I had always heard that breastfeeding was completely normal and natural. Which in my inexperienced head normal and natural = will just happen. Let’s all take a minute to laugh out loud at my…
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