Do These 3 Things and Have a Great Birth

Do These 3 Things and Have a Great Birth

We’ve got something really cliche to say, but it’s so true: Everyone can have a great birth experience. It doesn’t matter if your perfect birth means that you have zero interventions, a completely un-medicated and natural experience with your partner...
Will a Pet Prepare you for Parenthood?

Will a Pet Prepare you for Parenthood?

First comes loves, then comes marriage, then comes the puppy in the baby carriage? Hold on, did I say puppy? Didn’t I mean Baby? Nope, this is not a typo, I meant puppy! It seems that it isn’t uncommon for couples to welcome a new pet into their lives, like a trial...
5 Post-Birth Firsts That Will Surprise You

5 Post-Birth Firsts That Will Surprise You

  1) The first time you try to poop after birth Nothing seems to phase us when we compare it to the idea of pushing a baby out of our vagina…That is until you’ve pushed the baby out of your vagina, and then you feel the need to poop for the first time. I will...
Your Birth Playlist

Your Birth Playlist

I must have spent at least 5 hours carefully curating an iTunes play list of music to play during my first birth. I scrolled through my favorite songs and downloaded specifically chosen songs that I thought would make me feel connected and focused during contractions....
It Takes a Village…

It Takes a Village…

  We’ve all heard the expression before: It Takes a Village to Raise a Baby. Such a great sentiment. There is so much that goes in to raising a child and so many hands and hearts that help out. A more important idea might be that it takes a village to raise...