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Below, I’ll go into which nursing bra to avoid altogether, which bra is the best for the first weeks with baby, and which bra will last you in the long run. *this post contains affiliate links, clicking through helps support this blog, with no added cost to you! Thank you! Also, all opinions are my […] Read more…
It isn’t pretty, but it’s oh, so worth it. You know what I’m talkin’ bout. Birth. *this post contains affiliate links, clicking through helps support this blog, with no added cost to you! Thank you!* Seeing that little baby for the first time, the little moments you are overflowing with love and devotion towards your […] Read more…
How much does it hurt to pee after you’ve had a baby? *this post contains affiliate links, clicking through helps support this blog, with no added cost to you! Thank you!* I’ll be honest. Healing from birth was harder than the actual birth. And I did it unmedicated, at home, with sixteen hours of labor, […] Read more…
We are first time parents, I’m a first-time mama, and we are far from perfect. Our baby girl is SO picky and stubborn thus far in her life, and I imagine a lot of parents say this about their babies so maybe this isn’t new. We have had many a sleepless night staring into the […] Read more…
If you haven’t seen any of my other blog posts before I’ll give you a little low down. (Or you can read my first home birth story here, and why I chose a home birth here.) We chose a home birth, I took hypnobirthing and Hypno-babies classes, read books on birth like Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth […] Read more…
Perks of having a midwife who has practiced for more years than you’ve been alive: she knows things, not just things found on Pinterest, but things that have been passed down from generation to generation, midwife to midwife. But now I’m putting it on Pinterest because it’s amazing and should be passed on… Hopefully, the midwife […] Read more…
Why would a woman who needs extra doses of laughing gas as well as numbing shots galore every time she visits the dentist choose an unmedicated home birth? (I still avoid the dentist at any cost… haven’t been for years… tbh.) It all started when we got pregnant. (Duh.) Let’s go back to about a […] Read more…
Please take note, I gained 70 lbs while pregnant. This isn’t me talking about how I am skinnier now than I was before I had my baby. Sorry, I’m not one of those miracle worker women who lose fat easier when they eat Twinkies and bagels every day and they just had a child. I […] Read more…
We had our baby girl at home. (Yep, it was a home birth and we all survived.. shocker?) And if you read her birth story, you will find what a tough labor it was. All night long. 16 hours. I had little to eat, I had been sick the day before. And she was posterior and […] Read more…
Annabelle Mae’s Birth March 3, 2017 10:37 AM Weight: 6lbs 15oz Length: 21 inches Pink and Perfect Anna, my daughter… You and I went through a lot of pain to bring you into this world. Some times I watch you sleeping and suddenly you will have a look of pain cross your expression for a […] Read more…