“Breast is best.” We hear this all the time, and the fact is, it’s true. (I can literally feel the eyes rolling and the cursing-outs through the screen. Bear with me!) “Breast is best” is not just a catchy slogan; it’s a biological fact. No man-made substance can replace what a woman’s body creates specifically […]
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There are very few substances on earth that I would call magic. I can truly think of only one: breastmilk. While it’s best known as food, it’s also medicine, comfort, long-term protection, and so much more. This liquid gold is so, so important for baby’s development. My breastfeeding journey did not go at all according
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I remember when I was pregnant with my first, I commented all the time to my husband how I was shocked at how little information I felt like there was about having an intervention-free (or at least intervention-limited) pregnancy and birth. I kept returning to the same few resources in part because they were great,
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“What’s the worst part of birth?” I just sat, staring at my screen saddened, angry, frustrated, and annoyed. The internet has done some wonderful things for the world, allowing us to connect with people we have never met or with whom we lost touch long ago. It has also done some terrible things, and I
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So the cat is out of the bag….we’re pregnant with number 2!!!! As I’m nearing the end of the first trimester, I’m so excited to be able to talk about this pregnancy. It all started with a dream. Back in early November, I had a dream that I had a positive pregnancy test when I
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It’s no mystery that 2020 was an odd year for all of us. But as I’ve said many times before, the notion that 2020 was a lost year or a horrible year that just needs to end bothers me. Recognizing and focusing on the good in a less than ideal situation doesn’t downplay the hardship;
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Do you believe you control your own destiny? Or do external forces control your world? Is life happening to you, or are you happening to life? These are questions I try to ask myself daily. Some days, I feel like I’m completely in control while other days, I slip and let life take me over.
I always planned to nurse my children. I researched how to make it happen, understanding the benefits of breastfeeding and recognizing that many women struggle in those first weeks and months. Just because it’s a natural process doesn’t mean it’s easy or that it comes naturally. I did everything I could during my pregnancy and
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“Hey, babe. We should do cloth diapers.” I didn’t really know how to respond when my husband threw that one my way. Even though we were knee deep in prepping for a homebirth, the thought of doing cloth diapers had truly never entered my mind. To be honest, my first thought (like basically everyone’s first
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For many years, my husband traveled Monday through Thursday every week. In one role, it was more like 2 week stretches on the road with him home for a couple days in between. For the entirety of our relationship, to see each other for any stretch of time meant vacation time and pre-planning. We kept
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