Before having your first baby, breastfeeding is probably high on your trepidation checklist. Sure, it’s a magical act of bonding between you and your...
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Vermont Midwives Association to bring you our latest series titled “How I Became a Mother” in honor of Mother’s Day.  Each...
I love a good deal. Especially when it comes to baby and kid items.  Before we lived here in Burlington, we lived in Minneapolis, MN....
He was born on the couch in my living room.  I had wanted a VBAC.  In my mind it was planned perfectly with me...
*Please note, no tickets will be available at the door. All tickets must be bought beforehand for planning purposes. Over the past few months we've...
Hypnobirthing? Hypnosis for Birth? Hyp-NO-WAY-did-she-really-do-that-birthing? However you say it, I'm here to share some things I learned from my experience. I first heard about hypno-birthing...

Bloom 2014 Recap!

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We had such a fabulous time at our Bloom 2014 event a few weeks ago! It was so fun to see so many new...
I look back at myself, age 35, married and pregnant, with a mixture of humor, compassion, and unabridged mocking. I was so arrogant, and...
Send yourself some love...because life is too damn short to worry about your cellulite! My relationship with my thighs has always been rocky. Even when my...
We are thrilled to announce that tickets to our 3rd Annual Bloom:: An Event for New and Expecting Moms are now on sale! *UPDATE: TICKETS...
WhenI first found out I was pregnant again, I was thrilled. We’d just been through a loss of a pregnancy in January and I...

All Births Count

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We cannot help but to compare our experiences with other moms.  It seems that in so much of our everyday parenting, we tend to...
Nobody talks about the postpartum body. There is plenty of information about what to expect during pregnancy. Then all the information jumps ahead to what...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...