I miss being pregnant. I loved it. And I recall thinking, after giving birth, I wanted to have a second child right away. Then...
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...
Have you ever thought about hiring a doula for your birth?
A study published in 2012 showed that women who received continuous support from a doula...
We all know that pregnancy and the postpartum period can be difficult for moms. Our bodies go through intense changes and sometimes (unfortunately) traumatic...
I have five children. The oldest four are girls. And we just adopted a little fur-baby (puppy), yesterday, he’s a boy too.
Is a large...
To the women who give birth without pain medication…
I salute you. I bow down to you. You are a fierce warrior.
With my first...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness." 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility...
"You're 6 centimeters dilated! Just a little bit longer. Keep up the good work!" says the doctors and nurses while you're in labor.
Sure! Keep...
Like a growing number of Vermonters, my husband and I decided to wait to have a baby. I was nearing my mid-thirties when we...
The year was 2008. I was seven months pregnant with our fourth daughter and we were on our "Babymoon". My husband and I spent...
Giving birth is a truly beautiful and wonderful experience. But let me be honest...one of the things that I didn't really like was the...
We had a wonderful morning celebrating new and expecting moms at our Bloom Event held at ECHO Leahy Center a couple of weeks ago!
Presenting...
The first time I heard of the "4th trimester" I kind of shrugged it off, thinking it was just one mom being dramatic. Thankfully...
When it came to finding out the sex of my babies, I found that I enjoyed waiting until birth to find out much more...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
