Pregnancy

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 really had no idea what kind of journey lay ahead. But in the back of...

Reaching the third trimester of pregnancy is exciting and possibly daunting as everyone has tips about labor. We are no different. As moms, and as health care practitioners, we have both personally experienced childbirth and worked professionally with pregnant...

I scheduled my first massage with Eileen at Earthy Soul when I was about 5 months pregnant.  Now my son Finn is 6 months old, and this past Saturday I was really looking forward to my next appointment and...

When my son was born, I was eleven days past my due date. Those eleven days were amongst the longest days of my entire life. It felt like watching water boil, or viewing each individual sand of time run...

When it came to finding out the sex of my babies, I found that I enjoyed waiting until birth to find out much more than finding out ahead of time. However, not everyone feels the same way. I think we’ve...

  I was awakened by an awful feeling. You know that feeling when you've started your period and you weren't prepared for it? (Sorry, men, bear with me.) It was the warm, wet feeling that woke me up. I was startled. Had...

As I sit here with my son sleeping peacefully in my lap, I find that his first two weeks of life feel like a dream. Not a bad dream, nor a good dream, just a foggy dream. Technically he...

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 of us has a unique journey on how we got here…here being in this crazy...

You are not breathing. You can’t breathe. That is what it feels like 100% of the time when you have a premature baby living in the hospital. We had two, our sweet brother and sister twins, Colby Makana and...

Please talk to your medical provider before exercising after giving birth. Alright, mama!! You’re getting there! It's been at least 6 weeks since you had a baby, and you're feeling a little more ready to move your body. Returning to...

The NICU, which stands for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit isn’t discussed in What To Expect When You're Expecting, or The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy. Trust me, I’ve read them. It isn’t discussed at baby showers or Lamaze classes....

When I had my son a few years ago, I knew a little about what labor doulas do, but I hadn’t heard of a postpartum doula until I met Allison Hicks. Like most new moms, I went to my postpartum doctor...

When I was offered the opportunity to participate in a postpartum/pelvic floor yoga class presented by The Iyengar Yoga Center of Vermont, a little voice inside told me to DO IT.  I have never been to a formal yoga class,...

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 and yet the subject is often not openly discussed and seems to carry a stigma....