Tag: pregnancy
2015-2016 Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Guide
We are so excited to present this new resource of expecting and new moms! We know that pregnancy and the postpartum period can be...
Doula Support? YES
Doula support? YES
More and more individuals and families are choosing to use the support of a Doula during their childbearing year, and specifically during...
Look Ma, No Hands! De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis and the New Mom
When I was a new mom, the thing I wanted more than anything else was a working set of opposable thumbs. I wanted to...
A Day in the Life….with Gestational Diabetes
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...
What My “Defining Experience” Didn’t Teach Me
I look back at myself, age 35, married and pregnant, with a mixture of humor, compassion, and unabridged mocking. I was so arrogant, and...
Don’t You Want Another One?
Don't you want another one?
Sometime around MJ's first birthday people starting asking us this. At that time we weren't ready, we'd had a rough...
8 Surprising Things I Learned From Hypnobirthing
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...
NFP is for me
"The BVTMB is getting real this week about a sometimes taboo, but important topic...S-E-X! Our team is sharing the good, the bad, and the...
Letter to my pregnant sister on the birth of her first...
So here you are on the verge of a new and exciting journey in your life and even if you think you might be...
“4th Trimester” Postpartum Essentials
The first time I heard of the "4th trimester" I kind of shrugged it off, thinking it was just one mom being dramatic. Thankfully...
Special Delivery: A Surrogacy Story
When Maggie and Jessi met 18 years ago, in 1993, at high school freshman orientation they never knew the path their friendship would take....
Oh Boy
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...
Bloom: an event for new and expectant moms {Tickets on sale...
*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...
My One and Only, Is It Enough?
I miss being pregnant. I loved it. And I recall thinking, after giving birth, I wanted to have a second child right away. Then...