Stuff Hospital Staff Shouldn’t Say (and What to Say to Someone in Labor)
"You're only 3 cm."Maybe you heard it during your own birth. Maybe a friend told you about it, and you could hear in her voice that it still stung.If a…
"You're only 3 cm."Maybe you heard it during your own birth. Maybe a friend told you about it, and you could hear in her voice that it still stung.If a…
Maybe your first birth ended in a cesarean you didn't plan for. Now you're pregnant again, wondering if things could go differently, and hearing everyone's opinion about what you "should"…
Maybe you've packed the hospital bag twice. You've watched the videos, read the books, and practiced the double hip squeeze with your partner on the living room floor. And still,…
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If you've been researching how to prepare your body for labor and you feel more overwhelmed than when you started, you are not alone. There is so much information out…
If someone told you early in your pregnancy that you might have a c-section, you may have wondered, do I still need a doula for that? It’s one of the…
Most of us picture pushing the same way. Flat on our back. Feet up in stirrups. Someone counting to ten while we hold our breath. It's the version Hollywood shows…
If you've hit 37 weeks and found yourself deep in a TikTok rabbit hole about eating dates or walking for hours to get labor going, you're in good company. Everyone…
Guest post by Sydne Ann, MS Functional Nutrition, Brighter Being Wellness Practice If you're a few months out from birth and you still feel a little off, foggy, drained, anxious,…
You're sitting on the toilet at 2 AM and you feel a trickle that doesn't stop. Or you wake up sure you wet the bed. Or you stand up after…