Pregnancy

Should we do it? My husband and I thought it would be a *stellar* idea to have our second child right away. After all, why would we think otherwise? As ridiculous sounding as this may be, our first child was...

If you’re reading this, then I’m going to assume you had a baby in recent memory. If so, I’d say that at some point you were advised to “do your Kegels regularly.” I’m also putting $100 on the fact...

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This is a conversation that I had recently on a playground with another mom. "Do you pee when you cough?" She was asking this question with a look of embarrassment on her face because she was honestly afraid that she...

I should start by saying that I have never “Googled “(somehow this has become a verb in the past decade) so much since becoming pregnant and then a mother. It started out so innocently with, “Can I drink coffee while...

There must be something in the water this year because it seems as though it is the season of baby showers. So many of my friends are choosing to start their families and I couldn’t be happier for them....

The journey to our second child was long and unexpected. This is a very emotional topic for me as it probably is for any other couples who have been down this road. It was not something I shared loosely with...

Dear First-Time Mom, I see you.  I am SO here for you.  I was you not that long ago.  And trust me, you are NOT alone.  You are NOT a hot mess.  And you are doing a GREAT job....

When it comes to preparing for baby, one area that is easy to overlook is planning for photos. Most likely, one of the things you will pack is your point & shoot camera and of course your trusty cell phone...

Labor was nothing like what I expected it to be.  From what I had heard from other mamas, it was supposed to be easy.  My water was supposed to break in the middle of the night, or in some...

When I was pregnant with my first born, I did what most soon-to-be moms did, I read up on what to expect with having a baby. The section I did skip over was the type of deliveries you can...

I remember my first experience with anxiety like it was yesterday.  My parents had just told me that they were moving out of state to retire, leaving my brother and me to carry on our lives here in Anaheim...

With each heat wave, being pregnant becomes a little harder. And it doesn't help that the temperatures in summer tend to keep getting hotter and hotter. Here are 9 pieces of helpful advice for surviving the heat while pregnant...