Social media is a bittersweet aspect of my life. I love connecting with other moms via my blog and its respective social media accounts. I love posting pictures of my boys on my personal social media accounts to connect with people I don’t see often, […]
Pumping Mommas!! I am here for it. For all of it! Whether you pump exclusively, pump at work, or pump on occasion, there is a laundry list of things you could possibly need. I made that list in my blog post Pumping Must Haves. But […]
Happy World Breastfeeding Week! World breastfeeding week is happening at just the right time for me as I am transitioning from the 4th to the 5th trimester this week. I returned to work this week and am once again a breastfeeding/pumping mom as I work […]
I recently read a post about how women should stop romanticizing birth. As I read this post (linked here) I knew immediately that this post was directed at me. (Also, Romper’s 7 Reasons’s People Need to Stop Romanticizing Breastfeeding is linked here.) I could definitely […]
I always intended on breastfeeding, but donating milk never crossed my mind before I had Holden. I’d heard of milk donation, and thought it was admirable, but I didn’t set out with milk donation in mind. When I first began to breastfeed I just wanted […]
Mommas, I got a really special opportunity to work hand in hand with PinkBlush Maternity to not only show off some amazing maternity and nursing styles, but to also offer my followers a chance to win a PinkBlush gift card! PinkBlush is my favorite place […]
*Disclaimer: I wrote this piece two days before I took another pregnancy test and got my positive result! So hopefully, if you currently trying to conceive (TTC) while continuing to breastfeeding, this can give you some insight on how things may work out for you. […]
As I meet more and more expecting moms, and listen to their fears about and plans for child birth, there are often times two common themes. First they sometimes want an un-medicated birth, but fear that their body (or mind) isn’t capable of accomplishing this. […]
When I found out I was pregnant with Holden all I wanted to do was talk, think, and learn about pregnancy, and of course labor and delivery. I was starving for information, and couldn’t wait until each appointment with my midwife and doula. I did […]
When I went back to work I was determined to keep Holden exclusively on breast milk for 6 months and breastfed until at least a year old. So I knew before he was even born that pumping was in my future. I prepared for pumping […]
