The first thing you want to know when you find out you’re pregnant is: When will the baby be here!? When will my life change? When will I meet my sweet thing? When will I be done being pregnant? Not all popcorn kernels pop at the same time. The truth is, we can’t tell you […]
Why You Still Look Pregnant: Find and Fix a Mummy Tummy
Image from the excellent MuTuSystem.com I remember lying on the bed after my first birth, feeling my slightly (oh, the benefits of being young) gooshy postpartum stomach. I’m super weird and have always kind of liked the postpartum softness there. I can think about what my body just did and anyway, I know it will […]
Belly Dance for Birth
I took beginning belly dance classes in the basement of a woman’s house during my second pregnancy. She was the kind of woman I imagine would be my strong, strange aunt if I was of middle-eastern descent. We took off our shoes when we entered the dancing space, and my classmate took off her veil. […]
Emotional Preparation for Childbirth
I had the most incredible birth. I’ve been mulling over why this is ever since. I think that preparation, dedication, and education had a big part. I worked hard for this birth. But I think my emotional state going into the birth was even more important. Three tiny birth stories and the moral My first […]
The Family Germs: Probiotics For Pregnancy & Birth
We used to think that our bodies were…well…us. But it turns out they aren’t so much us, as they are them. There are trillions of cells that are the product of our genes–what we think of as our body. And there are hundreds of trillions of micro-organisms that colonize our bodies. Let’s make sure […]
