Birth is not going to go exactly as you had imagined, planned, or expected. That’s why it’s so important to learn how to be your own best advocate in the delivery room.
You deserve to be celebrated as you go through your pregnancy (by yourself and others). Here's how to nurture your comfort, well-being, and confidence.
Since the dawn of time, the process of birth has evolved. But no period in history has seen such monumental change as we have in the last several decades.
The active part of my eating disorder was many moons ago, but my recovery is ongoing. Especially when I'm faced with gaining 30 to 50 pounds in nine months.
Sure, I would've preferred a nice hotel and massage, but three weeks on an intermittently-inflating bed and five AM blood draws were a close approximation.
Picking colors, decorating, filling up the room with furniture, and buying the cutest baby clothes are all fun, but you don’t have to break the bank doing it.
I was definitely a calmer and happier person as she entered the world. Although I was still somewhat depressed, I was much more prepared and confident.
Being in a body that temporarily feels as though it's not my own, changing in ways that garner attention and judgement has given me new awareness of our world.
We were (pleasantly) surprised by those two little lines, but we had no clue what we were going to do. Here's how we decided where we were going to have our baby.
Pregnancy is, for many women, one of the most emotionally wrought and physically challenging experiences in life. Here are 18 ways to support your partner.
Fathers have a huge impact biologically and emotionally through conception, pregnancy, and the postpartum period, but they are underserved in medical care.
Many women dream of taking a babymoon to Paris. But a transatlantic flight and a high price tag aren't always ideal. Enter Quebec City. The best reason why Quebec City is a top babymoon destination: Its must-see list isn’t overwhelming. If you’re there for a few days, there’s no reason you can’t justify a late afternoon nap.
Just about all of us had a few wrong ideas about raising kids before we became parents ourselves. Some of these ideas might have been based on our own wacky ideas of how we would do things differently than everyone else. Other ideas we take for granted as new parents, only to realize later how laughable the idea was.
