Pregnancy and Birth

Inside: 6 awesome tips to help you feel better fast when you're recovering from a vaginal birth After you’ve pushed what felt like a bowling ball out of your vagina, things down there feel very different! It hurts to pee, your stitches are itchy, you’re afraid to poop cause you don’t want to … [Read more...] about 6 Tips For Quickly Recovering From A Vaginal Birth

Inside: Learn how to prevent tearing during childbirth with these 9 tips! A huge fear many pregnant women have, is tearing when they give birth. That’s a sensitive area and the thought of giving birth by itself is daunting, let alone how things will feel if you tear. All pregnant woman want … [Read more...] about How To Prevent Tearing During Childbirth With These 9 Crucial Tips

Inside: Feeling frustrated because you can't sleep? These 5 pregnancy sleep tips will help you get more rest. Sleeping well when you’re pregnant is like a unicorn… It’s a rare and beautiful thing, that doesn’t exist! It’s so crazy that somewhere along the evolutionary line there wasn’t some … [Read more...] about 5 Pregnancy Sleep Tips To Help You Get More Rest!

Inside: Braxton Hicks contractions can often cause confusion. Use these tips to tell the difference between false labor and true labor. It was 5 am and I started feeling contractions. But then I started wondering, are these Braxton Hicks or contractions? Is this really labor starting or am I … [Read more...] about How To Tell The Difference Between False Labor and True Labor

Inside: 16 tips to help you survive a summer pregnancy and make it more enjoyable! Being pregnant during the hottest part of the year is a challenge, (and not a fun one!). You’re already running hot and the thought of being in the muggy heat with the sun beating down on you is enough to make … [Read more...] about How To Survive A Summer Pregnancy (16 Tips To Make It More Enjoyable)

Inside: Use these 13 techniques to distract yourself during early labor so you don't go to the hospital too soon! I rolled over restlessly as I tried to find a comfortable position in bed so I could fall asleep. All of a sudden I felt it...my water broke! Immediately my adrenaline kicked in … [Read more...] about 13 Ways To Distract Yourself During Early Labor