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Prenatal visits are an essential part of your health – and your baby’s – during the 40ish weeks you will spend together. While some things may seem unnecessary – measuring the belly, weighing in, etc. – each of your appointments […]

Bringing home a newborn for the first time is so exiting – and it’s also daunting. That’s particularly true if you live far away from family and core friends from childhood and college. What we’ve learned over time though, you […]

If your doctor or midwife performed an episiotomy during childbirth, you’ll need extra postpartum care to facilitate healing and minimize discomfort or pain. Episiotomies result in a minor incision to the vagina, widening the opening to prevent severe perineum tears. […]

You know what they say about “best laid plans…”. That being said, plans are still a good idea. You might not stick to one – nature or other forces may have their way with your plan – but the act […]

Preparing for childbirth is one of the best gifts you can give to yourself and your baby. While mothers might joke that there’s really nothing anyone can do to prepare for this momentous and life changing event, the truth remains […]

If we had one wish for Hollywood, we would wish them the ability to create more realistic depictions of the early labor phase of the first stage of labor. In truth, what you see on TV – woman casually strolling […]

Yes, we know – the words “childbirth” and “easy” aren’t used in the same sentence all that often. That being said, there are women who experience shorter labors – and that typically denotes “easier labors”, unless the said labor resulted […]

Remember when you thought morning sickness only happened in the morning? And then you got pregnant and found out that it is actually more like all-the-time-sickness? Well, postpartum depression is kind of like that. Postpartum depression can be more or […]

Pregnancy and childbirth really do a number on the female body (tell you something you don’t know, right?). Seriously, though – the medical establishment is only beginning to dig in and take a closer look at the seriousness of the […]