Pregnancy

When you enter parenthood, there’s a good chance you understand the toll it will have on your body. Growing a baby is hard work, and you are putting yourself through a whole lot of changes in a little under a year. This is why I always recommend signing up for pelvic floor therapy. This is […]

While I don’t think you ever need an excuse to treat yourself, pregnancy is a time when regular self-care should be baked into your routine. Your body is doing so much hard work throughout every second of the day. You need to take a second to honor its efforts while also treating the pains that […]

As women, we all have those tips and secrets that make our lives a little simpler, from the primer that keeps our makeup on late into the evening to the purse that looks stylish while holding everything and the kitchen sink. And while all of this might be necessary, the most important thing you can […]

Your baby shower should be a celebration you hold close for years to come. After all, there’s a good chance you have been dreaming about motherhood for quite some time. Now that your due date is rapidly approaching, you get the opportunity to go a little wild! Your baby shower is a time to gather […]

Throughout your pregnancy, you learn a lot of wild things. You find out all the different birth styles as well as what every stage of labor looks like. You figure out all the latest gear on the market, how it works, and how MilwaukeeMama227 feels about the newest Moby wrap. And you discover that, actually, […]

It’s not exactly a secret that pregnancy is pretty tough on your body. For nine months, your baby is growing at a rapid speed, and every inch of you is trying to keep up. As you watch them do their regular gymnastics routine, you pray for your poor spleen as it’s pushed to the side […]

Trying to conceive can be one of the most discouraging experiences. You have spent years dreaming about starting a family, and yet month after month, that test still comes up negative. And it starts to take over every other aspect of your life. It’s hard to go through infertility without feeling resentful every single time […]

Throughout your pregnancy, there is a good chance that all your mental energy is entirely devoted to your baby. You just can’t help but spend every second dreaming about them! You want to know what they’re up to all day as you go about your routine. Is that an elbow jabbing you right now, or […]

Going through infertility is one of the hardest battles you can encounter. You spend month after month hoping that this is the time you get your miracle. And yet, each time, that test comes up negative. If you have been considering trying out the next step in your journey, the first thing you need to […]

Your pregnancy and delivery are a deeply intimate experience you’ve dreamt about for years. Even before you received that positive test, you had been thinking about what you wanted for your childbirth. Will you deliver at home or in a hospital? Epidural or unmedicated? And what’s going on with that playlist? If you are the […]