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How To Deal With Being Sick While Pregnant
When I was about 14 weeks pregnant, I got the flu, an upper respiratory infection, a sinus infection, and a terrible head cold. Needless to say, I was super sick and absolutely miserable. As I’m writing this post, I have a head cold and all I can think about, is how grateful I am that I’m not sick while pregnant right now. Being sick while pregnant is really tough because there are so many medications that you aren’t allowed to take. It’s also easier to get sick while you are pregnant because your immune system isn’t as strong as it would be if you weren’t pregnant. DISCLAIMER: I am not…
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Pressuring New Moms to Have Self-Care: Why It’s Wrong
Everybody tells you to have self-care after you have a baby. Babies take a lot of time, and it can be hard to find time to your self, but I don’t love the current idea of self-care. Telling a new mom to have self-care shouldn’t mean that we’re telling her to take a shower. Within a few weeks after I had my son, I remember realizing that I didn’t take any time to have “self-care”. I had heard that you are more at risk for postpartum depression if you aren’t taking care of yourself. I started stressing about how I could fix this. Suddenly, I felt so pressured to take…
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Advice for A First Time Dad- Written By A Dad
Is your spouse about to become a first time dad? I asked my hubby to share his advice for first time dads. Birth can be scary for the dads-to-be because there isn’t much that they can do to help. They see their significant others going through so much and there really isn’t much that they can do. My husband talks about what surprised him about the birth, and what he wishes he would’ve known as a first time dad! Keep reading to hear his perspective on the hospital experience! This post might contain affiliate links. If you click on them, I might receive a small commission at no extra cost…
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3 Ways to Deal With Postpartum Hair Loss
One of the many hard things that happens to your body after you have a baby is postpartum hair loss! I struggled to see so much hair in my brush, in the shower, on the bathroom floors, etc. It was not fun! My hair looked so glorious during pregnancy and I was not ready to give that up! I looked for ways to help my hair stay attached to my head, and wanted to share all of the tricks I found, in one post! What is postpartum hair loss? During pregnancy, you have raised estrogen levels which results in amazing hair. After labor and birth, these levels drop rapidly. Postpartum…
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Instagram Accounts Moms NEED to Follow
Becoming a parent can be SO stressful! Between pregnancy, safety for your baby, and parenting in general, there are so many important things to know! I have found certain Instagram accounts to be extremely helpful for this! I follow all of these accounts, and they have all helped me in some way or another. Some of the accounts have changed the way that my husband and I parent! If you aren’t much of an Instagram person, you should still check these out. I promise they are worth it! If you haven’t read my post Best Pregnancy and Baby Apps, it’s definitely worth the short read! Between those apps and these…
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What Dad Needs to Know About Pregnancy- Written by a Dad
If a mom-to-be has any questions about pregnancy, there are millions of places for her to find her answers. If a dad-to-be wants to know anything about how to support their partner during pregnancy/birth, it is a lot harder for them to find information. I asked my husband what he would tell other dads-to-be now that he’s been through it all. If you’re curious what the dad’s side of the story is/if you want to share this post with a dad-to-be, read on! If you haven’t read 8 Ways for Dad to Bond with The Baby Bump, definitely check that out! These ideas helped my husband to feel a lot…
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Best Pregnancy Apps and Baby Apps
I am so grateful that we live in a time when apps have been created to help us with EVERYTHING! Pregnancy can be overwhelming and it’s easy for the mom-to-be to feel lost and confused sometimes. Going into labor and giving birth is a totally surreal (and maybe miserable…) experience and no matter what people tell you, you really won’t feel like you’re totally prepared until you’ve been through it. Taking care of a newborn baby for the first time is quite the experience and learning curve as well. I used certain apps daily when I was pregnant and when I was taking care of my newborn baby. These apps…
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What I Actually Used From My Hospital Bag
As I was headed into the hospital to have my baby, I had to go through the COVID screening just outside the doors. There were 3 people sitting outside and asked me what I was there for (as if it wasn’t obvious enough with my huge belly). When I told them that I was there to have a baby, they looked down at my suitcase and said “first time mom?” while laughing. I didn’t think much of it at the moment because there were 8,000 other things running through my brain. Looking back though, I totally understand why they were laughing at me! I WAY overpacked! I looked up EVERYTHING…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Postpartum
When I was pregnant, I did ALL the research on giving birth and how to best prepare for the postpartum recovery. I bought all of the products that I read great reviews on, and had little baskets put together in the bathrooms. I had comfy clothes to wear and lots of water and snacks prepared as well. After giving birth, I noticed that I really wasn’t quite as prepared as I thought I was. I was ready for the excessive bleeding and soreness, but nothing else. One thing I learned very quickly, was that the postpartum phase includes a lot of other things besides just the recovery from giving birth.…
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8 Ways for Dad to Bond with The Baby Bump
When I was pregnant, I felt like I already had such a natural bond with my baby. I loved to sing and talk to my baby. I loved feeling kicks and hiccups and I LOVED talking about my pregnancy with my husband. I knew he was excited about having a baby too, but I also knew that he didn’t have the same excitement about the baby as I did. I wanted him to feel close to the baby like I did, even though we hadn’t even met the baby yet. I started coming up with some ideas to help him feel closer to the baby, so I’ll share them with…
