Hey Mama! In the final weeks of your pregnancy, it starts to set in that you will actually have to birth your baby. EEK! Lots of emotions there! So when your doctor drops a bomb saying that your baby is “measuring big”, it can really ramp up the anxiety and leave you...
First of all, the laboring woman is rushed to the hospital at the very first contraction or after a dramatic water breaking scene. Hey Mama! Have you started to think about what you want your labor to look like? Where you’ll birth your baby, a pain management plan,...
Hey Mama! The second trimester is such a sweet spot in your pregnancy. Hopefully morning sickness is in the past, your energy has returned and your bump is big enough to look like you’re pregnant, but not so big that you are uncomfortable. But there is one thing that...
Hey Mama! If you’ve found your way here, we can assume you are either pregnant or are planning your next pregnancy, following a previous Cesarean birth—how exciting! There’s nothing quite like starting from the beginning, with all of those amazing newborn snuggles,...
Every day over on Instagram, I get these questions. What do I need for my pregnancy & postpartum? Trish, what do you consider pregnancy essentials, and I gather a list of things from here and there. I get it, you're pregnant and you're exhausted. You need a lot of...
Group b strep during pregnancy? What the heck is this? Most of us do not have a clue about this until we are pregnant and most likely, well into our third trimester. So what is GBS? Group B Streptococcus a bacteria that normally inhabit the intestine, vagina, and...
