By Doula Jen Because guessing how much toilet paper will go around Mama is kind of humiliating and putting chocolate bars in diapers is kind of gross… We’ve come up with a list of fresh baby shower ideas based on what a new or expectant…
By Leslie Vandever of Healthline.com for Welcome Baby Care This is the expert who will educate, guide, and care for you throughout your pregnancy, will deliver your baby when the time comes, and assess your health afterward. It’s important that the you and your caregiver(s)…
By Doula Mandi Mama will get her share of flowers after baby’s birth. And lasagna? So overdone. I like to think of “outside the box” ways to brighten the new mom’s day. Here are three of my faves: 1. Edible Arrangement or fancy food basket…
By Doula Jen Parenthood AND romance? Who has the time, right? Parenthood is hard…wonderful…hard! Add work, home, exercise, finances, extended family, friendship…SLEEP! The romantic relationship inevitably takes a back seat to the kids and everything else life throws your way. Today at Health Foundations’ Moms…
By Doula Jen Many find a hard time staying cheerful during the dark, cold winter months. Add wonky hormones and isolation at home with a new baby? It would make anyone a little blue—joyful about the birth of the baby, of course—but a little blue.…
By Doula Jen Dear Brand New Week One Mama, Let’s cut to the chase: stay at home! Stay at home, stay at home, STAY AT HOME! More and more I see these weary, wobbly, deer-in-the-headlights mamas out and about in the cold and crazy world, little baby…
By Lactation Counselor Lisa Erbes Love those days that remind me how much this job means to me. Met with a second time mama yesterday. Her older child breastfed wonderfully…eight years ago. With baby number two, she expected more of the same and has been…
By Doula Karen Always happy to share the tricks of the trade! Babies that are burped over the shoulder are less likely to spit up. For night feedings, babies will eat more when you change their diapers midway during the feeding. This will reawaken a…
By Anne Ferguson “What the mind believes, the body achieves.” This concept is one of the foundational components of Hypnobabies childbirth education classes. Would you believe that most women experience birth as painful because they expect to? Are you aware that in traditional cultures birth…