My 3 Secrets to Bouncing Back After Pregnancy That Worked For Me!
After finding out that I was pregnant with my son, I became kind-of sort-of obsessed with The Bounce Back. I would research all sorts of foods, workouts, and other regimes to adopt during...
Welcoming Our Second Baby
After being several days past-due with our little one, I woke up the other day and knew that we'd be meeting our baby...
40-Week Bumpdate
It's here! No, not the baby, my due date! After being 11 days early with my first pregnancy, I cannot believe that this time around...
5 Reasons Why You Should Enlist The Help of Aeroflow Breastpumps When Selecting a Pump Through Insurance
Are breast pumps covered through insurance in the US? They sure are! When I was pregnant with my first back in 2014, I remember hearing...
36-Week Bumpdate
Anyone who has done this before knows that 36 weeks and beyond is the point in time where you start to get all of your business in order and really start to prepare for...
32-Week Bumpdate
This weekend, we were able to sneak off for what could be our last weekend at the lake. Mike has been working hard at the...
How To Survive and Over Come Mastitis While Breastfeeding - My Experience With Mastitis
After struggling with subfertility, I did not realize that there was much more to come around the pregnancy and childbirth corner. I did not foresee myself trying to overcome mastitis while breastfeeding two weeks after...
How To Create And Rock A Comfortable And Stylish Maternity Wardrobe
Now that I am well into my second pregnancy, I have a few more trick and tips up my sleeve for creating and effortless maternity wardrobe that can take you from pre to...
How To Fly While Pregnant With A 23 Month Old On Your Lap
Yep, we squeaked in with one more free flight leg while our son is under the age of two. Just barely. In fact, his birthday is happening while we will be on vacation, and we had to...
My Birth Story - What It's Really Like To Give Birth
One of the single biggest stressors, when you are about to become a first-time mom, is thinking about how the whole birthing experience will go down. There comes a turning point in your pregnancy when...
How to Plan a Woodland Themed 1st Birthday Party
I love planning parties, and I knew early on that I wanted to go all-out for our son's first birthday celebration. An outdoor party is one of the perks to being born in...
Understanding Subfertility - Charting Basal Body Temperature
For some, many actually, becoming pregnant is a breeze. They can do it without hardly any effort. I know several "on the first try" couples. But I also know several 8-month couples, one-year + couples, couples who have experienced...
9 Signs That You Just Had a Baby
Are you thinking that you recently had a baby, but you're not quite sure because you're in such a brain fog and emotional whirlwind that you cannot comprehend what you just endured
5 Reasons Why A Learning Tower is a Must for Any Toddler
"TOWER! TOWEERRRRRRRR"! This is one of our son's favorite words that we can often count on him saying...
What It's Like To Be On The Ellen Show!
Last October and November, I somehow ended up swimming in a giant deep dish pizza, then at Game 4 of the Cubs World Series, and then on a plane to L.A. Before I knew it, I was sitting on Ellen's stage, interviewing with...
Big Hair, Don't Care! My Wiggy Life - How To Cope With Postpartum Hair Loss
Hair. Story of my life. I'm pretty sure I have the most sought after hair. Thin, fine, and brown with a strategically placed...
San Diego or Bust! Top 10 Things To Do In San Diego
We recently took a family vacation to San Diego, and it was AMAZING. My husband, son, and I traveled with...
Dear New Mom, Don't Quit Your Job Quite Yet!
If you live in the U.S., and work for a company that has short-term disability and FMLA, you are possibly looking at 12 weeks off for...
Breast Milk Facial - Oh Yes I Did!
Last month, I referenced Breast Milk Facials in a post about a girls trip to Nashville that I took with some of my closest friends. Well, as it turns out, it's a real thing...
Surviving The First Few Weeks With Your New Baby
It feels like it was just yesterday that we were bringing our son home from the hospital. I've taken a few trips down memory lane in recent days as I look back on all the fun and amazing changes that we have had as a family over the last year. Theo arrived...