Category Archives: Pregnancy

What I Did to Overcome My Fears & Anxieties about Growing & Birthing a Human

I wasn’t always certain about having children, which made it easier to ignore the fact that I was terrified of pregnancy and childbirth. It was a big fat mental block that had me completely stalled at a very real emotional impasse. Forget that women have been having babies since the beginning of time, I was […]

Gifts To Get A Rad Baby Momma (To-Be!) That Don’t Suck [Pregnancy Edition]

[metaslider id=2160] Growing a human is superhero-level amazingness. For serious. The human body does some incredible things and pregnancy is a time when we can celebrate the women behind this magic. So often we don’t though. We buy adorable, teeny tiny things for this teeny tiny beings that isn’t even here yet and whose ETA […]

The Weight Of Baby: Why I’m Over Trying To Lose It

When I say “the internet knew I was pregnant”, I don’t mean acquaintances from high school and that nice dude I was seated next to at my second cousin’s wedding, although of course they saw the same frantic shot of Positive Pregnancy Test and Existential Fear that the rest of Facebook did. No, when I […]

The Yogi Heart & Postpartum Body

I’ve been practicing yoga for over ten years now. I have never been much for team sports or high intensity fitness regiments. Yoga is definitely my jam. It keeps me grounded and helps me manage my tenacity to quicken to anger when I’m rundown, which is kinda my permanent state as a new mom and […]