Pregnancy + Postpartum

I’m pregnant with baby #3 and due this spring! It’s hard to believe that just four years ago I was taking care of a newborn, my oldest, not knowing a thing about babies or being a mom. Now, here...

I am a textbook Type-A Personality and I always have been... In Elementary School, I would beg my Mom to start buying my school supplies in June. In High School, if there was an A/P class, concurrent enrollment option, or scholarship,...

One of my biggest pet peeves throughout this pregnancy has been when people refer to me as a "first-time mom." I don't feel like mom labels should be so cookie cutter. I was a foster mother for many years (pre-marriage)...

There is nothing glamorous about the first trimester of pregnancy. Let's just all agree to agree on that before we proceed. The first trimester is about as glamorous as that LAST agonizing month (which I'm fairly certain contains 2,646,513,544...

Placenta. Encapsulation.  Just let that soak in. I first heard of placenta encapsulation 4 years ago when I was pregnant with my daughter.  My birth teacher told us about the potential benefits- everything from boosting milk supply to lessened postpartum...

It's been two weeks since our little boy was born, and my daughter was officially given the title of Big Sister.  Since finding out we were expecting baby number 2, one of my greatest sources of anxiety was how...

Hi, my name is Anna and I am a birth addict. I’m not sure exactly when it started, but it progressed rather quickly. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when pre-motherhood Anna sat around listening to women discuss all...

"Even though it gets a little bit easier to cope with each year, there is a never ending ache in my heart and in most women who have miscarried." - Patty, OKCMB Contributor.  ><>< As long as we're living, our babies they'll...

Dear First Time Mom-To-Be, I remember being in your shoes. I was terrified. I was nervous. I was second guessing the whole family thing when I realized that in less than 9 months, a baby roughly the size of a...

I’ve always been a healthy person, I’ve always been athletic, and I’ve always eaten pretty well. When I got pregnant with my daughter in 2009, all of that was suddenly just not good enough. I knew that I needed to...

Yes, you read that correctly! I do not buy gifts for babies. I am a firm believer in not buying gifts for a child that I don't even know, and probably won't know, or for a child who probably won't be...

People talk about postpartum depression, and spouses and family members are taught to keep a watchful eye over the new mom following childbirth. But, what about during pregnancy? A certain amount of worry during pregnancy is normal, but there comes a...