Pregnancy and Birth

Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts

Pregnancy is not just a waiting period — it’s a phase of transformation, decision, and preparation. In this category, you’ll find evidence-based articles on prenatal health, labor practices, birth choices, and the science behind how your body and baby grow. Topics include things like nutrition, fetal development, birth methods, and how to advocate for yourself in medical settings. Use this as a knowledge base to help you make informed choices on your path to birth.

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What to Expect after Cesarean Birth: First 72 Hours

After much anticipation and waiting, your baby’s birthday is finally here! Giving birth comes with many significant physiological events, and a whirlwind of emotions as well. In the first few days after giving birth, your body will undergo major changes as your baby also learns to adjust to life outside...

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What to Expect: First 72 Hours After Vaginal Birth

After much anticipation and waiting, your baby's birthday is finally here! Giving birth comes with many significant physiological events, and a whirlwind of emotions as well. In the first few days after giving birth, your body will undergo major changes as your baby also learns to adjust to life outside...

Surrogacy: Understanding the Process

Surrogacy is a powerful decision made by couples or individuals who long to have children but are unable to carry a pregnancy themselves. Surrogacy is a beautiful way to bring a child into the world and to fulfill a dream of parenthood. However, the surrogacy process also requires understanding and...

Tips for Round Ligament Pain

One of the most common symptoms that pregnant people experience is round ligament pain. This type of pain usually occurs in the second trimester, but it can occur any time during pregnancy. Round ligaments are bands of tissue that support the uterus as it grows during pregnancy, and as the...

Ways to Honor the Memory of Your Baby After Pregnancy or Infant Loss

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - an annual day to honor little ones lost too soon to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, or any other cause. Losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death is among the most devastating experiences a parent can face. The pain of such...

Surrogacy: A Journey to Parenting

Every journey to parenthood is unique, no matter how your baby comes into your life. Surrogacy is a path to parenthood for those who cannot or choose not to carry a pregnancy themselves. During surrogacy, one person - the surrogate - carries a fetus through pregnancy and gives birth to...

What your doula wants you to know about birth

World Doula Day is coming up! Doulas dedicate their lives to supporting new parents. Birth doulas are on-call to be with laboring parents at the drop of a hat, anytime of day or night. It takes a special type of person to be a doula, and a strong passion for...

How doulas support partners

World Doula Week is coming up soon, from March 22nd-28th 2023. In honor of doulas worldwide, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the work that doulas do this month on the blog. If you’re wondering “what is a doula?”, start here to learn more about the different types of...

What is a nesting party?

One of the toughest things about having a pandemic baby was having to go it alone. No in-person baby shower, gender reveal, or family visits postpartum. As we move forward and plan ways to safely gather, we get to reinvent the ways that we do so. One of the best...

What is a Doula?

Doulas make birth and the postpartum experience better for new parents. The term doula is on the rise as more and more parents embrace the vital role that these professionals serve. But even as the demand for doulas increases, the work that they do is not always clear to new...

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Pregnancy and Birth

Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts

What to Expect after Cesarean Birth: First 72 Hours