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how to prep for nursing success
if you’re pregnant, now is the time to prep for success by making sure you have the right nursing products on hand before baby arrives, and prepping yourself psychologically. not every mother is able to nurse her baby. a tiny percentage of moms can’t physically produce milk for various reasons. but for the overwhelming majority of women, this is not an issue, and you can choose to do what is best for your baby. [read more]

my 12 hour anti-diet break-fast
i know you’ve heard it a million times, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, eating breakfast revs up your metabolism, not eating breakfast can contribute to weight gain, illness, etc etc etc. but i also know the feeling of not eating breakfast, of just having coffee, and feeling wired, and light. my breakfast of champions used to consist of cigarettes and coffee. i could not stomach the idea of food until lunch, and the nicotine disguised the hunger. that’s how out of touch i was with what my body needed. [read more]

M Coat review: the 3 in 1 maternity coat for bump + beyond!
NY winters are cold, really cold. And I was VERY pregnant last winter. After trying to improvise, and wear my husband’s down vest over my bump in late fall, I decided to investigate whether I could find a maternity coat that I could use once I had the baby.

TTC, pregnant or nursing + love coffee? what you need to know.
I love my lattes, so before I even got pregnant, I decided to do some thorough research about what is safe, and what is old wives’ tales hogwash. I’m not a doctor, I’m sharing what I learned after having done copious amounts of research on nutrition and health, and what worked for me. [read more]