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The Moment We Became A Family
The guilt and self doubt that most women feel after becoming a mother is overwhelming. I’d love to say it gets easier, but it really doesn’t. Always worrying that you are not spending enough time, that your response to their misbehaviors will damage them for life and...
The Scary Truth About a Growing Family
Adjusting from no children to one has many challenges including a huge learning curve, coping with relationship changes, adjusting to your new role as a parent and dealing with insecurities and unknowingness. It is hard becoming a parent for the first time. Life as...
Top Five Things You Must do After You Have a Baby
Having a baby is exhausting! As if pregnancy and labor aren’t enough to make you feel exhausted now you have to recover and care for a new baby. Did you know newborns are supposed to eat 10-12 times a day? And they can eat for 40 minutes to an hour at each feeding. So...
Vacationing With Baby
It is finally summer time in Chicago! The weather is perfect, the lakes are warming up and we can be outside day and night. We have been waiting for this for eight months! Many of us plan on taking small vacations to nearby beach towns this summer. If you are like me...
Breast Pumps Are Covered By Insurance Companies
As a doula, I am always shocked at how many families I support have no idea that breast pumps are almost always 100% covered by their insurance plan. The Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) mandated that all insurance plans cover breastfeeding supplies and...
You Have Options for Newborn Care and Support
You just had a baby! You are so in love, so overjoyed and completely overwhelmed and exhausted. Whether this is your first baby or fourth the feelings are pretty universal. You want so much to just enjoy your baby, but you are finding it hard to keep your eyes open...
5 Things New Moms Always Want to Know!!!
I had my first daughter over six years ago and like most first time moms I had no idea what to expect. I was so confidently clueless that I had no idea what I didn’t know or what I should even be asking. I had been around families and children my entire life. I was...
The Nine Toughest Things about Being a New Mom
Sleep Deprivation! Your new baby sleeps 18 hours a day which leaves you plenty of time to sleep, right? You hear the advice sleep when baby sleeps, which is good advice but doesn't seem too help with this overwhelming feeling of exhaustion. Waking up every 1-2 hours...
What Birth Class is Right for Me?
What Birth Class is Right for Me? Pregnancy, childbirth, new baby, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery…It is all so overwhelming. Up until now you have been able to navigate your adult life with confidence and ease. The pressure on you that you are feeling about...