Here is some groundbreaking, how-did-I-live-before-I-knew-this information: March 6 is Middle Name Pride Day.
When I was little I did not like my middle name. Growing up in Philadelphia, Mercedes was not a name, it was a car. When we moved...
"What was the hardest thing about going from one kid to two," my sister-in-law asked while rubbing her six-month pregnant stomach.
I glanced at her firstborn, just 13 months old, and thought back to when my second child was born....
I love any reason to send a care package to someone. I have a few friends who are pregnant right now, so I plan on sending care packages to them. I like to send things via Amazon, but...
Now that I’m more than halfway through my pregnancy, I have to admit that my absolute favorite part is the sudden urge to nest.
“Nesting” refers to the sudden burst of motivation that women get during pregnancy that makes...
When I was pregnant with my first baby - my daughter, Mackenzie - I remember browsing Pinterest boards with the soft muted nurseries and the beautiful flat lays of tutus and bows and the bushel of soft blankets that...
When I found out this summer that I was pregnant with our second child, I couldn’t help but compare the experience to my first pregnancy. I assumed there would be backaches and morning sickness, as well as intense cravings...
Books are the perfect gift to take to a baby shower, but what if you have no idea what to buy? Well, we've got a great list for you to choose from! Pair your book gift with something the...
My name is Erica and I am a wife, a mom, and a Cord Blood Registry (or Cbr® for short) educator! I live in Charleston but travel all over South Carolina and North Carolina sharing Cbr® information to parents...
Before I became pregnant with my first child, I would see pregnant women walking around and think how beautiful they looked. Friends who already had babies would tell me how much they loved being pregnant. I saw only good...
A week before the world shut down I welcomed my second son into the world.
I'd heard about the Coronavirus and the outbreak in China, and cases in the U.S. had started to pop up, but what was about to...
I grew up as the poster child for the evangelical pro-life movement.
From infancy, my mom brought me to our local Crisis Pregnancy Center as she volunteered or brought in donations. From the time I was in kindergarten, I...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we were a few weeks away from having my younger sister’s baby shower. Baby showers are honestly a godsend. They allow us to get help with the essentials (and not so essentials) for bringing...
I am pregnant with my second child and just about a month away from my due date. And a new pregnancy symptom has popped up recently that I didn't anticipate. That symptom is a pretty severe case of mommy...
There are so many milestones we reach during pregnancy. Some good (like that first positive pregnancy test or hearing your baby's heartbeat the first time) and some scary (like holding your breath for those first 12 weeks or awaiting...
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