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With a safe-for-sensitive skin on-the-go facial towelette like Burt’s Bees packed in your birth bag, you can still care for yourself. Nothing can replace a good face wash with warm water, but this is the next best option! 

Megan's nearly due with baby #2! We wanted to share her perspective on preparing for her second postpartum experience through an interview! We've got a lot to learn from her confident preparedness as she goes boldly into new motherhood!

If you are a book junkie like us, we know you’ll appreciate these remarkable reads. As mommas, we don’t have much time to read, so when we do, we make sure it’s worth it. Whether you’re looking for guidance, re-assurance, or a relatable laugh, these books are some of the best we’ve found.

So you’re working from home now thanks to Covid-19. Maybe you’ve been home for a while or maybe you’re just getting started. Either way - we’ve got three simple ways to make setting up your home office easier than you thought. If you’ve been working from home, maybe these suggestions will improve your current setup, so don’t disregard our advice just yet. If you just got the news you’re working from home, you might be adding this to your list of worries. It’s possible to establish a home office that’s efficient, comfortable AND even kid-friendly.

Welp, bet you never thought you’d be pregnant during a pandemic. Even without a pandemic, we know it can be an anxiety-ridden time growing a baby. The anxiety might be stronger now that Covid-19 is rampant, so we know you might be seeking some useful ways to calm your delicate nerves. We’ve got some ways you can better manage your increased anxiety while you’re pregnant.

Have you heard it’s the Year of the Mother? That’s right – this is 2020 and it’s time mommas get the care they deserve in America.

2020 Mom

If you aren’t familiar with 2020 Mom, you should get to know them! Their mission is “closing gaps in maternal mental health care through education, advocacy, and collaboration.” Their founder and Executive Director, Joy Burkard, is leading the way with heart and guts. She’s making change happen for the good of moms, but ultimately for the good of the world. If you follow us, you know that we believe that when moms are healthy, families are happy and that is the foundation for a better world. Without happy, healthy families, we lose community and when we lose community, what do we have left?,

Let’s talk about our lady bits! Yep..you heard that right.

You’ve probably noticed the “feminine hygiene” row at Target getting lined with more and more packages that tout organic cotton. 

We see it everywhere now – but what does it really mean when it comes to Aunt Flo?

My husband and I were both so emotionally exhausted that we decided on one last attempt to get pregnant and if it didn’t work out, then it just wasn’t meant to be. I had been on a vitamin and medication regimen prescribed by my doctors to help me “not miscarry”. And as it turned out, after 2 years, it finally worked.

We’ve been off the page, lately, working hard on some exciting new business features and opportunities. It’s all we can do to contain ourselves about what is upcoming for Baby Boldly! We’re making new connections, forming our network, and developing new ideas that will truly allow us to empower growing families.

My husband and I were both so emotionally exhausted that we decided on one last attempt to get pregnant and if it didn’t work out, then it just wasn’t meant to be. I had been on a vitamin and medication regimen prescribed by my doctors to help me “not miscarry”. And as it turned out, after 2 years, it finally worked.

This is my birth story. Telling this story is a part of my healing.

I played by all the rules with my first pregnancy, including quitting my anti-anxiety prescription. Aside from the hours I spent researching every piece of baby gear I thought I needed, I intermittently wondered how I was going to give birth. It was a thought that seemed to linger in the back of my mind.

I’m going to be honest, it hurt like hell – enough to make me vomit – and I’m sure I scared everyone on the floor with my moans/yells. But I never considered getting an epidural. It’s almost like I forgot it was an even option.