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  • Making the Right Choice: A Guide to Interviewing Your Midwife

    Making the Right Choice: A Guide to Interviewing Your Midwife

    Choosing to use a Midwife over a doctor is a huge decision. There are several reasons why someone might choose a midwife over a doctor for their prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum care. It’s important to note that both midwives and doctors play essential roles in providing healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth, and the choice… Read more

  • Top Questions When Choosing an OBGYN For Prenatal Care

    Top Questions When Choosing an OBGYN For Prenatal Care

    Preparing for Your First OBGYN Visit When you are heading into your first appointment with your OBGYN, it’s very common and easy to get anxious and/or forget what you want to ask. I definitely made my doctor look at me like a crazy person, (red flag) when I pulled out my journal and had a… Read more

  • Learn How to Make Your Postpartum Care Kit

    Learn How to Make Your Postpartum Care Kit

    All the essentials you need for your postpartum care kit. After growing your tiny human for 9 long months, being in labor for countless hours, and departing from the hospital without a full-fledged staff of nurses, you are going to need a Postpartum Care Kit. You may not need everything in this kit, I didn’t.… Read more

  • Balancing the Scale: To Breastfeed or To Not

    Balancing the Scale: To Breastfeed or To Not

    August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month Hi Friends! Today we are going to talk about one of the MOST natural things in the world. Breastfeeding. I have heard all kinds of sayings about breastfeeding. Some of them are good, some of them… Not so great. “Breastmilk is love turned into food”  or “Breast is best” and… Read more