Pregnancy + Birth

There is so much to figure out in the third trimester of pregnancy. Finalizing a name, making sure all your baby gear is ready, installing a car seat, and being ready for labor whenever that may come. Whether it's...

When I was pregnant with my first child I think I read every single pregnancy book on the market. I memorized the American Baby magazine they used to give out the doctor's office with the Congratulations, You're Pregnant! swag...

Dear Baby, You've been growing in my womb now for over 30 weeks now. It seems like forever ago that I took that positive pregnancy test and started noticing my growing belly. Now the third trimester is here and the...

Lately, I have seen more than a few moms rocking some pretty impressive diaper bags. Not only are these bags fashionable, they also can be enormous. Though I admire the level of preparedness of these moms, carrying a huge...

If you're looking for the quick answer to "What is the question you should never ask?" the answer is "Are you pregnant?" (And its various formats: when are you due/are you having a boy or a girl/etc).  But there's...

Sure, I may have recently sent my youngest out the door to preschool, but parenthood hasn’t stolen all of my brain cells yet. I haven’t forgotten those early days of mothering: heavy, milk-engorged breasts leaking against a tattered nursing...

Recently, as I was going through my maternity photos, I was looking at myself in each of the pictures and immediately overwhelmed by the emotions I had felt when they were taken: I was scared stiff. I already had my...

We were thrilled to have had the opportunity to bring our fantastic Bloom event back to Duluth for the third year! A huge thank you to our title sponsors, Clyde Iron Works for hosting this event, and St. Luke's...

It’s the 21st century but somehow we’re still buying into the idea that the only women who have “worked hard for their bodies” are women who have toned, smooth, athletic, media-glorified physiques. As if the rest of us are somehow...

Motherhood cannot be defined by only a few words. It is a tender, emotional journey of the heart. If you have had traveled any road toward motherhood: adoption, c-sections, vaginal births, foster care... miscarriages, adoption failures, stillbirths and/or heartbreaking...