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Body & Self-Care20

Your postpartum body deserves patience, not a deadline. Here’s how to take care of yourself when you barely have five minutes to shower, let alone anything else.

Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines: Where Did They Come From, Anyway? Close-up of a mechanical physician beam scale showing the sliding weights and kilograms measurement ruler.PregnancyBody & Self-CareHealth & Safety

Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines: Where Did They Come From, Anyway?

When I was pregnant with my first child, I left my initial prenatal visit with…
Brittany ClairMarch 31, 2022
WTF is Pregnancy Doing to my Skin? Side profile of a pregnant abdomen featuring vertical reddish-brown stretch marks during the later stages of pregnancy.PregnancyBody & Self-Care

WTF is Pregnancy Doing to my Skin?

After a miscarriage and years of infertility, finding out I was having twins was a…
Michelle GoeringFebruary 28, 2022
Bringing Up Safe Weight Loss With Your Doctor A doctor in a white coat shows information on a digital tablet to a patient during a consultation.Body & Self-CarePostpartum

Bringing Up Safe Weight Loss With Your Doctor

The topic of weight loss is a touchy one at best.
Kayla YoungSeptember 21, 2020
Hey, Be Kind to Yourself (and Your Body) Right Now A mother in a black shirt lifts her baby in the air toward the ceiling in a bright room.Body & Self-CarePostpartum

Hey, Be Kind to Yourself (and Your Body) Right Now

Any time the topic of weight comes up, our spidey sense can begin to tingle.…
Kayla YoungMay 27, 2020
Five Beautiful Truths about Postpartum Bodies Black and white photo of a woman with curly hair holding a sleeping newborn baby against her chest.Body & Self-Care

Five Beautiful Truths about Postpartum Bodies

Oh boy, this is hard to admit, but here goes: I'm not always in love…
Ceileigh HammondOctober 2, 2019
A $30 Sports Bra Restored My Sense of Self A woman in athletic wear drinks from a water bottle while resting by a lake at sunset.Body & Self-CareParentingPostpartum

A $30 Sports Bra Restored My Sense of Self

Everyone knows that your body will be different after having babies. You can’t stretch your…
Charlene JimenezJuly 19, 2018
Living in the Mom Bod Years A smiling woman in a yellow shirt cuddles a toddler who is kissing her cheek and covering her eyes with his hand.Body & Self-CareParenting

Living in the Mom Bod Years

My shorts don’t fit. It’s the second summer in a row where I’ve gone to…
Amy MorrisonJuly 9, 2018
Postpartum Hair Loss: What to Expect and How to Cope A smiling woman in pajamas sits cross-legged on a bed, holding a newborn baby by a brightly lit window.Body & Self-CarePostpartum

Postpartum Hair Loss: What to Expect and How to Cope

If clumps of hair in your shower drain have you panicking a few months after…
Amy MorrisonMay 24, 2018
I Don’t Want My Body Back – I Want ‘Me’ Back Tired mother with eyes closed holding a sleeping infant against her chest.Body & Self-CareMental Health & PDDPostpartum

I Don’t Want My Body Back – I Want ‘Me’ Back

I am newly postpartum, not quite awake, standing in the checkout line at the grocery…
HillaryDecember 13, 2017
On Being Asked If I’m Pregnant…Again A woman with long dark hair looking at the camera with a skeptical or annoyed facial expression.Body & Self-CareParentingPostpartum

On Being Asked If I’m Pregnant…Again

I am not the first or last postpartum mama who is going to get asked…
Jackie Schoemaker HolmesDecember 2, 2017
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