Fighting The Flu: Why It’s Worth The Battle
Social distancing? Check. Rubbing sanitizer on your hands till they feel like they’re going to dry up and fall off? Check. Glovebox full of…
Social distancing? Check. Rubbing sanitizer on your hands till they feel like they’re going to dry up and fall off? Check. Glovebox full of…
Even though it seems complicated, umbilical cord care is fairly simple and easy to do. As a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, International Board Certified…
Here’s the situation. Honey is delicious. It’s natural and seems like it would be very baby-friendly, however, honey can also carry some dangerous passengers….
“I’ve done something bad,” I admitted to my midwife. “I’ve googled, and now I’m worried.” I generally choose not to worry about pregnancy symptoms…
Although COVID-19 is at the front of everyone’s minds when it comes to health and wellness these days, the sad truth is, our old…
Postpartum PTSD affects about 9% of women following childbirth. Here’s what it looked like for one new mom, and how she ended up getting…
Finding a fabric face mask for your toddler and/or small kid isn’t easy. There’s sizing issues, comfort issues, and the fact you can’t try…
In case you’re curious, babies don’t just shove objects into their mouths to drive you crazy—there is a real, developmental need for them to…
From about six months pregnant on, I was having this consistent pain in my lower left abdomen. “Ligament stretching,” they said. OK, I thought, that…
Once you become a parent, encountering conflicting advice is about as common (and maddening) as the ol’ 2am double dump. Even within the few…
I can appreciate the despair so many pregnant women feel when they have to say goodbye to retinol. In case you aren’t familiar, retinol…
The average newborn baby can see objects around them about as well as you can see into the future, which is to say they…
Ok. It wasn’t supposed to go like this. You were supposed to go in, find out the baby’s sex, and then buy the pink or…
Salt-N-Pepa might not have been talking about labor and delivery when they released their iconic song in 1986, but it turns out they were…
I’ve always joked that I’m either a very healthy sick person or a very sick healthy person. I feel totally fine most of the…
I know a mom who is struggling with her birth story. Well-meaning people keep asking when she’s going to have another and telling her…
“Choroid plexus cysts.” A million and one questions went through my mind when my OBGYN casually mentioned this three-word term to me after my…