STILLBIRTH - IS NOT A TOPIC I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE WRITING ABOUT. I predicted taking you along right until the end of my pregnancy, introducing you to a new little person and telling you everything about my labor story - my foreseeable and predictable ups-and-downs of a mother of two. With a heavy heart, I am not telling you the story I so ho[...]
TRIGGER WARNING: PREGNANCY LOSS This is my first podcast in French, and my first podcast where I discuss this very difficult subject; perinatal bereavement. This is the name for the experience of parents facing pregnancy loss. Thank you very much Hélène on @parentsclub_official for giving me the opportunity to open up and share my emotions a[...]
I'm going to go straight to the point with this one. I have been thinking for months and months what I could've done differently during my pregnancy that would've (maybe) made the experience and the postpartum recovery easier. We're all different but there are things, hands down, that I wish I had known during pregnancy for how to handle postpartum.[...]
Read this blog post for a look into advice to my younger self. My birthday recently passed and I found myself thinking of all the advice I wish my younger self knew.
First and foremost, I'd like to stress that I am no expert. I am not a doctor and or professional in the medical field. I am a French woman living in America who went through postpartum depletion, had to self-diagnose myself, eventually received a diagnosis from an actual doctor and here I am telling you about my journey. Take what can serve[...]
Let's talk about my 21 baby must-haves because it’s pregnancy #2. This time around, I’m getting minimal baby stuff that are my babymust-haves and are a little easier on the eye. I have to admit that some baby furniture, pillows, loungers and bouncers….made my eyes and head hurt. Please note this list doesn’t include playtime options -[...]
Here are 6 Pregnancy 'Dont's' that I will NEVER repeat! Don't ask Dr. Google and Dr. Know-it-all-without-PHDs. Bye bye Dr. Google and the fake doctors of the world. I feel like I need to put this as NUMBER ONE of my 6 pregnancy 'dont's' that I will never repeat because omgeee has it been liberating to not Google each symptom that coul[...]
Dealing with postpartum depression? The baby blues is a very common reaction after childbirth, especially among new moms. It usually manifests itself in the form of mood swings, anxiety, crying spells, and difficulty sleeping. Most women have postpartum depression during the first two or three days after delivery, and it may last up to two weeks.[...]
If you don't know by now, I'm a huge advocate for Gentle Parenting and I'm going to explain why I strongly believe it matters so much. I call it 'Gentle Parenting' because it's popular enough by now for most people to recognize what it is. Although 'Gentle Parenting' to me is also 'Conscious Parenting,' I'd even consider it an awakened type[...]
Self-work, loving yourself, staying aligned, let alone healing can be a long road. Self-work is hard and some feelings that arise from it can be completely unwelcome, but it is what makes us grow. Our perception and acceptance of all feelings can really play a role on how we navigate our lives. For most people, the first thing they comment[...]
First and foremost, I want to say that I've felt alone. Probably the loneliest I had ever been, although, I had everything I needed. I should've been the happiest human on earth, but creating a human comes with a lot of different emotions. Emotions filled with happiness, and other ones that are not always easy to admit, understand or simply n[...]
I've been asked this question perhaps two weeks into having a baby. It's a question that comes up over and over again and I've been adamant to answer it. Within all of our life changes, I couldn't yet explain how our relationship had changed. It had, of course, but there was so much work for us to do in multiple aspects, that I was waiting to feel more[...]
Google has been a best friend to a lot of us. I mean, no wonder the FBI looks into people's Google search history when they're working on cases; it reveals a lot about you! Imagine what a pregnant woman is possibly researching, and that I'm sure you've looked up yourself if you're pregnant or once were. Firstly: don't trust everything Google[...]
Having a baby and being a mother has involuntarily entered me in a competition game I had no idea about... I've done a good job in my life at protecting myself in enjoying daily life goals, succeeding and working with others without having to outrun someone. I've never compared my skills. Now, today, I've gotten into an uncontrollable spiral where I[...]
Losing a parent and a sibling is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through. Becoming a mom without my mom in my life is the second hardest thing, and I deal with it daily. I had a pretty good grip on my grief before becoming a mom, but I realized that not only does grief come in different stages, it also comes in different shapes throughout your[...]
I've tried a lot of products...like A LOT... and this is my hands-down best before-bed skincare routine that I'm not ready to give up on. Here are my favorite items and some that I use one or twice a week to keep up with texture, hydration & glow. STEP 1 (EVERY NIGHT-DAY) Elemis collagen balm - spread on your face and with a hot cloth, then rem[...]
andLIFE OF A MOM Being a mom is hard - we've all figured that out by now - but being an Autism mom is even harder. Autism is something that I wasn't educated enough on and wanted to support Jormari, who is our guest mom blogger for this post! She recently found out her daughter was autistic and started her journey to shed light on the subject, find s[...]
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