Do you want to have a normal, healthy birth, with genuinely compassionate prenatal care? In comparing the general care of an OBGYN and a midwife, you will defintely receive more attentive and compassionate care with a midwife. Just in comparison of practitioners from my old OBGYN office alone, the midwife always spent the most time [...]
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The Lonely Stretch Mark
There are constant gripes about stretch marks in the pregnancy world. I’ve heard that it’s genetic and that it’s not. There is a surplus of creams, oils, lotions, and who knows what else out there to help treat and prevent their existence.
I’ve used a combo of cocoa butter lotion with a follow up misting of [...]
Running Goals During Pregnancy
Your body and running goals quickly morph when pregnant. There is a great article on Runner’s World that provides three ways to help change your running goal focus during the 40 weeks of pregnancy: pamper yourself, just get out there, and put your training diary on hold! I unfortunately stopped running about a month prior [...]
Freebies from Publix’s Baby Club
I signed up for Publix’s Baby Club months ago and have found it to be nothing less than uber useful thus far. They sent me tons of coupons for free products including diapers, wipes, formula, and bottles. The most used perk has been their baby and child care book that they sent free of charge! [...]
Choosing Your Baby’s Pediatrician : Interview Sheet
Choosing your Baby’s Pediatrician is such an important task for any parent. There are so many Doctors out there and with the world of medicine constantly changing, it is difficult to be a well informed consumer without going to medical school yourself. I have some links at the bottom of this posting with reference tools [...]
Pregnancy Insomnia Cure: Boppy Total Body Pillow
I purchased my Boppy Total Body Pillow from Target when I was about 5 months pregnant and having a bit of trouble sleeping. The first night I used the pillow I slept straight through the night for 13 hours! I loved how I could hug the pillow and how it supported my leg to keep [...]
How I Told Him We Were Pregnant
I was just browsing through some old images and found one that I sent to my husband when I found out there was a bun in the oven. When I first found out we were pregnant I wasn’t sure how to tell him but I knew that I wanted to tell him in a special way. [...]
Post Haste Pharmacy and Robert Fishman: Haste Makes Waste
Today I went to Post Haste Pharmacy, “your trusted neighborhood pharmacy for over 35 years” to get ant-acids to help relieve the nightmare of heartburn symptoms that I have been experiencing from pregnancy. Last night I learned that Maalox was not safe to take while pregnant as it contains aluminum and bismuth subsalicylate, which [...]
Dangerous Places for a Mom-to-be: The Porterhouse Bar & Grill
In a recent late night outing to The Porterhouse Bar & Grill in Sunny Isles I found nothing more than smoke and mirrors. The outside patio area was nicely set up and it seemed to portray a hip underground place to hang out and get a bite to eat during the late night hours. [...]
Safe places for Mom-to-be: Grass Lounge Miami
For my birthday a group of friends and I headed out to Grass Lounge in Miami, located in the heart of Miami’s Design District at 28 NE 40th St, for a fun filled evening of great food and dancing. Being 5 and half months pregnant, I did my research on the venue to make [...]