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How to Plan for a Positive and Mindful Postpartum Journey
Over the years as I’ve become more deeply rooted in the birth worker space, one of the things I hear often from new mamas is that they weren’t told how …
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Top NYC Doctor Explains Your 20 Week Anatomy Scan
I fell in love with my daughter during her 20 week ultrasound. It was the first time I saw her and when she began to twist and turn, I knew …
Mom’s Who Inspire: Michelle Muller
If I had to describe Michelle Muller in one word it would be - graceful. Michelle, a single mother of three and the cofounder of Little Spoon, is raising the …
Motherhood Meditation In Real Life
It’s not easy for me to admit this, but sometimes I am a judgmental mom. I don’t mean to be, and usually at first, I’m completely unaware that I’m doing it. …
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How To Trust Your Body During Fertility
For half of my life, I’ve worked against my body instead of with it. In my teenage years, my body was the main source of my unhappiness. I hated my athletic …
This Is The Event I Needed As A New Mom
Before I gave birth to my daughter I had a lot of ideas about what it meant to be a mindful mother. Internally, I believed that mindful parenting was about sacrifice. …
What You Should Know About Stress And Your Fertility
Have you ever wanted something to happen so bad that you felt stressed and anxious about it? Us too. As reproductive endocrinologists in NYC, we get worked up meeting all of …
Moms Who Inspire: Amy Morrison
Amy Morrison, as she so elegantly puts it, is “the broad behind the bird” that is Pregnant Chicken. After the birth of her two sons in 2006 and 2008, Amy decided …
One Woman’s Heart Opening Journey To Conception
I had to learn that the only outcome I could ever control is my own reaction to what’s happening now. - Daniela Botterbusch I never wanted a husband. I wanted children. Being …
Moms Who Inspire: Yoko Shimada
Yoko’s journey to starting Mitera - a fashion company for pregnant women and new moms - isn’t one you might imagine. In 1999 Yoko’s father received a blood transfusion that …
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