Finding budget-friendly maternity clothing isn’t always easy. But, in this post, I have ten tips and ideas for saving money, using what’s already in your closet, and extending the use of clothing you do need to purchase.

When playing Tetris, you don’t have control over which shape will fall next. And you can’t predict which shapes you’ll get and when throughout the game. Read on to find out more about what Tetris can teach us about releasing control and embracing unpredictability for birth.

Learn about kick counting, which is a powerful and effective tool to monitor fetal well-being and reduce the risk of stillbirth if used regularly. It’s also a great way to slow down and connect with your baby each day.

The pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting journey involves many decisions along the way. The journey is too complex for dualistic, binary thinking. Embracing nuance can help you navigate the complexities of birth and beyond.

Both constant and ever-changing, the moon is symbolic of the changes we go through during matrescence, or the process of becoming a mother or parent. Learn more about incorporating some moon magic into your life!

Just as a triptych connects three pieces of art into one cohesive display, birth can be explored as a journey in three parts: preparation, navigation, and reflection. Each part comes together to form the full picture of a transformative experience.

The maternity care system is imperfect. Systemic racism, overuse of medical interventions, and challenges to our right to bodily autonomy are just a few examples of problems with the status quo. But birth workers are leading the effort to shift the zeitgeist.

This post contains the newest breastfeeding guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, reasons why someone might want or need to choose a different option for infant feeding, a list of helpful resources, and more.

Metaphorically, and in the context of birth and beyond, “clearing the path” means taking proactive steps during pregnancy (or even before) to identify and manage potential obstacles and challenges along the route that you plan to take. This can make your birth and postpartum journey smoother and more straightforward.

Becoming a parent is a major life shift. It’s a developmental stage in life, similar to adolescence. In this post, we explore a word, called matrescence, that describes this turbulent and transformative time.

Take a trip to Wonderland and learn how Alice’s experience can provide insight into our own understanding of pregnancy, birth and beyond.

This blog post gets political about period tracking. Learn about how your personal data online could be problematic in this post-Roe era.

Learn five ways to reduce your risk of cesarean. This post also discusses vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and adding cesarean-specific decisions to your birth plan.

This blog post contains an infographic on birth statistics from 2021 on a variety of factors, like birth location and attendant, cesarean sections, inductions, and more.