My younger sister, and only sibling, welcomed a sweet baby boy on March 7, 2020. Literal days later, the news about COVID-19 hit and turned the whole world upside down. Travel plans were canceled with the hope of a...
When I was pregnant with my first baby, I spent several months researching and reading books on pregnancy, natural birth, baby sleep, and nutrition. I thought the hardest part of having a newborn would be labor and delivery itself......
When I first heard about hypnobirthing, it sounded like the type of birth experience where you hold crystals in your hands and chant while laughing the baby down the birth canal — under the light of a full moon,...
I found myself nodding along with the post, "Dear Husbands: Mother’s Day Is Not About Your Mom," feeling all too much the recent stress of trying to plan a Mother’s Day gift for my mom, a craft from my...
Each year more than 3 million children around the world die from sepsis, the body's overwhelming response to an infection or injury, making it the largest killer of children around the globe. As summertime is approaching, a time when...
Nine months sounds like a long time, but it can be a whirlwind for pregnant women preparing for the day when their baby boy or girl arrives. In the days that follow, new mothers will learn how to change...
After having my second baby, I was surprised to find myself in a body that felt like it had been run over by a bus. I mean, I knew I would not feel great, but I didn't remember the...
"Wait. There are timers for your nipples?" I sat smugly in the corner at yet another baby shower, and this was the response I blurted out when the mom-to-be was overcome with jubilation opening the gift that was her breastfeeding timer....
Bumps, Babies, Brunch and Baptist Health! On Saturday, April 21, Jacksonville Moms Blog hosted our 2nd Annual Bloom Event, with over 100 guests at Intuition Ale Works in downtown Jacksonville. Even Mother Nature joined us (but she didn't damper our...
Any woman who delivers her baby vaginally will experience a number of changes to her pelvic floor. It’s all part of the birth process, and it’s unique to each mother.
“Birth is as different for every woman as pregnancy is,...
Mom dating. It can be rough out there. Since becoming a mom and having my whole world, schedule, activities and mental health flipped upside down, I've been on a fierce hunt for mom friends. But it's a tricky endeavor....
I've learned in my four years of either being pregnant or being a mom, that we, in the mother hood, feel that our mom-onality gives us an unspoken right to disperse nuggets of mom-wisdom to one another freely. There...