You Should Have A Salty Bottom!

You Should Have A Salty Bottom!

I love my sitz bath! The day after I had my first son my vagina felt like it had been stretched over a garbage bin like a too small grocery sack. It was sore and felt like it was somehow a different shape. Oh! Let’s not forget the stitches! *Warning!!!* We will...
A Little New Year Advice

A Little New Year Advice

This year was challenging, wasn’t it? I found it the hardest times I’ve ever had to live through.  I was scared and upset a lot of the time.  I was so full of anxiety and stress I honestly feared I might have a heart attack.  I’m serious. But I made...
Just Say No To That Ice Pad

Just Say No To That Ice Pad

Ice is often recommended at two key points in birth and the postpartum period: to dull back pain during labour and to help heal women’s sore bottoms after birth. In fact, it’s protocol after birth for women in hospital to strap on a giant frozen pad before...
Slow Down After Baby

Slow Down After Baby

When can I start exercising again? How long do you think I have to keep the baby in the house and away from people?  How soon can we start having sex again? How young is too young if we wanted to go away? When can I start pumping breastmilk?  How soon will the baby...