Posted on October 9, 2020 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
Postpartum is a time of transition when your body is unfamiliar and the little human you’ve been growing is learning the outside world and how to communicate. Everyone is tired. Everyone is messy. There’s beautiful, blissful moments and heart wrenching, dreadful moments. With so… Continue Reading “The Natural Mom’s Postpartum Healing and Recovery Essentials”
Posted on September 2, 2020 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
Postpartum seems to be one of the most neglected subjects when preparing a new mom for the transition to motherhood. It seems everyone wants to focus on pregnancy, birth, and mostly, the baby. However, one of the biggest impacts on mom and baby is… Continue Reading “The Best Books To Read for Postpartum Wellness and Recovery”
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Posted on June 18, 2020 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
It is so strange and beautiful how every pregnancy and birth has its own story. I always hear how different each pregnancy can be even for the same woman, but I had no idea how true that could be until I became pregnant with… Continue Reading “The Beautiful, Natural, & Unassisted Birth Story Of Our Second Child”
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Posted on April 21, 2020 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
Pregnancy can be a beautiful experience. There’s the amazing experience of first kicks, your growing bump, shopping and preparing all the cute baby items (checkout my non-toxic baby registry), and, of course, meeting baby! However, some women experience anxiety when nearing labor. It’s no… Continue Reading “Natural Ways to Prepare Your Body for an Easy and Intervention-Free Birth”
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Posted on March 3, 2020 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
Being a new mom and experiencing postpartum was, and is, one of the strangest and most difficult transitions I have ever experienced. As someone already familiar with the world of parenting and childbirth due to my education (masters degree in infant and toddler mental… Continue Reading “A Natural Mamas Guide to Postpartum Healing & Recovery”
Posted on October 2, 2019 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
As a mama who wanted an unmedicated birth herself, I was curious why other moms took a similar path, whether a home birth or hospital birth. I surveyed the moms of Green Mama Life and here are the REAL answers! Not Enough Time Fast… Continue Reading “The REAL Reasons Moms Skip The Epidural”
Posted on August 16, 2019 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
How To Succeed at Attachment Parenting Parenting is hard. Yes, there are ways it can be easier and times it can be easier, and people who say it’s easy (are we really buying that story?), but can we just all agree parenting is hard.… Continue Reading “5 Tips For Attachment Parenting”
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Posted on August 11, 2019 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
A Mama’s Thoughts I am not sure why this does not go without saying, but please, keep your hands off my baby. This little human is new here, she doesn’t know you have germs, or really, who you even are. She spent nearly ten… Continue Reading “Don’t Touch My Baby, Seriously”
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Posted on August 8, 2019 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
Best Crunchy & Unique Names I Love But Won’t Be Using Daize Zieme Westie Pailey Mayla Azen Azena Tulum Emiza Myann Syla Inala Nahlee Ezzie Pepper You may also like: 15 Nature Themed Baby Names
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Posted on August 6, 2019 by Birdie | Raised To Thrive
The Truth About Motherhood I remember when I was the perfect mom, you know, before I had kids. It is so easy to say what kind of mom you will be before you have kids, but the truth is you have no idea and,… Continue Reading “Realistic Expectations for Motherhood”
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