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• ►2024
  • ► November
    • Take Care of Your Teeth During Pregnancy: A Healthy Smile for You and Your Baby
  • ► October
    • How to Throw an Awesome Baby Shower
    • The Hidden Risks of Early Sleep Training: What Science Tells Us
    • Sleep Training vs. Sleep Shaping: Finding What Works for Your Baby 
  • ► September
    • Dr. Katherine Princic: Insight to Your Pelvic Health
  • ► August
    • How to Reduce Stress and Tips to Take Care of Your Mental Health During and After Pregnancy
  • ► July
    • Safe Sleep for Infants: Creating a Secure Sleeping Environment
    • Baby Wearing Can Change Your Life
  • ► June
    • Finding Support as a Single Parent
  • ► May
    • Baby Registry Guide
  • ► March
    • 5 Fun Easter Activities To Do With Kids
• ►2023
  • ► December
    • How To Be A Being Calm Parent
    • Taking Care Of Yourself When You Are Stressed
  • ► October
    • Amazing Benefits of Baking with your Kids
  • ► September
    • The After-Party: A Guide to What to Expect After Giving Birth
  • ► August
    • 4 Tips For Supporting Your Children’s Development
  • ► July
    • Cord Blood Awareness Month
  • ► June
    • TENS and Your Postpartum Recovery  
    • Benefits of Technology to Children
  • ► April
    • 7 Ways To Find The Perfect Name For Your New Baby
• ►2022
  • ► December
    • Shopping Tips For Your Baby’s Arrival
  • ► October
    • How to Keep Your Vagina Balanced and Clean
  • ► September
    • From Infertility to Pregnancy in 90 Days- 5 Expert Secrets
    • This Two-Year-Old Tested the New Lovevery Play Kit Subscription Box
  • ► August
    • A Guide on Helping Your Child Prepare For School
    • 12 Tips And Tricks For Hands-on Partners
    • Gross Motor Milestones
    • 4 Ways a Dentist Can Support Your Pregnancy
  • ► July
    • Designing the Perfect Nursery
    • Pregnancy Discussions I Wish We Had
    • From Toddler to Teenager- A Parenting Guide
    • Newborn Stem Cell Preservation FAQs
    • 7 Reasons Diet Affects Fertility
    • Building Your Mindset In Pregnancy
    • How Much Water Is Enough?
  • ► June
    • 5 Steps For Enjoying Your Pregnancy
    • What Is a Birth Injury?
    • Getting Into Shape After Giving Birth
    • Fertility Tips: What You Need To Know
    • Choosing Your Prenatal Vitamin: Building A Healthy Pregnancy 
  • ► May
    • Nutrition For Conception
    • Toy Kits That Encourage Brain Development
    • Ensuring The Comfiest Sleep For Your Little One
    • Sleep Tips for Your Toddler After the New Baby Arrives
    • Are you battling with self-confidence?
  • ► April
    • Planning The Future For Your Family
    • 5 Tips For Traveling With Your Baby 
    • How to Build a Business Even When You’re Expecting
  • ► March
    • Building A Loving Relationship Between A Grandchild And A Sick Grandparent
    • 5 Health Checks All New Moms Should Watch
    • How To Keep Feeling Good At Work When Pregnant
    • How to Line Up Your Baby
    • Parenting a Toddler
    • Understanding the Importance of Oral Health
    • Feminine Hygiene Tips for Women of All Ages
    • How to Advocate for Yourself During Pregnancy: Tips and Tricks
  • ► February
    • Using a Birthing Ball
    • This minimalist baby gym from Lovevery is a near-perfect play experience
    • What to Keep An Eye On During Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Posture and Your Aching Back!
    • Preparing Your Home For A Newborn
    • Setting Boundaries with Family After Birth
  • ► January
    • Childbirth Classes After A Loss
• ►2021
  • ► December
    • Promises you Need To Make To Yourself In 2022
    • 5 Ways To Get Your Home Ship-Shape For Your New Baby
  • ► November
    • Traditions, Holidays, and Birth
    • Focus On Taking Care Of Yourself
    • A Dreamy Birth Story
    • Traveling With A Newborn
    • Cameron’s Birth Story 
  • ► October
    • Birth of Baby Wyatt
  • ► September
    • 4 Things To Prepare During Your Pregnancy
    • Pick A Safe Crib For Your Baby
  • ► August
    • Nora Danielle: The Birth Story
    • Searching for a Summer Camp?
    • 5 Ways your Body May Change in Pregnancy
    • Little Tricks To Reduce Postpartum Stress
  • ► July
    • 5 Important Health Practices Postpartum
    • Jackie and Andy's Labor and Birth Story
    • Getting Back Into Shape After Your Pregnancy
    • What are Your Birthing Options?
    • Your Dental Health in Pregnancy
  • ► June
    • Enhancing Your Self-Esteem During Pregnancy
    • The Unpredictability Of Due Dates
  • ► May
    • Snow Baby: Our Birth Story
    • How To Choose Lactation Support
  • ► April
    • 5 Great Apps For New Parents
    • How Will You Cope In Labor?
    • Tools and Tips for Dads from Dads
  • ► March
    • 5 Reasons Why Your Baby Could Be Crying
    • Why Do You Need A Maternity Leave Plan
    • Making Your House Baby-Friendly 
  • ► February
    • Making the Most of YOUR Workday, Starting TODAY
    • Postpartum Exercise: Getting Back into Shape
  • ► January
    • Thoughtful Gifts
    • Is a nanny right for our family?
    • Is It A Good Idea To Get A Dog When You Have A Baby?
    • Gentle Birth
    • WHAT MAKES A GOOD PREGNANCY SNACK?
• ►2020
  • ► December
    • Birth Is Unpredictable
    • Three Strategies for Lobbying Daycare
  • ► November
    • Maternity & Nursing Bras and the Importance of Fit
    • Mentally Preparing for Work after Maternity Leave
    • Alcohol & Pregnancy: What You Need To Know
    • How Your Body Changes in Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • ► October
    • Love is a Choice, Not a Feeling
    • Take the Guesswork Out of Shopping for Baby and Toddler Toys
    • 10 Diet Secret for PCOS
  • ► September
    • Are You Experiencing Recurring Miscarriages?
    • Treating Morning Sickness Naturally
    • 7 Ways To Cope After Losing Someone You Care About
  • ► August
    • Finding Resilience With My Second Childbirth
    • Your Baby Head to Toe
    • What Should You Eat During Pregnancy?
  • ► July
    • 8 Steps to Raise a Healthy Toddler
    • 5 Valuable Tips to Create Quality Family Time While in Quarantine
    • CBR launches research partnerships to study cord tissue MSCs and COVID-19
    • WHEN to Eat to Help You Get Pregnant
    • Cord Blood Awareness Month- A Guide
    • How to Have a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy in 2020
    • Your Guide to Losing Weight Safely after Pregnancy
  • ► June
    • Keeping Your Precious Memories Alive
    • Mastitis and The Rule of 5
  • ► May
    • How to Survive Flying with a Lap Toddler
    • Setting Boundaries with Family After Birth 
  • ► April
    • Pregnancy Posture and Your Aching Back!
    • Reducing Stress in Today’s World
    • Finding Affordable Child Care
  • ► March
    • What is a Virtual Doula?
    • Coping with Fear
    • Breastfeeding and COVID-19: Now What?
    • Feeling Overwhelmed? Remember “RAIN"
    • Counting Kicks: The Importance of Tracking Your Baby’s Movements
    • Your Cesarean Birth Step-by-Step: Don't Fear the Unknown!
  • ► February
    • Belly Wraps for Postpartum Healing
    • Alive and Dead: Vanishing Twin Syndrome
  • ► January
    • What to Pack For The Hospital ... And What To Leave At Home
• ►2019
  • ► December
    • Safe Sex During Pregnancy
    • Fertility-Boosting Nutrients
    • Healthy Sleep for Parents
  • ► November
    • 6 Ways the Partner can Help with Breastfeeding
    • Demystifying the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU)
  • ► October
    • Birth is a Guessing Game
    • My VBAC Birth Story
    • Subtle Baby Cues New Parents May Overlook
    • A Pumping Plan to Go Back to Work
  • ► September
    • Fertility is Not Just a Woman’s Issue: Choices in Planning Your Conception
    • 4 Energy Boosters in Pregnancy
  • ► August
    • Preventing & Treating Perineal Tears
    • Handling Stress in Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • ► July
    • 7 Money-Saving Hacks to Help You Get Ready for Pregnancy and Baby
    • Dealing with Constipation During Pregnancy
  • ► June
    • Bonding Through Touch- Infant and Baby Massage
    • Does Birth Need to be Scary?
  • ► May
    • What is Diastasis? And What You Can Do About it.
    • Safe Co-Sleeping with an Infant
  • ► April
    • Preconception Counseling
    • What You Can Expect During Your Cesarean Birth Recovery?
    • Reduce Labor Pain with a TENS Unit
  • ► March
    • Will Herbal Supplements Improve Your Fertility?
    • Preparing the Family for a New Addition
    • Sippy Cups: 3 Reasons to Skip Them and What to Offer Instead
    • Why You Need to Build Habits for Birth, Not Goals
  • ► February
    • What to Do if Your Bag of Waters Breaks
    • Best Exercise for Pregnancy
  • ► January
    • Doulas Mean Better Outcomes With Healthier Mothers and Babies
    • 8 Helpful Tips to Support a NICU Family
    • To Drink Or Not To Drink? The Caffeine & Alcohol Conundrum.
    • Tips from the Trenches: from Parents of Multiples
    • Are You at Risk for Postpartum Anxiety or Postpartum Depression?
• ►2018
  • ► December
    • Braxton Hicks verses Uterine Contractions
    • Baby Care Basics: 101
  • ► November
    • Breech? Now What?
    • Negative Thinking: When to Ask for Help
  • ► October
    • The Grieving Body: a Body Without a Baby
    • Supporting a Friend or Family Member Through Loss
  • ► September
    • 8 Ways to Build Positivity
    • 6 States of Newborn Consciousness
    • Where Did My Body Go?
  • ► August
    • PUPPS- Oh My!
    • How to Maximize a Desired Epidural
    • Debriefing after Birth
  • ► July
    • Remembering the Loss
  • ► June
    • The Importance of Tummy Time!
    • Healthy Child Checklist
    • How Your Body Changes When Pregnant
    • Reasons to Call Your Provider
  • ► May
    • Must-haves for Parents with Disabilities
  • ► April
    • Reducing Pregnancy Stress
    • Is Your Provider VBAC Supportive?
  • ► March
    • Raising a Special Needs Child: Rule #1 is Don't Neglect Yourself
    • Are You at Risk for Postpartum Anxiety or Postpartum Depression?
  • ► February
    • Why Take a Childbirth Class?
    • Accept Where You Are
    • Baby Shower Gifts for the Mom-to-be
  • ► January
    • Steps to Make a Healthy House
    • 60 WAYS A LABOR PARTNER CAN HELP
• ►2017
  • ► December
    • 3 Reasons to Exercise in Pregnancy: The 3 S's
    • The Many Benefits of Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
  • ► November
    • TIME – the Most Precious Commodity of All
    • Exercise When Pregnant- Motion is Lotion
    • Mixed Messages- What To Do When Everyone Is Telling You Something Different?
    • Visit our Booth at the Holy Cross Baby Fair on November 12th
  • ► October
    • Love Should Never Hurt
    • Common Signs of a Possible Miscarriage  
    • Not lactating? No Problem!
  • ► September
    • Join us at the BIRTH & BABIES FAIR on 10/1
    • Nursing Stations
  • ► August
    • What to Stop, Avoid, or Limit for a Healthy Pregnancy
    • Constipation: What is it and how can physical therapy help? 
  • ► July
    • 5 Tips to Remove Tape Adhesive after Birth
    • The Dreaded Urinary Incontinence
    • What You Need to Know About Screening Tests in Pregnancy
  • ► June
    • Tongue Ties and Lip Ties Can Affect Breastfeeding
    • Losing your Mom Belly: What is Diastasis Rectus Abdominis?
  • ► May
    • Safe Sleep for Infants
    • Go to Sleep!
    • Building a Family
  • ► April
    • Preparing Your Toddler For a Sibling
    • Essential Oils For Pregnancy Nausea
    • Postpartum Checklist for Hospital Discharge
  • ► March
    • Packing Your Baby Bag
    • Belly Binding in Pregnancy and Labor
    • Signs your Baby is Dropping in Pregnancy
    • Finger Foods for Baby
    • 6 Natural & Effective Tips For a ‘Stalled’ Labor  
  • ► February
    • The Basics of Car Seat Safety
    • 7 Sex Positions for Pregnancy
  • ► January
    • Birth is Slimy
    • TENS Units for Labor Pain
    • Own YOUR Birth Journey
    • Tips for Soon-to-Be Parents with Disabilities on Prepping Their Homes for a New Arrival
• ►2016
  • ► December
    • I Fed My Baby Another Woman's Breastmilk
    • 5 Reasons to Reconsider Vaginal Exams
    • Is it Postpartum Depression?
    • Paying for a Professional Doula
  • ► November
    • 10 Easy Ways to Avoid a Cesarean
    • Visit us at the Holy Cross Baby Fair
  • ► October
    • Embracing the End of Pregnancy
    • Childproof Your Nursery
    • Breastfeeding Supply and Demand
  • ► September
    • Transition Trash Talk
    • 2016 Rally to Improve Birth- Washington DC
    • Intervention is not a DIRTY word
  • ► August
    • My VBAC, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
    • Choosing Your Doula
    • Easier Said Than Done
    • Prepare Your Pet for Your Newborn
    • Flower Essences Support Birth and Postpartum
    • What is an IBCLC….and why do I need one?
  • ► July
    • Aromatherapy Supports Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum
    • 50 Gardening Activities with Children
    • Beginning Your Breastfeeding Relationship
  • ► June
    • Things I Wish I Knew Before Labor
    • 4 Reasons to Write a Birth Plan
    • 8 Reasons Why Babies Cry
    • A Shadow of Fear
  • ► May
    • How to Find the Perfect Sitter
    • Help! My breast pump will not work.
    • Isabel's Birth Story
    • The Importance of Support
    • A Doula's Reflections on a VBAC
    • I did it! 
    • Birth of a Doula
    • Metropolitan Breastfeeding gets an Award
    • Avi Ro's Birth Story
  • ► April
    • What is Childbirth Pain?
    • How Ashley Came to Doula Work
    • Placenta Medicine
    • Bedrest Challenges and Successes
    • Building a Birth Mantra
  • ► March
    • Moods for Birth
    • Using Your BRAIN
  • ► February
    • Choosing Your Birth Environment
    • Setting Limits with Friends and Family
  • ► January
    • The First Hour of Life
    • 8 Tips For Partners
• ►2015
  • ► December
    • Gentle Birth Strategies