As I mentioned in Jackson's birth story, after 10 days of prodromal labor -- and with my doctor's permission -- I used castor oil to naturally induce labor. Despite all the horror stories I'd heard and read, it actually worked pretty perfectly for me, so I thought I'd kick off this series by sharing how…
While I was on maternity leave, I made lists of the things I wanted to share with you about life with a newborn, and I'm excited to do that now through this series: Notes from the Newborn Daze. Because I know not all of our readers are at this stage or interested in reading baby…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Homemade postpartum ice packs for momma I'm four for four on tearing during childbirth, much to my dismay. Numbers two and three were mighty fast, and their births were full of adrenaline -- not so good for relaxing and taking it slowly -- and the first…
If you're not a nursing mama, you'll probably want to skip this post or save this Lactation Cookies recipe to make some of these cookies for a new mom in your life! Although I've never had major supply issues as a breastfeeding mom, pumping and feeding Jackson from a bottle is a bit of a…