Labor & Birth

Pregnancy Hospital Bag Checklist This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure at the bottom of the page. When is the best time to have your hospital bag packed? If you’re anything like me, it will be packed around 35 weeks. It’s hard to keep thinking about it and not packing, so I just pack […]

What To Pack In A Hospital Bag For Dad Being pregnant for the first time and trying to pack your hospital bag for labor and delivery can feel daunting but there is tons of information out there- for mom and baby, that is. Sometimes we forget about dads or partners- just throw some stuff in a bag, […]

What Is A Birth Plan And How Do I Make One? The post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure at the bottom of the page. A birth plan is an outline of what you’d like to see happen during labor and delivery. Although you might be tempted to make it extremely detailed- don’t. This […]

HOW DO YOU TELL LABOR IS A FEW DAYS AWAY? This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure at the bottom of the page. How do you feel right before labor starts? How do you feel 24 hours before labor? What are the signs of labor approaching? What are the signs labor is 24-48 hours […]

So, if you’re anything like me, you’re only 35 weeks and already googling ‘SIGNS OF APPROACHING LABOR.’ Yeah, I’m kinda ridiculous. It’s just an obsessive trait that I can’t seem to ignore. I’m also the one taking pregnancy tests at 8 DPO and googling pregnancy symptoms 5 minutes after we’ve done the deed. So, I […]

Deep down, I think every woman secretly wants a natural birth, whether she’ll admit it or not. There is something sacred, something wildly feminine about birthing a baby with no drugs. I did birth a baby this way, although, not by choice. I wanted the epidural SO BADLY but it was my third baby and […]