Remember when I wrote this post? I look back now and wonder if my baby blues* would have been worse if I didn’t encapsulate my placenta. During the first eight weeks or so, I was really wrought out. I mean, my hormones were coursing through my veins trying to regulate my now-not-pregnant body, a new tiny person trying to communicate through […]
Disney Avengers 5K 2014 Race Report
My first post-partum race was the Disney/Marvel Avengers 5K back in November 2014. I’m so glad I signed up for this and happy that it was a 5K that I started with! (Forgive the dark photos – they were taken with our phones!) Spawn and I drove all the way down to Disneyland for our packet […]
What You Should Know After Delivering a Baby
My pregnancy experience was fantastic. I had a super fun time being pregnant. I ran, I walked, I lifted weights, I went spinning. The only bump in the road was my gestational diabetes. Once I pushed Baby Spawn out, all hell broke loose. Here is… What You Should Know After Delivering A Baby Note: This […]
Healthy HooHoo – Woohoo for Postpartum Care
When I attended my first Natural Products Expo #ExpoWest a few years ago, I ran into a product called Healthy HooHoo. It was a line of feminine wash products, and my sarcasm meter went up. I was intrigued. Before you scoff, their genesis story is pretty not-funny. A friend of the founder’s was diagnosed with […]