Disclosure: I received a BumpBox for the purposes of this review, which is my own honest opinion. As you know, outside of my gestational diabetes, my pregnancy was awesome. I loved every minute of it. Looking back, I was totally a newbie. Through trial and error, I found some amazing products and clothes for pregnancy. […]
Managing Gestational Diabetes
Disclosure: I was compensated for my time. All thoughts below are my own opinion. When I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, my happy eat-all-the-things mentality blew up in my face. The placenta was producing insulin-blocking hormones, which then caused my blood sugar to rise. It also blocked any insulin from going to the fetus, which […]
Top 5 Snacks for Gestational Diabetes
If you followed me earlier this year, you know that I had to deal with gestational diabetes in my third trimester. I wrote about it for Mamavation, and I probably still have a post in me on meal ideas. Today, let’s talk about my top 5 snacks for gestational diabetes. Note: I’m not a registered […]
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 […]
Baby Spawn is Here – She Rules Our World
If you have been following me on social media, you’ll know Baby Spawn has landed. She was born almost a couple of weeks ago, and … NO EPIDURAL. I am forever grateful for my doula and The Wife and the labor nurse who stuck by me. Because NO EPIDURAL. It took me a while to share […]