Pregnancy

Send yourself some love...because life is too damn short to worry about your cellulite! My relationship with my thighs has always been rocky. Even when my thighs were younger, I never liked them. Hideous cellulite in a bathing suit, huge pieces of...

There is no question that suffering a miscarriage is devastating, heartbreaking, and all-consuming. Depending on how far along the pregnancy was, the physical recovery itself can be complicated. However, the emotional effects of such a loss can be overwhelming and...

The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what happens after the baby is born?! One minute, your baby was in your womb, and...

BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness." 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility and yet the subject is often not openly discussed and seems to carry a stigma....

Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider. Some people dream of having children but aren’t quite in the right place to do so. Work, health concerns, and lifestyle choices can all...

Like a growing number of Vermonters, my husband and I decided to wait to have a baby. I was nearing my mid-thirties when we decided to start trying - that magical period of time where one day, you wake...

Our bodies are meant for this. This innocent-sounding phrase is everywhere. You read it in novels. You hear the instructor in childbirth class repeat it again and again. And it’s all over on social media. It’s something women say to...

Whether you’re thinking of adding a bundle of joy to your life or if you have been actively trying to conceive for a while, ancient wisdom from traditional Chinese medicine could be helpful to improve your fertility.  Thousands of years...

Postpartum recovery can be rough. Especially when there are so many demands on your time and energy as a new momma and we are often just struggling to get enough sleep and rest to make it through each day. This...

When Ang and I decided to have kids, we landed quickly at the decision to purchase anonymous donor sperm through a sperm bank. The process, while definitely more clinical than most people’s procreation-related activities, is actually surprisingly nuanced and personal....

Two years ago, I had a miscarriage. I was about nine weeks into the first trimester, feeling terribly sick until one day I woke up and felt better. At first, I was excited, relieved that I had an appetite...

{Disclaimer: We have partnered with Synergy HomeCare to bring you the following post. However, all opinions are our own!} Moms are usually the last people to ask for help, and during the pregnancy and new mom days, we are often...

BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness." 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility and yet the subject is often not openly discussed and seems to carry a stigma....

Over the summer, the July 4th holiday brought my extended family together in a joyful (and extremely hot) reunion on the lake. Two cousins came with their one year-old daughters. Both were smiley, happy, squirmy little bundles of heaven....