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Your Curated Postpartum Wardrobe
Motherhood duds to get you through figuring out life with a baby.
Safe and Simple Postpartum Exercises
Itching to get moving again? These low-impact options are gentle and effective for new moms.
Mastering Maternity Leave
How to prep, savor and transition back from your time at home with baby.
Expert Advice on Postpartum Complications
For most postpartum women, recovery is uneventful, but it is a period of recovery, nonetheless. The body and all its systems are returning to [...]
6 Healthy Boundaries to Set With Your Child’s Grandparents
While you’re eagerly tracking each new development during your pregnancy, you may be missing another transformation taking place. Your parents and in-laws are learning [...]
A Postpartum Recovery Timeline
After nine months of uncontrollable emotions, massive body changes and strange pregnancy symptoms, you might be looking forward to things returning to normal when [...]
Your Yummiest Pregnancy Diet
Moms-to-be: Sushi and deli meat might be off limits, but healthy eating doesn't mean having the same tuna salad every day for lunch. When hunger [...]
Should You Have a Second Baby?
Adding another family member to the mix is always a big deal, but for new-again mamas, it's a different, often more-relaxed, rodeo.
Nursing School: Expert Advice on Alcohol and Breastfeeding
Like so many parts of parenthood, whether or not a nursing mom can or should drink is seemingly always up for discussion and attracts [...]
Mocktail Recipes for Pregnancy
Pregnant women (or breastfeeding moms) eschewing alcohol are no longer confined to grapefruit juice and sparkling water during social hangouts. Non-alcoholic spirits and drinks [...]
It’s The Final Countdown
Tackle these to-dos before baby arrives The last few weeks of pregnancy don’t have to be a mad dash. Cross these 10 items off [...]
First Time Mom Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
If you’re reading this article, there’s a good chance that we have a common goal: to be the best mothers we can be to our [...]
Answers To Your Top Breastfeeding Questions
Breastfeeding may be natural, but it’s perfectly OK to have questions and concerns as a new mom—or a veteran mom new to nursing! We [...]
Slay it as a single mom
Regardless of the path that led you to single motherhood, deciding to go it alone makes you a brave and loving mama from the start. [...]
My very first Bump Box is here!
Hi, fellow and soon-to-be mamas! I'm Lauren, the Executive Editor for P&N. Big news: I'm expecting my third baby, due late September! Even though [...]
Calm within the storm
At 1:30 a.m. on May 25 (my husband’s birthday!) my water broke. I was 39 weeks pregnant and ready to meet our girl, but I [...]
Benefits of compression during the postpartum period
Postpartum compression garments are medical-grade compression pieces that add extra support needed to care for the areas most affected by pregnancy and delivery. Â [...]
Past reflections
I had a very easy, happy and active pregnancy until my water broke at 30 weeks … then everything changed.  I rushed to [...]
Your Curated Postpartum Wardrobe
Motherhood duds to get you through figuring out life with a baby.
Safe and Simple Postpartum Exercises
Itching to get moving again? These low-impact options are gentle and effective for new moms.
Mastering Maternity Leave
How to prep, savor and transition back from your time at home with baby.
Expert Advice on Postpartum Complications
For most postpartum women, recovery is uneventful, but it is a period of recovery, nonetheless. The body and all its systems are returning to [...]
6 Healthy Boundaries to Set With Your Child’s Grandparents
While you’re eagerly tracking each new development during your pregnancy, you may be missing another transformation taking place. Your parents and in-laws are learning [...]
A Postpartum Recovery Timeline
After nine months of uncontrollable emotions, massive body changes and strange pregnancy symptoms, you might be looking forward to things returning to normal when [...]
Your Yummiest Pregnancy Diet
Moms-to-be: Sushi and deli meat might be off limits, but healthy eating doesn't mean having the same tuna salad every day for lunch. When hunger [...]
Should You Have a Second Baby?
Adding another family member to the mix is always a big deal, but for new-again mamas, it's a different, often more-relaxed, rodeo.
Nursing School: Expert Advice on Alcohol and Breastfeeding
Like so many parts of parenthood, whether or not a nursing mom can or should drink is seemingly always up for discussion and attracts [...]
Mocktail Recipes for Pregnancy
Pregnant women (or breastfeeding moms) eschewing alcohol are no longer confined to grapefruit juice and sparkling water during social hangouts. Non-alcoholic spirits and drinks [...]
It’s The Final Countdown
Tackle these to-dos before baby arrives The last few weeks of pregnancy don’t have to be a mad dash. Cross these 10 items off [...]
First Time Mom Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
If you’re reading this article, there’s a good chance that we have a common goal: to be the best mothers we can be to our [...]
Answers To Your Top Breastfeeding Questions
Breastfeeding may be natural, but it’s perfectly OK to have questions and concerns as a new mom—or a veteran mom new to nursing! We [...]
Slay it as a single mom
Regardless of the path that led you to single motherhood, deciding to go it alone makes you a brave and loving mama from the start. [...]
My very first Bump Box is here!
Hi, fellow and soon-to-be mamas! I'm Lauren, the Executive Editor for P&N. Big news: I'm expecting my third baby, due late September! Even though [...]
Calm within the storm
At 1:30 a.m. on May 25 (my husband’s birthday!) my water broke. I was 39 weeks pregnant and ready to meet our girl, but I [...]
Benefits of compression during the postpartum period
Postpartum compression garments are medical-grade compression pieces that add extra support needed to care for the areas most affected by pregnancy and delivery. Â [...]
Past reflections
I had a very easy, happy and active pregnancy until my water broke at 30 weeks … then everything changed.  I rushed to [...]
