Pregnancy

In this second episode of Season 1 sponsored by Pediatric Center and Pick Me Up Drinks, Gigi talks pregnancy with Ellie Lerum and learns fun facts involving peanut butter and electric toothbrushes!

In this first episode of Season 1, Gigi talks pregnancy with Mandy Freeman and learns about her family's generational birth control curse!

June is World Infertility Awareness Month! According to the CDC, about 6% of married women aged 15 to 44 years in the United States are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying—this is infertility. In honor of infertility...

Knowing exactly what to offer a newly postpartum mother is tough. Here are five unique ideas: Bring over flavored water, drink mixes, or Body Armours so a breastfeeding mama is drinking enough. A neighbor did this for me and...

Every pregnant mom wants to keep her baby healthy and, sometimes, this means she needs to stay in the hospital before she is ready to give birth. This is called antepartum hospitalization. I recently spoke with Catherine Purser, Clinical...

I'm currently 34 weeks pregnant, but I don't look like I'm that far along.  Both of my pregnancies have been pretty similar. I start by losing around 15 pounds, gain it back plus maybe 10 more pounds. People love...

Every pregnancy is different.  If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times.  Your pregnancy is totally different from your mom and sister’s, and your first pregnancy is the complete opposite of what you experienced during your...

I kicked him out of bed. I yelled at him to go sleep on the couch. Not because I had a good reason to - I didn’t like how he got up to take care of our daughter. That’s...

Trigger Warning: This piece discusses stillbirth. She was born and buried on the cusp of spring and summer. The days had a soft warmth to them, and I would later write (and read aloud at her funeral) about feeling...

As moms we can understand that there is no greater joy than seeing our children's happiness.  To see them roll over for the first time, take their first steps, or to say their first words; these are moments that...