Discovering Makeup – Uncovering Confidence
My hubby and I attended a “Meet the Doulas Night” hosted by the Doulas of Rhode Island. There we learned about birth doulas, and postpartum doulas. Below is my opinion of what a postpartum doula is and does. From what I hear, one of the chief complaints new parents have is the overwhelming fear and more »
Is a loved one of yours expecting? Have they thought about setting up a registry yet? Maybe you could recommend that they set one up through Babylist! Babylist allows parents to register for items – without having to worry about registering at an exact location. They can choose a swing, for example. Rather than you more »
The countdown is on until I meet my tiny baby. To help prepare for his arrival, my hubby and I decided to visit 4 Hospitals in 4 weeks in Rhode Island. Our last planned visit was the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital. The entrance to Newport Hospital is warm and inviting, especially more »
Birth is the most simple and, yet, complicated ordeal a woman can endure. Egg is inseminated with sperm, baby grows, and the kid comes out. Easy, right? Wrong. There is so much that goes on with being pregnant. Leaving what happens to our bodies during pregnancy aside, all the choices, baby crap to buy, and more »
This tiny baby doesn’t feel so tiny anymore. He feels ginormous! Well, at least my uterus feels that big. The only time I don’t feel huge is when I am in the water. I’ve caught myself several times actually using my hands to prop up my belly, trying to relieve some of the weight. It’s more »
“Please step in the scale.” The aforementioned words terrify me. God, I actually can’t wait to not hear those words once month/twice a month/and soon to be once a week. For when I do hear them, fear rushes through me as if I were back at Weight Watchers meetings. Those WW receptionists, oh those WW more »
Our tiny baby will be joining us soon, and there are a few items that need to be in our possession before his arrival: A place to sleep – check A food source – check A car seat – check Diapers… Ugh oh We have been trying to figure out if we should use with more »
We held our third annual Breakfast for Dinner Party this weekend. It was originally scheduled for February, but a blizzard got in the way. Damn you, Nemo. Oddly enough, our Breakfast for Dinner Party finds it’s origins in a major snow storm we had three years ago. We had people over one night and coincidentally more »
Im so excited to meet my tiny baby, but there is one ever so minor problem. I still do not know where I am going to deliver. There are several fantastic facilities in Rhode Island for pregnant mothers, and so my husband and I have taken on the task to visit 4 Hospitals in 4 more »
Most expecting parents tour their birthing center or hospital during the third trimester. This maternity tour is generally meant to help them get the lay of the land, understand what is available, and where they will be on the big day! I decided to shop around different hospitals in Rhode Island, to find out which more »