After going through my very first pregnancy with Finn, I wanted to share my favourite resources that taught me everything I know about pregnancy, labour and childbirth. Without these I don't know that I would have felt as prepared, educated and empowered as I did. These are my top resources for a healthy pregnancy, labour and birth. If you don't know me, you wouldn't know that I'm an information junkie. If I'm interested in a topic, I want to read everything about it. I'm especially … [Read more...] about My Top Resources for a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth
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Third Trimester Recap – Weeks 28 – 41 [My Pregnancy Series]
Welcome back to the fourth post in my Pregnancy Series! If you're new here, I'm a nutritionist, stress coach and mama to my fur-baby Oakley. I'm also documenting my first pregnancy with my little bean, who was due March 19th! If you want to learn more about how the first two thirds of my pregnancy went, you can check out my first trimester here and second trimester here. If you're here to check in on my last trimester, read on or watch the video! Third Trimester Symptoms + Feels The third … [Read more...] about Third Trimester Recap – Weeks 28 – 41 [My Pregnancy Series]
Second Trimester Recap – Weeks 14-28 [My Pregnancy Series]
Welcome back to the third post in my Pregnancy Series! If you're new here, I'm a nutritionist, stress coach and mama to my fur-baby Oakley. I'm also pregnant with my first little bean, and Mike and I so excited to meet our little man in March! If you want to learn more about how my first trimester went, you can check it out here. If you're here to find out what's going on in my second trimester, read on or watch the video! Second Trimester Symptoms The second trimester was such a welcomed … [Read more...] about Second Trimester Recap – Weeks 14-28 [My Pregnancy Series]
First Trimester Recap – Weeks 1-13 [My Pregnancy Series]
If you came from our announcement post, then you will have seen that Mike and I are pregnant with our first babe. I wanted to document the experience for myself and also because I love reading pregnancy and birth stories so I thought someone else might, too. In this post I’m going to share all the details about my first trimester in this first trimester recap. It was surprisingly smooth, and I was fortunate to have had a lot of support during the tougher weeks. First Trimester … [Read more...] about First Trimester Recap – Weeks 1-13 [My Pregnancy Series]
I’m Pregnant! [My Pregnancy Series]
I can't believe it has been SO LONG since I’ve actually posted on my site. In case you have followed along for a while, you’ll see a rebrand has taken place. With this rebrand I want to talk more about what I do in my life to find balance. That means the tone of many of my new posts will be more personal in nature. Which is even more important these days because I am pregnant! If you're following along on social media, you may already know this (I've been talking about it for just over a … [Read more...] about I’m Pregnant! [My Pregnancy Series]
5 Tips to Improve Fertility while Stressed
It's not news that stress can have widespread, unexpected effects on your body. It's been linked to illness and increased inflammation, it can negatively affect gut health, and YUP - you guessed it - it can affect your hormones. Ladies, this may not matter to you right now if you're enjoying the child-free life... but if and when you decide you want to start a family, it can be a little bit of a problem. Many women don't run into this problem until they start trying to have kids and it's not … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Improve Fertility while Stressed