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Eating for Breastfeeding: Expert Tips

If you are trying to shed any extra baby weight, remember that too few calories will negatively impact your milk production so weight loss needs to be slow. If you eat too little you’re also likely to miss some critical nutrients. As with pregnancy, your body prioritizes the baby so nutrients like folic acid will go to the baby first and your levels will drop. 


Summer Pregnancy and It's Awesome Blogs

Pregnancy and summer don't always go hand in hand. Yet, a lot of births take place late summer into fall. So, what' a lady to do, to keep her spirits up and her swelling down? Well, we'd like to recommend some of the blogs we know and love. 

 

Pregnant Chicken will have you laughing in no time flat. Her series of Awkward Pregnancy Photos will make you feel better about your own awkward moments of life with a bump. 

Girlie Girl Army is for the Glamazon inside all of us. You may not...


There's No Going Back

Times have changed in the labor ward.  Those medieval-looking stirrups are slowly being swapped out 

for yoga balls and birthing pools.  Women are writing Birth Plans.  The power of the internet has 

allowed them to read and watch the  birth experiences of other women via countless blogs, vlogs, and 

sometimes downright graphic videos of everything from packing their hospital bags...


Taking a ride with Rockaway Rises

Between juggling the kids and running this company, I very rarely take a happy hour off to catch up with girlfriends. However, I have also vowed not to let this Spring season pass without getting out to enjoy the lovely weather. So I had one of those 'girlfriend catch up' sessions just a few weeks ago and it was far from a sacrifice of family or work time!

Susanne was one of my first acquaintances in the dorms at Pratt Institute and one of the few that I've managed to stay in touch with since. She is from Breezy...


A Mention in NY Mag

"American births are at a 25-year low, but the baby business couldn’t be doing better. One explanation, favored by parenting experts: Having fewer kids later means Mom and Dad have more disposable income to spend on Junior." so starts The Baby-Business Boom, a collection of interesting stats on baby making trends in the current NYMag.

We got a mention "Pretty Pushers: Chic alternative to unisex hospital gowns..." read the rest on the New York Magazine website!