Working Mom
How to Cope with Your Fear of Childbirth
It is absolutely normal to be nervous about labor and delivery when you are pregnant, if you are feeling this way, know you are not alone. Here are nine positively easy tips on how to overcome your fears and anxiety of giving birth. These tips center around releasing the negativity and bringing the positivity into your life.
How To Easily Pamper Your Tired Body During Pregnancy
It’s extremely important to give your body self-love and to treat yourself well during your pregnancy. Here are tips on how to easily pamper your pregnant body. From getting massages to indulging on the good things in life, make your pregnancy as pleasurable and positive as possible. Love yourself!
Surviving the Workweek as a Mom: 9 Easy Things To Do
Surviving work as a mom is tough, here are 9 things to do to make it easier on you at work and home. Reduce stress by prepping your week, cutting things out and adjusting your attitude. These are super easy steps to get you on the path to surviving your workweek as a busy mom.
Working Mom’s Easy Guide to a Powerful Workweek
A positive post to help working moms have a powerful and amazing week. This guide has great tips on how to be more productive, focused, and have a great workweek overall. Includes tips on positive affirmations, releasing grudges, and being positive despite being at work. It is time to get serious about being positive!
9 Pregnancy Misconceptions & How to Conquer The Truth
Did you know being pregnant is hard? Many people do not. Learn the truth about how hard pregnancy really is and how you can deal with it. This post dives into nine pregnancy misconceptions, do not be fooled go into your pregnancy prepared! Real life experiences and advice included from real moms.
Most Essential Things a Newborn Baby Needs
Are you pregnant with your first and wondering what to buy your baby? These are only the most basic essential things needed to take care of a baby. Budget-friendly & practical advice on diapers, bathing, sleeping, feeding, storage, bedding etc. As a mama who spent way too much money of stuff for her baby, I do not want you to make the same mistakes I did.
Stop Comparing Your Pregnancy to Celebrities (like Meghan Markle)
Pregnancy is hard, do not make it harder by comparing your pregnancy to celebrities like Meghan Markle. Here is why you need to stop comparing and be happy you are not pregnant and in the spotlight. Celebrities do not do anything on their own, they have a team dedicated to making them look good. Plus they pay the price in different ways.
The First 15 Things to Do When You Are Pregnant & Stunned
Did you just find out you are pregnant? Not sure what to do? These are the first 15 things to do when you find out you are pregnant. Tips on who to tell and pregnancy lingo. Worrying and being nervous is normal, if you start prepping now you will have confidence when the baby arrives.
Announcing Your Pregnancy at Work
Announcing your pregnancy at work with nine ideas on how to announce it and tips on how to discuss it tactfully with your colleagues. This in-depth post covers announcing your pregnancy, questions to think about before your announcement, provides an email template on how to follow up on your conversation with your supervisor and much more.
Life with a Stay at Home Dad (From a Working Mom’s Perspective)
What life is like with a stay at home dad from the perspective of a working mom. Hopefully, this clears out some of the stigmas stay at home dads face. It also shares why moms should not have guilt if they go to work. From their daily routine to money this is life with a stay at home dad.
18 Benefits of Breastfeeding – to Celebrate My 18th Month of Breastfeeding
More specifically, these 18 benefits come from a real mother’s perspective. Although breastfeeding is tough, there are so many benefits for moms and baby, it is worth it 100%. They are also great reasons a mom should consider when deciding to breastfeed. Benefits range from bonding and sleeping to your child’s growth.
18 Reasons Why Breastfeeding “Sucks” – To Celebrate My 18th Month of Breastfeeding
Here are 18 reasons why breastfeeding sucks, if you are having a hard time breastfeeding know you are not alone. Breastfeeding is hard and moms need to let one another know the reality of breastfeeding. As I enter my 18th month of breastfeeding (yay) I just felt like I should share some of my struggles to create awareness. Breastfeeding was not at all what I expected.
Our Breastfed Baby NEVER Drank From A Bottle, How We Survived
A working mom and stay at home dad’s experience on how our baby never drank from a bottle and how we survived. To be clear these are not tips on how to get a baby to drink from a bottle because nothing ever worked for us! Our baby only wanted breast milk straight from the source. We just want other parents who may be going through the same thing to know that you can survive if your baby refuses the bottle. It just takes a lot of work!
9 Things To Do Way Before You Go On Maternity Leave
There is so much to do before you have a baby! We dive into the things all working pregnant women must do before they go on maternity leave. You will learn about saving vacation time, scheduling doctor’s appointments and creating a maternity leave plan with a template that is easy to use. Let’s get started, while you still have time.
Advice Every Working Pregnant Woman Must Know on How to Survive Work
Working while being pregnant is hard, which is why I have 7 pieces of advice on what every working mom must know about surviving pregnancy while working. These ‘surviving while pregnant at work’ strategies will have you prepared to take on the workplace. It is filled with real-life experiences and tips on how to get through them.
7 Quick Ways Working Moms Can Increase Their Milk Supply Now
Are you worried about not having a large surplus of milk for your baby when you return to work? Or are you back at work and you are struggling with your supply, just pumping for tomorrow, not getting ahead? You are not alone in this, I think that thought crosses the mind in every working mom’s life! Here are some tips I gathered from other women and myself on how to increase your milk supply to support your baby with breastmilk while you work.
An Extensive and Detailed Guide to Effectively and Quickly Pump at Work
Learn how to effectively pump at work with a detailed list of everything you need and a ‘step by step’ on what to do and how to set up your pumping area. It includes how to set up pumping bags, your pump and all the parts that come with it!
The Working Mom’s Breastfeeding at Home & Pumping at Work Schedule
Balancing working, breastfeeding and pumping is difficult for a working mom. Learn about schedules and things a mom must know as she prepares to pump at work. This post will dive into the law, talking to your supervisor about pumping and finding a place to pump at work. It also provides a detailed schedule of breastfeeding at home and pumping at work.
