Author archives: Alisa Donner

Week 4 Nurture- 5 Ways to take care of Yourself during Your Pregnancy…and beyond

One thing of the things I did a lot during my first pregnancy and try to do as much as I can during this pregnancy is nap, rest, sleep whenever there was and is a spare moment. Ano[...]

Essential Breastfeeding Supplies Checklist from our friends at Lansinoh

While the breast is the essential component in breastfeeding, it’s smart to keep some helpful supplies on hand. These items can be easily stored in a small bag next to your nursing[...]

Week 3- Nutrition and Wellness- Food Glorious Food

When it comes to food and pregnancy, it seems like it’s a topic enshrouded in confusion. How much should one eat? What should one eat? What should be avoided etc. Here are a few ke[...]

Week 2- Exercise: Yoga for You and Baby

The most frequent question I am asked as a prenatal yoga teacher is whether it is safe to begin yoga during pregnancy even if one has never done yoga before. Yes, if one receives t[...]

Education blog week 1-Clean up and Clean out

I recently learned that on average babies are being born with over 200 chemicals in their systems. This learned by studying the chord blood of new borns. This is not meant to scare[...]

What a Day!

Well, the Motherhood Begins Now event came and went yesterday. It was a fabulous day. The predicted rain was a no show (thank goodness) but all our panelists, celebs, sponsors, pre[...]

Ah the choices...

Happy May Day Everyone! PAM is officially here and our kick-off event is tomorrow, wow. Months and months of preparation and excitement rolled into this present tense has me un[...]

Eco Family News

I recently did an interview with Kathy Arnos on Eco Family News all on Pregnancy Awareness Month. Please check it out and let me know your thoughts. It's streaming on the web now. [...]

Why PAM?

Every where I go people are asking me what the impetus was to create PAM in the first place. Thinking back to over a year ago (which is not easy with the intensifying pregnetia)[...]

Okay to have difficult feelings.

Today during my professional baking class a fellow student looked at me and said she was not sure about the "whole baby thing." I had just finished telling her that I had spent the[...]