Your last weeks of pregnancy may have you scrubbing and organizing every corner of your house to make sure everything is just so for baby. With so much to do and a looming due date in the not-so-far-off future, it may be easy to turn to your trusty sweats. Consider a few pieces that will…
Nesting? Is it hormonal? Is it emotional? or is it simply the baby dropping in the pelvis and giving mothers more energy by making breathing easier (less pressure on the lungs)? Either way all women feel it one way or another. One of the signs of nesting is tacking all the tasks that have been…
Have you ever seen a pair of house finches creating a nest? Somehow, both the mother and father know they’re expecting, and they take great care to find a protected site and gather all the materials they’ll need to build a safe and cozy nest for the mother to lay her eggs. The mother finch…
“Nesting during pregnancy is the over whelming desire to get your home ready for your new baby”. ~American Pregnancy Association Have you ever thought about your body as a “place” to get ready for your new baby? Please don’t get me wrong…I am certainly not comparing your beautiful growing body to a house. Your body…
Image by Jenny Quicksall Photography Many new mothers have entertaining “nesting” stories to share about when they were pregnant. Nesting refers to an instinct in pregnant animals to prepare a home for their upcoming newborn. Humans are not the only animals to nest, but for us it typically occurs sometime between months 5 and…
Image by Ingrid Franz Moriarty It is a common and loose term we hear frequently: She is nesting. And what exactly does that mean? It seems that during pregnancy women tend to go through a few different phases of emotional and physical preparation for the baby. The first phase is almost a fantasy since…
Just like your belly, your breasts will change from pregnancy to motherhood. When you’ve reached the point where your pre-pregnancy bras start to dig or won’t clasp, it’s time to look for new options. Look for styles that are soft, seamless, and supportive. During the months and weeks before and after baby arrives you’ll likely…