Birthsmarter Pregnancy and Postpartum Support for everyone
I’ve learned a lot over the last decade, working as birth and postpartum doula, having my own two kids, and most importantly creating Birthsmarter, which has had the honor of educating over 7,000 expectant parents since 2019. So, to help you whittle down what’s truly important and provide some context for taking the information in, I want to share four questions you can ask when researching prenatal classes.
How I’m approaching my second pregnancy differently:
Many of you know me by now, for those of you who don’t, this is just a snippet of my story. I’m currently pregnant with my second child, and while it’s very exciting it’s also exhausting. By this point in my first pregnancy, we were deep into COVID-19 and lockdown, with nowhere to go, no one to see, and no work (my previous business was events, and we all know what happened to those early in the pandemic).
4 Skincare Ingredients to Avoid When You’re Pregnant
There are so many things to think about when you're pregnant and skincare should not be a stressor because you have enough going on!
Mama Moments: Meng Li
I'm Meng, Founder of Huhu, a simple, functional and gender neutral diaper backpack. I started Huhu because I was frustrated with the diaper bag options available on the market - they are either low cost and low quality or higher quality but designed to be a women's fashion statement. I wanted something simple and high quality and something that my husband and I could both use. I am a parent to two kids, ages 7 and 2.5, and we live in the Bay Area.
Mama Moments: Madeline Reeves
One of our Fave’s and biggest cheerleaders for Evergreen is Madeline Reeves (she/her), the founder of Fearless Foundry an amazing marketing agency working predominately with female founded businesses in the sustainable e-comm space
Self Care Rituals
Self-care doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. Sure, a monthly massage/facial or week alone in a resort sounds glorious but aren't in the cards for me right now. Instead, I lean into what I know I can manage and honestly, I nearly always start with movement.
Mama Moments: Megan McGowan
I'm a mom of twin sons and a daughter, all under four! This year, I left my analytics career to launch Lilvil, a concierge service for busy parents. It enables parents to quickly outsource tasks such as meal planning, childcare research, gift shopping, and more!
