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What Nursing Pillow Does a C-section Mom Need for Best Recovery?
Explore the best nursing pillows for C-section recovery. Find out how the right pillow can help manage pain, support healing, and ease nursing. Click to know more!
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Childbirth and Labor Pain: What is False Pain and Real Pain?
Quick Answer: The distinctions you've made between false and true labor pain are accurate. False labor contractions are less regular, do not get closer together, and often stop with movement or cha...
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SHE SAYS: The Motherhood Diaries - Body Insecurity and Stretch Marks
As a teenager, I can distinctly remember the first time that I looked in the mirror and noticed stretch marks on my hips. At first, I didn’t know what they were… but after a few moments of ponderin...
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SHE SAYS: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction - My Story, As a Mom
The birth of my first child was nothing short of traumatic. Prolonged labor, prolonged pushing, and severe tearing left me in pain and feeling like a stranger to my own body. Postpartum recovery wa...
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SHE SAYS: I Didn’t Breastfeed My Child. I Survived. I’m Okay. I’m Happy.
As a young mom, I met a lot of other moms as well. Naturally, your circle shifts from bachelors to family people as you grow. The same happened to me. However, when I started engaging with other mo...
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SHE SAYS: My Experience of Going back to Work While Breastfeeding
Read my personal story of the challenges I faced as a working mom going back to work while breastfeeding. From pumping schedules to engorged breasts, see how I managed it.
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SHE SAYS: I Needed to Have an Elective C-section
When I was expecting my first, I did not think I’d have anything other than a natural birth. I spent weeks worrying about when I’d be going into labor naturally, and right up until a few days befor...
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SHE SAYS: Is It Incompetent If I Don’t Breastfeed?
I cried a river when my husband opened the first tin of Enfamil for my son; they told me it was the best formula that is closest to a mother’s milk. I think the tears were a result of my aching bon...
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SHE SAYS: I Thought I Was Alone with the Embarrassment of Milk Leaking
No matter how many “what to expect when you’re expecting” books I devoured after finding out I was pregnant with my first child, the data and information did nothing to prepare me for overwhelming ...
