Recent Baby Blog Posts

The Newborn Daze

by Richele McFarlin

The days following the birth of a baby are exhausting. The days also go by so fast that you hardly blink and the newborn phase is over. It is such a precious time that I want to encourage you to enjoy it and make it last as long as possible.

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The Fifth Week Post-Partum

by sconway

27 Jan 2012 07:29 PM

I can hardly believe that it has already been five weeks since my daughter was born. The anticipation built for nine long months and now that she is finally here, time is flying even more than it was before she was born. Many things have changed in these five short weeks.

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A Breastfeeding Experience Part II

by sconway

26 Jan 2012 04:52 PM

I learned later from other first time mom's that the first few weeks of breastfeeding can be quite painful. Cracked and bleeding nipples are not uncommon for first timers or in the early days of post-partum with consecutive babies.

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A Breastfeeding Experience Part I

by sconway

25 Jan 2012 02:50 PM

There was never any question in my mind whether or not I would breastfeed my babies. Being the second oldest out of nine children, not only were we all breastfeed but I grew up around lots of breastfeeding mom's. Breastfeeding was a very normal occurrence.

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Losing the Pregnancy Weight Part III

by sconway

24 Jan 2012 08:58 PM

Burning calories is some what intangible. I really have no idea how many calories I am burning each day by breast feeding my daughter. I would like to give credit to a healthier diet and a commitment to long term exercise for my seemingly quicker come back from having my daughter.

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My Fussy Baby

by Richele McFarlin

24 Jan 2012 08:32 PM

By the time I had my first baby my experience with infants was holding my friend's baby for a few minutes each time I visited. I knew basically nothing so I was worried about how to handle a baby.

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Losing the Pregnancy Weight Part II

by sconway

23 Jan 2012 07:15 PM

I won the competition which was both exciting and sad. I was ecstatic that I won, I put in lots of hard work, but there were lots of other teachers who had more weight to lose and they could have easily beat me and should have.

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Anxiety About Giving Birth

by Richele McFarlin

22 Jan 2012 08:19 PM

Do you dread the idea of being in labor? Do you fear the pain of simply the unknown of giving birth? Fear is perfectly natural to feel before giving birth. When I was pregnant with my first baby I did not fear giving birth until about the eighth month.

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Losing the Pregnancy Weight Part I

by sconway

22 Jan 2012 06:11 PM

Losing the baby weight can be and often is a rather difficult challenge. With my first pregnancy, I did not have the long established habit of regular exercise; I was well within the normal and healthy body mass index but I had very little muscle tone; I was not in shape.

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The Fourth Week Post-Partum

by sconway

21 Jan 2012 08:03 PM

Before I entered my fourth week post-partum, I made preparations for what needed to take place beginning with week four. Even before my daughter was born I was preparing myself for my four week break from exercise. I was determined to begin exercising again as soon as my midwife gave the okay.

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