Are you trying to have a baby but nothing seems to be happening?
Here’s an interesting fact: A woman’s natural fertility rate is about 20% per month. That means for every 100 fertile women trying to get pregnant in one cycle, only 20 will be successful.
While we are biologically designed to make babies, that doesn’t mean it will happen every try.
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Have you ever been staring into your pantry just willing your mind to come up with something for dinner?
Having a meal plan can save you from that dread, but then you would have to actually plan ahead – especially if you are a new mom to a newborn.
Sometimes when I would sit down to write out a menu plan, I would either be completely stumped and just go with the same go-to trio of chili, spaghetti, and pizza (staples in my house growing up).
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Bouncing back after having a baby can be difficult enough.
Getting back into the groove of things after a C-section takes even longer.
No driving, no picking up anything other than your baby, no moving around really.
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As a new mom, do you find yourself constantly feeding your little one but they never seem satisfied?
Are they extremely fussy between feedings?
This can be physically and emotionally draining but also completely normal – especially in the early days of breastfeeding.
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Whether you’re expecting your first baby or your sixth, early labor can happen to any woman and any point.
Labor in general can be a scary experience, no matter how many times you have done it before.
For me, I had a c-section so I didn’t have labor pains, but my mother, family members and my friends told me their labor stories to prepare me when I was pregnant with twins.
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Elna is a mom to twins who blogs and writes for a living. She loves all things mom. While she’s not blogging, you can find Elna meal planning, organizing and helping other moms in her Facebook group, Ready Set Blog for Traffic (From Mom to Mompreneur). →