Your body goes through many changes when you become pregnant to help nourish and protect your baby.
You gain weight, the amount of blood in your body increases, you form a placenta (which is another organ, how amazing!), and form a mucus plug.
But before we get into talking about losing your mucus plug, let’s look at what the actual purpose of the mucus plug is and what its role plays in your pregnancy.
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Your body has just gone through an amazing experience.
You grew a human and another organ (your placenta). It even provides all the nutrition your baby needs for the first few months of development by producing that sweet liquid gold.
Your hormones have changed many times over and nothing is in the same place as before you got pregnant. It’s funny how our bodies change throughout the pregnancies that we have.
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Going to a baby shower and wondering what to shower mom and baby with that will really be a huge blessing?
Here are some baby shower ideas this new mama will absolutely love!
If this is her first child, she may not know all of what she needs just yet. It was only after I gave birth that I realized what items would make postpartum life with my twins a whole lot easier.
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Breastfeeding is a beautiful and natural connection between a mother and her child.
Nursing from the breast goes way beyond simply nourishing your little one but, for some women, breastfeeding doesn’t come easily.
After I had my twins, I wanted to breastfeed and I did but it was a struggle for me. I did not produce enough milk for two babies so I had to supplement with donor breast milk and formula.
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Congratulations! You’re pregnant! You have nine entire months to absolutely prepare for the arrival of your sweet little angel.
Baby room decorated? Check!
House completely baby-proofed? Check!
Diapers, wipes, onesies, sleepers, socks, bibs and receiving blankets acquired, folded and put away? Check!
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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). →