The best way to tell if your baby is getting enough milk is to keep track of wet and dirty diapers. As your milk changes, your baby's poops will too. At first, the poops will be black and tarry. Then they'll be greenish to yellowish. Then they will become yellow, loose, and seedy. Around 10-15 days after delivery, your baby may poop after every feeding or less often.
Read MoreReproductive Justice, a term coined by the organization SisterSong, is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, and parent the children one has in safe and sustainable communities. The term combines the understanding of Reproductive Rights & Social Justice:
Read MoreYou’ve probably landed on this page in search of the quick fix, secret sauce, spark-note version of what you need to know before giving birth. Let me debunk any false expectations from the get-go.
Read MoreWHEW - information is changing at the speed of light these days. While this will likely be out of date before you finish reading it, I know all you soon-to-be mamas are doing your best to stay current on information related to your upcoming birth.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago it hit me like a ton of bricks that “normal” as I knew it no longer existed. And two weeks from now we will have a WHOLE new set of realizations. Not to mention that the rate of change in just one day equates to about 100 days…
Read MoreFor those facing severe attention scarcity (cough cough COVID-19 has increased your screen time 155% and you JUST can take one more blog post!) this disclaimer is for you: it IS possible to make your brain more resilient (short-attention-spanners…I’d suggest you skip to the TIPS section below)!
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