The Healthy Mom Blog

This year's birthday was much different than any other, it was my first birthday as a mommy!! Honestly, all I really wanted to do was hang out with the babe all day. I so wish we could afford for me to be a stay at home mom! Before I was married I spent many birthdays… Continue reading 32

Have you read about the effects of clary sage oil on labor? Well, I did when I was pregnant and after I was 5 days past due and my doctor told me I would have to be induced if I didn't have him by Friday, I was researching all day everyday to find ways to… Continue reading Clary Sage Oil for Labor Induction

So last week I got to spend a lot of extra time with my little guy. Does anyone else use the Wonder Weeks app? According to the app he went through a new developmental "leap" last week and it was so amazing being able to see the changes he went through. Normally he is at… Continue reading 12 Weeks

I think everyone should have a side hustle. I have thought (thought, no action yet... isn't that what all the programs tell you your problem is?) about doing it myself. A girl added me on Facebook a while back - someone I was never really friends with but when she added me it made my… Continue reading Do you want to be friends or do you want to sell me your stuff?

According to my google search, there have been studies on this. I only tried this because I had a friend tell me that she tried it and her labor lasted a couple of hours. That sounded pretty good to me! So I started eating dates. About 3-6 a day. I don't know about anyone else's… Continue reading Eating Dates For Labor Induction?

When you're pregnant you are dying to know what your sweet baby looks like (or at least I was!) so I thought it would be fun to put an ultrasound picture up next to a real life picture of my babe. His nose is smushed up against my uterus lol but I don't really see… Continue reading Ultrasound Pics vs. Real Life