Posts Tagged ‘postpartum’
10 Pieces of Advice to Prepare for Labor & Delivery
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Hillary Frost Photography‘s blog, to extend advice to a new mom and friend of the authors. 1. Pick a good nail paint color. Hillary told me when I went to get my nails done before having Lo, “You better pick a good color, you’re going to be staring…
Read MoreCoping with Postpartum Thyroiditis
An excerpt from Marilyn M. Shannon’s book, Fertility, Cycles & Nutrition. **** At some point after giving birth, often before the baby is six months old, a small percentage of women experience thyroid problems. About one to four months after the birth, some new mothers (approximately 4 percent) develop an overactive thyroid gland. They may…
Read MoreGrowing Pains
From the November-December 2011 issue of Family Foundations: Why postpartum is the hardest time to practice NFP – and how couples cope by Marian Friedrichs Looking back on her first partpartum experience six years ago, CCL member Katie Osborne, 30, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is able to joke about the times she and her husband, Chris,…
Read MoreHey, Dad: You’re Part of the Breastfeeding Team
From the November-December 2011 issue of Family Foundations: by Robert W. Sears, M.D. and James M. Sears, M.D. Many new dads feel there are certain things they can’t do quite as well as moms can, and most moms would probably agree. We prefer to say that dads tend to do things a little differently sometimes.…
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