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Maternity and Nursing Bras By Cake Maternity

Different Types of Maternity and Nursing Bras

Bra shopping can be a minefield at the best of times. Everyone remembers their first bra experience, whether you were professionally fitted as a tween or just grabbed whatever size off the rack that “looked” right. No doubt you’ve had to do it countless times since then, but now that you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated. What bra do I need for what stage? Can you still wear wires? What even is a flexi-wire and when can I wear them?

The Milkies Milker Saver Versus Milk Saver On-The-Go: Which One Is Right For You?

That time you were breastfeeding your newborn and your other leaking breast soaked through your shirt.

Milkies by Fairhaven Health Review and Giveaway!

I’ve seen a lot of products in this blogger job over the years. You badasses have grown this community to a pretty nice size and companies are eager to show you their stuff. I put the kibosh on much of it because it’s useless, expensive or doesn’t fill a real need.

I have noticed something pretty remarkable; the best products are created by the people who have experienced a gap firsthand. A lot of us can identify a gap, but a special few can envision a way to fill it. A couple of those people are Helen and Tobi. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: breast milk storage, breast pumping, Breastfeeding, breastfeeding and pumping, breastfeeding products, Fairhaven Health, MIlkies Freeze, Milkies Milk Saver, Milkies Milk Saver On-The-Go, MIlkies MIlk Trays, pumping, pumping breast milk

A Review and Giveaway of Bravado Designs Nursing Bras!

Let’s talk about having a good foundation!
Different bras styles have unique purposes. Typically, we want them to be somewhat pretty and always comfortable. If you are buying a bra for the function of bedroom playtime with your partner, then comfort might not be your number one focus since it’s coming off fairly quick anyway. (Don’t be shocked, we all know how babies get here!) [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: Breastfeeding, breastfeeding bra, comfortable nursing bras, nursing bra, nursing bra review

How to Get a Free Breastpump; A Review of Aeroflow Breastpumps

Nothing is really ever free, is it? Even when advertised as free it usually comes with a price somewhere down the line. Like a free magazine subscription, only to discover the first issue was free, but not the rest! They send them anyway because now they’ve got you. And the bill comes in the mail with not much you can do because you’ve already read the magazine. And, oh boy, try calling customer service. It’s really just an 800 number to some people who are trying to sell you more things. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: Aeroflow breastpumps, breast pumps, breastfeeding and pumping, breastpumps, free breastpump, insurance covered breast pump, pumping breastmilk

Whisbear, The Humming Bear: Review and Giveaway

I was completely oblivious about babies when I had my first son, Jack. I was the first of my friends to have a baby and I was a pre-teen when my sister was born so I was much more concerned about boys than her crying and dirty diapers. Jack was the first baby I had ever really held.

whisbear1 [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: benefits of white noise, colic, help infants sleep, recreating the womb, soothing crying babies, Whisbear, white noise, white noise and infants

A Review of Baby Bee Hummingbirds Keepsake Jewelry

I love watching my kids grow up. I learn something new about them every day. But it also gives me pangs of sadness when I realize that each passing moment is history. I will never get this time back with them. I look at photos of my 4-year-old as a baby and I feel like I barely remember those days! My 16-month-old is toddling around and I will never hold his newborn body in my arms again, I will never feel that new-mom vulnerability, never feel the intensity of having a new baby completely dependent on me every moment. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: Breastfeeding, breastmilk jewelry, breastmilk keepsake, motherhood

Review of Motherlove’s Sitz Spray and Rhoid Balm

After 2 vaginal births I am no stranger to the plight of the vagina, perineum and anus after many hours of pushing something the size of a bowling ball through a hole the size of a mini donut. My first son was finally delivered after 30 hours of labor when the head doctor was called in. All I heard was, “blah, blah, blah, episiotomy.” I sat on one butt cheek for weeks, bled for two months and couldn’t comfortably walk to Starbucks for longer than that. If anyone deserves Starbucks it’s a mother who just had a baby. I did sitz baths with betadine as directed. I guess the wound was being cleaned, but seriously, there was no pain relief and I always felt the urge to wash myself again to clean the chemical off my skin. And there were plenty of days when I didn’t cleanse as often as recommended because I was taking care of a newborn. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: hemorrhoids, motherlove herbal company, motherlove rhoid balm, motherlove sitz spray, postpartum, postpartum care, sitz bath

Review of the ARDO Amaryll Manual Breast Pump

My first son was a few months old when I decided, in my new mom delirium, to have dinner with some friends. I knew I might get engorged, but figured I would be back soon enough. I didn’t feel like bringing my electric pump. It seemed like a huge hassle for only being gone a few hours. I didn’t even bring breast pads. (I know, I know, you’re all rolling your eyes right now). I deserved what I got, which was 2 golf ball-sized leak marks on my shirt that were illuminated dark blue on my light blue shirt. I ran to the bathroom to shove toilet paper into my bra, but the damage was done. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews // Tagged: ARDO breast pump, ARDO manual breast pump, breast pump, Breastfeeding, manual breast pump, pumping