Welcome to Motherhood

You have many questions, as new moms often do. And many started when you got the positive pregnancy test. Questions swirling through your mind as you heard the first heart beat and held that tiny ultrasound clip. As you started making your first purchases for the unborn baby in your womb, which car seat is safer? Do I really need a changing table or will a dresser top just do? Disposable or cloth diapers?

Having had children, I can reassure that not all children will sleep through the night the first year. If you are breastfeeding there will be times that babies nurse more frequently than others, these times maybe because baby needs comforting, sick or going through a growth spurt. All of those things where baby is nursing frequently or does not sleep through the night are normal. Every mom goes through this. I can also promise you that even the most put together and experienced moms still have moments there they have felt overwhelmed.

I don’t know any mom who is a perfect mom. Most moms love their children and are just trying to do the best they can. Remember your baby doesn’t know any different, this is his or her first time having a parent. So the love and care that you give your baby will be enough, he or she is not going to compare it to anybody else’s parenting.

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Implantation Dips & Raised BBT

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Clear Blue Plus Pregnancy Test (Blue Dye)

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Unfolding Dreams

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