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Let’s talk sleep while pregnant. If you’re newly pregnant or in the first trimester you are hopefully getting lots of peaceful sleep and wake up rested (although, instead the mornings are not much fun for many…). For most pregnant women sleep gets tricky at some point, so keep these notes for later when you might need them.

One of the first things I realized I needed was a full body pillow – I had a u-shaped one like this. That was a total game changer! I actually started using mine quite...

I still remember THE morning as if it was yesterday...

It started with a strangely vivid dream, a vague sense that something was different, and a pregnancy test taken before my husband had even left for work. By evening, I was testing again — and this time, there was no doubt.

That night over dinner, I told him we'd be welcoming a new little person into our lives. And just like that, the journey began.

And here we are: some years later when I'm finally getting some sleep again, I've written the...

In the early days of my first pregnancy, I remember brushing my teeth one morning and suddenly being struck by a strange, almost dizzying thought: I was carrying a tiny life inside me, and hardly anyone knew. I looked the same. Our apartment looked the same. The world outside carried on exactly as before, but everything felt different.

That feeling stayed with me for a long time. Early pregnancy is a strange in-between space. Your life has already changed, in a way, but there’s little outward...

Becoming a parent was, without question, the biggest thing that ever happened to me.

Two years earlier, I had thrown myself into planning my wedding — researching, organizing, and perfecting every detail. But when I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I found a new kind of obsession: preparing for motherhood. I wanted to read, plan, and buy everything, yet quickly realized how overwhelming that world of information could be. Where do you even start when you want to feel calm, ready,...