HEALTH
We interviewed Kate Eisenberg, MD, PhD, to get the answers you need to live your new normal. A lot of parents have questions about what's okay and what's not okay during this social distancing period. While we know that the situation is changing every day, it would be...
Today's the day! It's the launch of Better After Baby, the first postpartum fitness app to bring a full village to the palm of your hand. I'm so excited to bring this app to life. It's a true dream-come-true for me, because it came out of a very real need I had to...
"Motherhood is my fire and my flood." When I first heard that statement while interviewing a woman for The Mama Sagas, it took my breath away. It rang so true. Motherhood has a crazy way of building you up and breaking you down, all at once. It’s full of...
Announcing the Better After Baby Mobile App!
A Miracle Birth Story When I first found out I was pregnant, my reaction was pure excitement. I was going to be a first-time mom and looked forward to experiencing pregnancy, just like I had watched on my binge of TLC shows and movies. I just knew I would have a cute...
I have found - after years of losing my identity outside of motherhood - the importance of taking care of myself first. It has been a pretty cool evolution to watch and feel the difference when I make myself a priority and how it reflects onto my kids, my mood, and...
I've never really understood why they call it a "birth plan" because I've never met a single mom whose delivery went the way she visualized it would! Sometimes you just have to laugh it off... Here's an excerpt from my interview with Kristen, in Denver, CO.
Note from the Editor: The Mama Sagas has always been committed to providing a platform for women to share their truth. Sometimes these truths are hard to share. Sometimes they are hard to read. Sometimes they are controversial. But they are always important. Most...
My son Roman was born at home, in the home birth that I always wanted. He was healthy and we were elated. But a few weeks after he was born we noticed there was something wrong with his skin. It kept getting progressively worse. After two months, it was so bad that...
It has taken me 3 and a half years to write this, and I’m still panicked as I think about putting the words on the page. This is my postpartum depression story. I’ve kept it to myself because of the shame that creeps up every time I try to tell the truth of how bad it...