Who doesn't love a good birth story? No matter how long you've been a mom, you still remember the moment you became a mom. At Des Moines Mom our goal is to encourage and empower moms to be the...
As a lot of women know, hormones tend to change after pregnancy. Symptoms can include anxiety/depression, fatigue, abnormal menstrual cycles, change in weight, and loss of libido - just to name a few. Sometimes these changes can even inhibit a...
Good chiropractic care starts at a young age. Does that surprise you? It certainly surprised me until I was pregnant with my first kiddo. But I started experiencing low back pain early on and decided that I wasn’t going...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see “behind the scenes” of a birth doula?
Birth doulas provide emotional, physical, and informational support to mothers and their support people during pregnancy, during birth, and shortly after birth...
When I was young, my mother told me about her experience of having a miscarriage with twins at 21 weeks. It was a snippet of a story, a footnote in my childhood. I was her rainbow baby. And if...
The beautiful sound of the first cry of your baby is what moms imagine and dream of. Most moms don't imagine a NICU stay for their baby. Having your baby whisked away to be cared for by the medical...
Bloom :: A Virtual Event for New and Expecting Moms
Disclosure :: Our Bloom Event for New and Expecting Moms is sponsored by Blank Children’s Hospital, and supported by MercyOne, University of Iowa Hospitals, Great Western Bank, Iowa Food and...
I know recovering after childbirth is different for everyone, but I thought it would be fun to share some of my experience. So, here it is.
The Good:
*This seems self-explanatory. A sweet, innocent babe in your arms... how much better...
October 15. This day didn't always mean something to me. And there was a time when I wished it still didn't. When the pain was still raw. The memory, fresh. The loss, new.
Six years later, this day—Pregnancy and Infant...
The first few weeks after you find out you’re pregnant are a little surreal. Nothing really changed, even though you know there is a little life forming in your womb. For me, it was easy to forget I was...
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Summer Programs at The Little White Schoolhouse
Keep your kids engaged with learning during the summer with Jump Start at The Little White Schoolhouse in Ankeny, Iowa. It is designed to...
