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Pregnancy

Pregnant? We’re here for you, mama. From pregnancy nutrition to birth prep, we’ve got expert advice and essays from other moms who’ve been there.

Natural Remedies for the First Trimester

8 ways to cope with the early symptoms of pregnancy.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Pregnant in San Francisco

Storq founder Courtney Klein shares 10 pregnancy-friendly spots.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021
young family in bedroom with mother, father and daughter in natural light secondary infertility

Coping with secondary infertility: 5 steps to take

What to do when you have trouble getting pregnant the second time around.

Updated Jan. 05, 2022

What’s a Perfect Pregnancy?

When your perfect pregnancy expectations go awry, it actually prepares you to become a mom.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Pregnancy Profile: Elise Loehnen

goop’s pregnant editorial director lets us inside her home (and head).

Updated Oct. 12, 2021
The Postpartum Comparison Game

The Postpartum Comparison Game

5 tips on how NOT to let social media impact your postpartum fitness routine.

Updated Jan. 28, 2022
baby clinging to moms chest - unmedicated birth

I am strong: How my unmedicated birth changed me

I realize how extraordinary my body really is—it not only is able to give birth but was, in fact, made to do so.

Updated Nov. 28, 2022

Labor Inducing Food Drive

NYC’s 3 best spots for labor inducing food.

Updated Oct. 11, 2021

Connecting With Your Baby Before Birth

How much impact can you make on fetal development during pregnancy?

Updated Oct. 11, 2021

How pregnancy & motherhood taught me to let go of control

Life is a gift not to be firmly grasped but accepted with open arms.

Updated Nov. 21, 2022

Walking alongside a friend when she loses her baby

What do you say when nothing you say will fix it?

Updated Jan. 18, 2023

NYC Mamas: Join us for a newborn care class for expectant and new parents

A morning dedicated to expectant and new parents to learn all the basics of newborn care.

Updated Feb. 27, 2023

Why You Should Try Lying In Postpartum

Let someone take care of you while you take care of baby.

Updated Oct. 11, 2021

Music in the Womb

From easy to extreme, here’s 3 ways to get baby grooving in utero.

Updated Oct. 11, 2021
Want to help NICU mothers? Support paid maternity leave.

Want to help NICU mothers? Support paid maternity leave.

We must find ways to support our mothers and fathers, particularly those with babies who need a little extra TLC.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023
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The grief of due dates—remembering my miscarried baby

“It’s a really big club, but one I’d hoped you would never have had to join.”

Updated Apr. 15, 2024

The 4th trimester struggle is real

Everything explodes: your heart with love, your mind with this new reality, and your body with— well, a baby.

Updated Sep. 28, 2022

Porn Does Not Teach You How to Get Pregnant.

How even being a “Curator of Sex” didn’t prepare me for birth and motherhood.

Updated Oct. 11, 2021

She Said, She Said: Birdsong Brooklyn

The postpartum doulas behind Birdsong Brooklyn indulge us in a pregnancy face-off.

Updated Oct. 11, 2021
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