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Postpartum

  • Pregnancy Tip #2: Find Your Dry Shampoo

    If you don’t already have a dry shampoo you love, now’s the time to find one. I recommend a powder you sprinkle into your roots rather than an aerosol spray. Depending on how your pregnancy is going, this might be more of a postpartum tip. But if you don’t need it yet, you’ll thank yourself Read more

  • 4 Things I Learned from My ADHD Husband That Helped Me Survive Being a New Mom

    For every organized parent who got emotionally clotheslined by postpartum life. I used to consider myself highly organized. I had two planners I kept updated and a perpetually clean car. I never missed a deadline. I was never late to events. I had my Christmas shopping planned out, gift by gift, long before Thanksgiving. Then Read more

  • Pregnancy vs. Your Vision: A Battle You Won’t See Coming

    At some point during pregnancy, you may begin to suspect that your body is no longer under your direct management. Perhaps it’s when you realize that your feet have grown an entire shoe size, or when your joints start creaking like an ancient pirate ship. Or, if you’re particularly lucky, it’s the moment you wake Read more

  • The Secret Hero of Postpartum Recovery: Witch Hazel Foam

    Witch hazel. The quiet, unassuming hero of postpartum care. Derived from the Hamamelis virginiana plant, it’s been used for centuries to soothe irritation, reduce inflammation, and generally make life a little less uncomfortable. Unlike many so-called “natural remedies” that rely on faith and positive thinking, witch hazel is backed by science. It has genuine anti-inflammatory Read more

  • Can You Baby-Proof Your Hair?

    There is an unspoken rule of pregnancy that no one bothers to warn you about: everything your body improves while growing a baby, it will take away the moment the baby arrives. You may, for instance, have enjoyed months of luxurious, shampoo-commercial-worthy hair, the kind that makes strangers on the street think, Wow, she must Read more

  • We Should All Be Wearing Linen

    There is a great conspiracy surrounding yoga pants. It’s not that they exist—no, their existence is well-documented. Nor is it that people find them comfortable, because clearly, people do. The conspiracy lies in the fact that I, personally, have never found them as comfortable as everyone makes them look. There is a certain smug ease Read more