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Ways to Boost Your Confidence as a Mom in Nine Simple Actions
Spread the Love86 86Shares Looking into how you parent and how you feel about yourself can be challenging. Are you looking for ways to boost and build up your confidence as a mom? Becoming a parent, no matter how you think you are prepared, there’ll be an impression of doubt within yourself in your parenting. You may even question yourself if you are equipped to face the challenges of being a new parent. There are ways you can incorporate in your life to gain confidence in being a mom and boost yourself as the ride begins. You can start by examining yourself on how you feel about your role as a…
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Your Postpartum Checkup After A C-section and What To Expect
Spread the Love58 58SharesWhat are your expectations with the upcoming postpartum checkup after delivering via C-section? Do you have any pressing concerns before your appointment? Preparing for your postpartum appointment and knowing what to expect is beneficial for you. Before leaving the birth hospital, you will receive all your home care instructions to bring home. In addition, your nurses will remind you of your doctor’s appointment and reiterate to follow your Postpartum C-section care plan. The day has finally arrived for you to see your doctor and get all the necessary postpartum exams and health screenings you need. It’s also good to check beforehand to bring your baby with you if…
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Barriers to Self-Care for Moms and How to Overcome Them
Spread the Love49 49SharesLet me ask you these questions, what is it that you need to practice self-care? Have you identified barriers to Self-Care in your life? What are you doing to overcome them? When you think about self-care, it’s frequently associated with self-indulgence, self-love, self-worth, or other self-related avenues. However, you can recognize self-care creates the channel to reach those other branches in caring for yourself. No one can perfectly say they’ve mastered self-care along with motherhood. But, someone or somewhere in this journey we are on – a struggling mom is, of course, trying her best to maintain balance in her life. I perceive other moms are thinking about…
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C-Section Wound Care: How To Care For Your Incision at Home
Spread the Love82 82SharesYou delivered your baby via C-section and now have a low incision cut around the pubic area. You received your discharge papers and were hoping you’ll remember everything right after walking out the door. Now, you must be reading this post looking for instructions on how to care for your C-section wound. Remembering the nurse’s instructions the day of discharge and the excitement of going home isn’t a great combo. So, my nurse tip for you is to work with your nurse closely in having 1:1 wound care instructions a day before your planned discharge. It will also be beneficial if a family member is present during this wound…
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Affirmations for Moms as Self-Care Practice
Spread the Love79 79SharesIn practicing self-care for moms, you can include self-affirmations. There’s a collective statement; what we tell ourselves, our subconscious mind believes it. What we tell ourselves can translate into and shapes our reality one way or another. Self-talk does wonder. Positive self-talk can go beyond measure in your life. Practicing self-care affirmations can be beneficial for new or experienced mothers. Being a mom – you faced mental challenges, and you try to find ways to cope or overcome them. Meanwhile, you can uplift your motherhood journey in several ways. You could use some pick-me-ups throughout our day. You can boost your thoughts positively that, in turn, can help you…
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Rediscovering Yourself After Motherhood
Spread the Love101 101SharesThere’s nothing wrong with trying to step back from motherhood for a moment. It doesn’t mean you’re abandoning the ship. That’s not the case. You are embarking on a new sail of rediscovering yourself when motherhood tends to overpower everything. You may be realizing that something in your life is quite missing. You’re standing at a fork in the road, unsure of where you’re supposed to go or who you are. Motherhood is undoubtedly a blessing. Yes, you know that by heart. Are there times, however, when you just want to put the apron away? Those times that you just want to get out of the mothering loop?…
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Intentional Motherhood: Mothering with Purpose
Spread the Love89 89Shares Intentional Motherhood is something to focus on nowadays to keep yourself in line with your personal and family values. It is being prepared, pausing to think before responding, and prioritizing what matters. This parenting way falls under the lines of Intentional Parenting. As I sat quietly typing about this particular post, I couldn’t help but think about where I was in my mothering. I’m still in the depths of learning through parenting, truth be told. But, my motherhood walk is what it is for my kids and myself. The values that I hold myself accountable for act as guards to my mothering heart and definitely keeping me…
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New Mom Care Package for Postpartum Self-Care
Spread the Love177 177Shares Do you know someone who just became a new mom and you don’t know what to give her? You want to show her support and let her know that you care by giving her a New Mom Care Package. If you’re looking for inspiration, you’re definitely in the right place! The very first few weeks for a new mom are exhausting and blurry. From adjusting life with a newborn, tending to her recovery and overall 4th trimester can be demanding enough to focus on herself. Knowing what a New Mom Needs A care package should include items that will make her transition to mom life easier and…
