Menu
The Halloween Shop is OPEN! Shop Now.

The 21 moments that make pregnancy all worth it

So many heart-eye-emojis.Β 

The 21 moments that make pregnancy all worth it
All’s well that ends well.

15. That lip

A photo posted by @katemurrayphotography on

3. That amazing sense of relief

8. That little face ?

19. That β€˜where am I?’

A photo posted by River Bennett (@rivbennett) on

6. THAT BOW

14. That first cuddle

9. That skin-to-skin

A photo posted by birthwithoutfear (@birthwithoutfear) on

FEATURED VIDEO

20. That proud papa

17. That first β€˜kiss’

11. Those chubby little cheeks

18. That newborn chub

16. That family reaction

When you’re thinking of having a baby, sometimes you need a little . . . motivation.

And if you’re like us, you love nothing better than gazing at gorgeous images of newborns and their mamas, and imagining that amazing first moment when your little one will enter the world.

Fortunately there are a whole host of postpartum doulas, new mama supporters and birth photographers who post birth inspiration to Instagram every day, so we’ve collected some of our favorites to gear your up for babymaking.


Here are 21 moments that make it all worth it:


21. That indescribable love

A photo posted by @kgonzales87 on

12. That gaze

7. That joy

4. That first embrace

10. That family embrace

5. That new baby smell

2. That overwhelming moment when you first meet

1. That first look

13. That precious face

Planning planning week -11 CHILD Pregnancy Fertility week-10 week4
SHOP BY:

I felt lost as a new mother, but babywearing helped me find myself again

I wish someone had told me before how special wearing your baby can be, even when you have no idea how to do it.

My first baby and I were alone in our Brooklyn apartment during a particularly cold spring with yet another day of no plans. My husband was back at work after a mere three weeks of parental leave (what a joke!) and all my friends were busy with their childless livesβ€”which kept them too busy to stop by or check in (making me, at times, feel jealous).

It was another day in which I would wait for baby to fall asleep for nap number one so I could shower and get ready to attempt to get out of the house together to do something, anything really, so I wouldn't feel the walls of the apartment close in on me by the time the second nap rolled around. I would pack all the diapers and toys and pacifiers and pump and bottles into a ginormous stroller that was already too heavy to push without a baby in it .

Then I would spend so much time figuring out where we could go with said stroller, because I wanted to avoid places with steps or narrow doors (I couldn't lift the stroller by myself and I was too embarrassed to ask strangers for helpβ€”also hi, New Yorkers, please help new moms when you see them huffing and puffing up the subway stairs, okay?). Then I would obsess about the weather, was it too cold to bring the baby out? And by the time I thought I had our adventure planned, the baby would wake up, I would still be in my PJs and it was time to pump yet again.

Slowly, but surely, and mostly thanks to sleep deprivation and isolation, I began to detest this whole new mom life. I've always been a social butterfly. I moved to New York because I craved that non-stop energy the city has and in the years before having my baby I amassed new friends I made through my daily adventures. I would never stop. I would walk everywhere just to take in the scenery and was always on the move.

Now I had this ball and chain attached to me, I thought, that didn't even allow me to make it out of the door to walk the dog. This sucks, I would think regularly, followed by maybe I'm not meant to be a mom after all.


Keep reading Show less
shop
Shop
the motherly shop baby wearing tula baby carrier baby tula carrier tula carrier how to baby wear shop

Sorry, you can’t meet our baby yet

Thank you for understanding. ❀️

In just over three weeks, we will become parents. From then on, our hearts will live outside of our bodies. We will finally understand what everyone tells you about bringing a child into the world.

Lately, the range of emotions and hormones has left me feeling nothing short of my new favorite mom word, "hormotional." I'm sure that's normal though, and something most people start to feel as everything suddenly becomes real.

Our bags are mostly packed, diaper bag ready, and birth plan in place. Now it's essentially a waiting game. We're finishing up our online childbirth classes which I must say are quite informational and sometimes entertaining. But in between the waiting and the classes, we've had to think about how we're going to handle life after baby's birth.

FEATURED VIDEO

I don't mean thinking and planning about the lack of sleep, feeding schedule, or just the overall changes a new baby is going to bring. I'm talking about how we're going to handle excited family members and friends who've waited just as long as we have to meet our child. That sentence sounds so bizarre, right? How we're going to handle family and friends? That sentence shouldn't even have to exist.

Keep reading Show less
motherhood
Life
covid-19 covid-19 babies covid-19 anxiety coronavirus children coronavirus coronavirus shutdown coronavirus pregnancy motherhood weledatargeted714

How often do kids *really* need to take a bath?

Spoiler alert: It doesn't have to be daily.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says that newborns, especially, do not need a bath every day. While parents should make sure the diaper region of a baby is clean, until a baby learns how to crawl around and truly get messy, a daily bath is unnecessary.

So, why do we feel like kids should bathe every day?

Keep reading Show less
how often kids need baths
Learn + Play
baths bath time how often kids need baths bath frequency bathtime products motherly product