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How to combine a home office with a nursery

Motherly's news editor shares how she made room for her second baby.

‘Baby Shark’ breaks into the Top 40

Well Rounded's weekly links are here!

5 favorite skin care treatments and their pregnancy safety

"Can you get Botox when you're pregnant?" You might be disappointed.

Motherhood is: Listening to ‘Baby Shark’ over and over (and over) again

The tune can calm my toddler's tantrum and soothe my newborn's cries—I can't deny its power.

I’m so grateful to my divorced parents for committing to peaceful co-parenting

My parents have been divorced for almost 30 years and yet they still strive to do their divorce right.

To the mom who believes in peaceful parenting—but struggles to actually do it

My emotional baggage impacted the way I interacted with my children, especially when I was tired, stressed or triggered.

Hyperemesis gravidarum is about so much more than just morning sickness

Nausea in pregnancy is common, however, HG is an entirely different beast.

Motherhood is: Wishing I could freeze time

No matter how bittersweet it can feel, watching you grow and change daily is a reminder of how incredibly lucky I am to have you. We were never meant to live in this moment forever despite how many times we'd like to.

What medication can I take while pregnant?

We break it down for you, mama.

Work will always be there, but my babies won’t always be this small

But as we reach this place where things are chaotically calm, I realize that while I could make space for those things (and I do in some respects), that I choose my children. With no self-judgment and no second guesses and no comparing myself to other women.

5 bottle-feeding myths we want to clear up

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Motherhood is: Taking care of a toddler while recovering from a C-section

And being kind to yourself along the way.

3 simple steps to lessen the mental load of motherhood this year

I believe every mother can have a more fulfilling, joyful year.

I want to be a stay-at-home mom AND a working mom

Because my children are important to me, and my work is important to me.

I wrote a ‘By the time I’m 40’ list in my 20s—and it’s time to start crossing things off

We all have one. The list. A list of dreams and goals that we hope to have accomplished by the time we are 40.

True life: I have to remind myself to take a break from motherhood

When you take a break, you are communicating to yourself something profound and lovely: You are important too, mama.

To my child-free friends—I might have to say ‘no,’ but please still invite me

I miss you.

The absence of villages has made us think we need to handle motherhood alone—but we don’t

I was alone. Doing it by myself because I COULD. But it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. I didn't do it as well. And I felt lonely.