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Bollywood-Inspired Prenatal Fitness

Stay fit during pregnancy with these Bollywood-inspired moves.

Updated Jan. 20, 2022

Common Leg Problems During Pregnancy

With all the extra weight, it's no wonder your legs ache.

Updated Feb. 13, 2024
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What partner should know: the third trimester

Now is the time for that final push (pun intended) to the day you will be holding your little baby.

Updated Nov. 10, 2022

5 powerful ways to embrace your postpartum body

Telling women they can "bounce back' and erase the fact that they've had a baby is misguided at best and dangerous at worst.

Updated Mar. 17, 2025

3 Tips to Elevate Your Postpartum Leggings

Don't let this postpartum must-have force you into a style rut.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Relax, mama: Working mom balance is always a work-in-progress

When did guilt ever make you better at anything?

Updated Mar. 23, 2023

4 ways to create a dreamy + productive home office

3. Get rid of anything you don’t need, suggests the founder of Matimati.

Updated Mar. 15, 2022

Adding Magic to Your Nursery

11 little additions for infusing your nursery with big magic.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021
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Dear thirtysomething moms—I see you

This is thirtysomething. It’s not easy—and that’s the truth.

Updated Dec. 20, 2022

4 questions to help prepare you + your partner for a peaceful birth

#1—How can we stay connected during the process?

Updated Nov. 10, 2022

7 habits that helped strengthen my marriage before baby

2. Become fluent in each other’s love languages.

Updated Feb. 22, 2025
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5 tricks to quietly find out your company’s maternity leave policies

Not ready to share your baby news? Here’s how to find out what you need to know.

Updated Nov. 10, 2022

An ode to my leggings: What would I do without your comfort?

Black stretchy pants don’t judge. 

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Pregnant women can soon use Virtual Reality to ‘meet’ their unborn babies

New technology transforms MRI and ultrasound data into a 3-D virtual reality model of the baby inside your womb.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Music for a peaceful, powerful labor + delivery: a Spotify birthing playlist

Research shows that listening to music is a helpful coping strategy during labor.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021
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