What do music and breastfeeding have in common? You may have guessed it! Oxytocin. What is oxytocin? It is a mama’s favorite hormone, that’s what! It is produced by the pituitary gland and is responsible for reducing stress, anxiety, causes muscle contractions, which helps during…
Getting On Your Yoga Mat After Baby
As a dedicated yogini who continued practicing throughout my pregnancy, I was sure that I would continue regularly once my son was born. Well, those expectations were proven too high, and my yoga mat sat rolled up gathering dust for weeks after he arrived. With…
Oatmeal Bites Recipe
The initiation into the nursing mothers club starts weeks before baby arrives with the inevitable deluge of what-ifs: “What if my baby doesn’t latch?” or “What if I can’t produce enough milk?” and, of course, “What if I just can’t do it?” (The answer to…