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It all started with a spin class. On summer vacations in New York, Seattle‐based marketing consultant Gina Hadley enjoyed taking classes at Flywheel Sports, and eventually became fast friends with the founder of the popular cycling studio, Jay Galluzzo, and his wife, Jenny. Hadley, a marketing consultant, began working together with Jenny, who headed up the exercise studio’s retail and merchandising initiatives, to launch Flywheel on the West Coast. That experience led them to ask: How can they help other women continue to do meaningful work but have it fit into their schedules as moms?...

You’re a total rockstar parent 99 percent of the time, but in honor of National Honesty Day, let’s talk about that other 1 percent. Motherhood can be a bunch of things all at once: rewarding, frustrating, beautiful and disgusting (spit-up and diapers and stains, oh my!). We gathered some of the best Bumpie confessions that sum up what it’s really like to be a mom, from sneaking snacks in the bathroom to telling teeny-tiny white lies to keep a little sanity....

A lot of women ask this question, but interestingly, there isn’t a clear-cut “yes” or “no” answer to it. Put simply, it depends. The individual effects of hormones are unpredictable, so while one woman may feel better breastfeeding, another woman’s baby blues might actually get worse. There are also other factors to consider. For example, if breastfeeding is extremely painful for you, then weaning baby might actually help improve your mood....

We definitely use a ton of acronyms in the medical world, but the idea is to make it simple – not to confuse you! Your doctor should carefully explain any acronym that applies to you or your babies. As you already know, there are many conditions to look out for when carrying multiples (like TTTS — Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome). Well, the same can be said for conditions that occur in newborns....

One of the most exciting parts of pregnancy—and often the thing that makes an impending entrance into parenthood seem real—is feeling baby move. These early fetal movements felt in utero are known as quickening. And while baby kicks are what often come to mind, quickening in pregnancy actually encompasses all types of baby movement—flutters, punches, stretches and rolls. It’s an exciting time, and you’re probably eager to experience a few internal elbow jabs and somersaults....

Maybe you’ve already figured out your parenting style — good cop or bad cop, laid-back or strict. But it might actually be best to base your style to your kid’s temperament. According to a story in The Washington Post, parents who look at their child’s personality traits and tailor their parenting styles may be able to deal with problems more effectively. The New York Longitudinal Study looked at a group of children from birth to adulthood in 1956 — researchers found that children could be put into three categories: easy, difficult and slow to warm up....

Pregnancy presents a world of great unknowns. With each new pain, headache or limb that swells, it’s hard to know which physical sensations should be red-flagged for your doctor, and which you can just chalk up as par for the course. So how do you prepare for a condition like preeclampsia, which often shows up without warning or with symptoms that sneakily resemble common effects of pregnancy? Keep reading to learn preeclampsia can mean for you and baby and what to do if you receive a preeclampsia diagnosis....

There’s a checklist of things that will happen right after baby is born. Your care team will cut the umbilical cord, check baby’s vitals and put that sweet little newbie on your chest for some skin-to-skin action. One more important early to-do on the agenda? A vitamin K shot. Vitamin K is an essential nutrient that babies (and kids and adults!) need in order to make blood clots to stop bleeding and support bone health....

“I was 26 weeks along in my pregnancy, and I was out to dinner with my husband Brad and our best friends when I felt a strange sensation,” says Megan Lubin of Philadelphia. “I just remember having a ‘swooshing’ feeling from my head to my toes, and then felt like I was sitting in a warm bath. “I looked at Brad, grabbed his arm and said, ‘I think my water just broke!...

Thinking back to baby’s newborn days, a lot of moms find them a blur. What with caring for a brand new baby and recovering from childbirth, it’s understandable for those precious details—baby’s tiny toes, that wrinkly skin, those heart-melting yawns—to be less than crisp in your mind. Which is why many parents opt to celebrate baby’s arrival with a newborn photoshoot. You can hire a professional newborn photographer, or choose to take those newborn pictures yourself....

For nine months, you carefully avoided deli meat, hot dogs and unpasteurized cheese (and all the other non-pregnancy-friendly foods) to keep baby safe and healthy. Of course, now that baby is finally here, those protective instincts are probably only heightened—so it’s normal to wonder if there are foods to avoid while nursing. After all, molecules from the food you eat can make their way through your breast milk and into baby’s system....

At some point in baby’s early life, the bib becomes your MVP. It serves as both napkin and catchall for mealtime. And it becomes part of baby’s daily outfit when he or she starts teething (which is our way of saying there will be drool). We like the magnetic snap of The Honest Company bibs, which makes getting them on and off that much easier. Plus, they’re cute enough to coordinate with baby’s #OOTD....

Even if a sticky note with “Have a great day!” made its way into your lunchbox as a kid, get ready to feel incredibly inadequate. Brent Almond kicked off his son’s first day of preschool by slipping a Post-it note in his lunchbox, complete with a cartoon of Batman saying “Go get ’em, Jon!” And nearly two years later, Jon’s received an illustrated note in his lunchbox every single school day....

You know there’s a recommended vaccine schedule, but did you ever wonder what would happen if you missed one of the recommended shots? Or if you delayed a shot? Well, one of the risks of getting them late is seizures. And a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics suggests the risk isn’t much — if you stay within baby’s first year or so. After following 323,427 babies, researchers found that timing of receiving the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) and MMRV (measles-mumps-rubella-varicella) vaccines didn’t affect their seizure risk if the babies had them in their first 12 to 15 months....

Having a newborn is hard enough under the best of circumstances, but it can feel especially stressful during a global pandemic. If you recently had a baby or are expecting soon, it’s only natural to wonder what exactly you can do to protect your newborn against COVID-19. So we tapped a few experts to offer up some top tips. In this article: How does COVID-19 impact babies? Can moms pass COVID-19 to their babies?...

A cough can be a nuisance—and a painful one at that. But enduring a wet, dry or incessant cough during pregnancy may feel extra irritating and even worrisome. First, know this: You’re far from the first person to have a cough in pregnancy, and you definitely won’t be the last. The good news: It’s most likely nothing, and with some TLC, you’ll likely feel better soon. That said, there are some important things to consider before you reach for your preferred cough medication to quell that croupy hack of yours....

Chances are, seeing that positive pregnancy test has propelled you into clean living mode—you’ve re-stocked your fridge with organic foods and swapped regular cleaning products for toxin-free options. But did you check the contents of your makeup bag? The truth is, those innocuous-looking tubes and bottles in your medicine cabinet could be filled with chemicals that might affect your pregnancy and growing baby. Even products with labels like “natural” and “organic” could contain harmful ingredients....

Morning sickness: Consider it the first of many concessions you’ll make to your child in your journey as a mother. The swirly-head nausea and vomiting that often accompanies early pregnancy is far from fun—in fact, it can be downright debilitating. Unfortunately, for many expectant mothers, it’s par for the course. So when does morning sickness start—and more importantly, how can you find morning sickness relief? We’ve asked top doctors to dish on everything you need to know about morning sickness during pregnancy....

For moms hoping to breastfeed , the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests starting with skin-to-skin contact first. At an AAP National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, research was presented to highlight the fact that when a new mom intends to breastfeed and practices skin-to-skin in the delivery room, there was a greater likelihood that she would exclusively breastfeed baby. The research presented, entitled, “Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in the Delivery Room Leads to an Increase in Exclusive Breastfeeding during the Newborn Hospital Stay,” followed a review of 150 electronic medical records of single, late preterm and term-healthy births at a New York hospital....

“Once upon a time, we couldn’t find quality clothes at prices that made sense,” the creators of Primary write on the kid fashion label’s website. “So we made them. The end.” It almost seems too good to be true, but after years of shopping for their own kids, moms and co-founders Christina Carbonell and Galyn Bernard really did make that story happen. Feeling dissatisfied with the high prices and limited options for most children’s clothing lines, they combined their years of commerce experience - including long-term stints with powerhouse Diapers....