Article updated on January 25, 2022 Making Milk When You Want to Shed the Unwanted Pounds In the last few months of pregnancy, I could hardly move because I was waddling like a plump duck. I did, however, have one constant and nagging thought, “I cannot WAIT to feel free to work out hard and […]
Long before I ever dreamed of having kids – mostly because I was young and single and living it up with my girlfriends – I started taking prenatal vitamins. I had heard they made your hair and nails grow faster and stronger, and who doesn’t want longer hair and stronger nails. Count me in! Well, […]
Four beautiful friends – four babies being made – drinking Mommi smoothies – about to lose all the fresh fruit to the waves… it’s therapeutic! Isn’t pregnancy better when you have someone to share it with that’s going through all the same things? You lean on each other for answering those late night texts when […]
Caffeine and Pregnancy—How Much is Too Much? One of the first things you develop when you find out you are pregnant is major mom-worry. It starts early on in the first trimester when everything is new, you aren’t feeling that great, and you have no idea what’s really going on in there. Some of our […]
Sometimes a nice, tart, fruity smoothie is the only thing that sounds good when you are pregnant (or am I speaking only for me???). The problem is you still might not get everything you need nutrient-wise for your growing baby. Here are a few hacks to get the extra vitamins/minerals and protein you need, without […]
When I was in college and definitely not trying to get pregnant, I was taking prenatals. Why, you may ask? Well I had just gone to a hair school to get a cheap haircut and the girl gave me bangs. And let’s just say that bangs were not a good look for me. So I needed my […]
As I sit down to write this first blog post, I am filled with a flurry of emotions. I am nervous, excited, worried and pretty much every other emotion. I am scared and nervous to expose myself like this and to publicly call myself out on my failures and successes. I am worried I will […]
Well here I am Mommi followers – prenatal protein shake in hand (or next to me on my desk) while writing about my exciting news. Although I’ve already come out with it on Facebook which makes everything official, I haven’t told any of you yet that I’m pregnant! It happened earlier than we had planned, but Seth […]
Hello pregnant mamas out there! Mother’s Day is coming up and you know what that means??? It’s time to get pampered! We know how hard you are working to bring a little special someone into the world so we thought we would make it a little sweeter this Mother’s Day with a giveaway full of […]
