Growing homemade sprouts is so easy! If you love adding these crunchy sprouts to sandwiches and salads like I do, you will definitely want to try this at home. Not only do they taste SO MUCH fresher than the grocery store sprouts, they are also MUCH less expensive. Health Benefits: Sprouts are loaded with health benefits! Sprouting beans, grains… View Post
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea Infusion
For both my pregnancies, I began drinking a red raspberry leaf tea infusion as I entered my second trimester. The nutrition profile of this tea is amazing, especially for the pregnant mama. Red raspberry leaves are known to strengthen the uterus as the body prepares for labor and help with excessive postpartum bleeding that can lead to hemorrhaging. This tea… View Post
Our Home Water Birth Story!
“There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ, they would brag about it. So should we.” -Ina May Gaskin I absolutely love reading other’s birth stories and sharing my own. It is such a surreal, magical moment and miracle. Both my boys were born at home and I have loved the experience each… View Post
8 Nutrients for a Healthy Pregnancy
Photo by Ingrid & Isabel That moment I read a positive pregnancy test…I get a little gitty inside. Both times, I was slightly surprised, excited and nervous. “Yay, a sweet, little baby!” And then, “Oh no, morning sickness, all the bad food cravings, sleepless nights…” There is so much anticipation with a new pregnancy and the transformation our bodies go… View Post
5 Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness
5 Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness 1. Magnesium My Story I sort of stumbled upon the mineral magnesium for morning sickness. I was 6 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I had no idea what morning sickness felt like until one day I was at a job and felt it coming on, nausea, fatigue…that wanting to escape to my… View Post