What are hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels in and around the anus and lower rectum which make it very painful to have a bowel movement. They are extremely common and according to the Cleveland Clinic about 30-40% of pregnant women experience them.

Miscarriage is physically hard, heartbreaking, and unfortunately extremely common; 1 in 4 known pregnancies will end in one. There are numerous different reasons that a miscarriage may occur and the majority of the time it is completely out of your control. If you have experienced a miscarriage, the team at Women in Motion holds space for you. During this extremely hard time, lean on your village and please don’t forget that you are strong and you will get through this.

Your birth provider cuts through SEVEN layers during a cesarean section, this is a major abdominal surgery. Many sensory nerves can become traumatized during this procedure making the scar and surrounding skin sensitive to various textures, clothing, and touch. Don’t worry our bodies are so resilient and the cool things about nerves is that they regenerate.

When it comes to planning for your baby during pregnancy, there are lots of things to consider. There’s completing your registry and decorating the nursery but have you considered planning for your labor and delivery? You may have heard the term “Birth Doula” floating around as you research and prepare for your big day and it is normal to be a little unclear on just what the benefits of having a Birth Doula are.

Now that you’re a mom, do you ever look around and feel like your life is totally unrecognizable? Where you used to have predictability, routine, and autonomy, now you have a mushy blob of time and space and don’t even know which way is up? We get it.

When a mom comes to us and says that she doesn’t even know who she is right now, we get started with these two amazing words: Anchor points. One of our very favorite frameworks to help moms make sense of early motherhood, anchor points help us feel like ourselves no matter what blobby chaos is swirling around us.