Tweet Another in our series of Isis Moms sharing their experiences: Samantha shares a personal story of recovery, and how breastfeeding is teaching her about nurturing and nourishing her baby, and herself. Thank you, Samantha, for sharing your story. It is estimated that in the United States, one in eight women has a history of…
Tweet The last ten days my inbox, Twitter account and Facebook feed have been on fire. From the frenzy created by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece in the Atlantic on “Having it All”(or why women can’t), to this week’s groundbreaking news about Marissa Mayer’s condition, media (traditional and social) contributors to the gender debate have taken up…
Tweet Pregnancy is a wonderful time in a woman’s life; however, your rapidly changing body can be accompanied by new aches and pains. A common condition that can plague women during pregnancy is carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Pregnancy-induced CTS is different from the more traditional form of CTS, which can be caused by repetitive stress…
Tweet Did you know that while generally up to 87% of women exercise regularly, only 38% of pregnant women do? Once considered a no-no, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant women exercise at a moderate intensity – in other words, at a perceived exertion of fairly light to somewhat hard…
Tweet One of the wonderful things about making your own baby food is the ability to offer a variety of foods that you just can’t find in the baby aisle at the grocery store. These “exotic” fruits and veggies can be healthful additions to your little one’s diet and help diversify their palette. I had…
Tweet Why Share MayFlowers? A few words from Founder Jessica McKinney, PT, MS: May is a month of new beginnings and blooming flowers. A day and a week are already set aside in May to honor mothers and to promote women’s health, respectively. Good stuff, to be sure. But not enough. We want the whole…
Tweet April is National Poetry Month, and we asked Isis mom and writer Jacqui Morton to share how writing has been her sanctuary through the ups and downs of pregnancy and motherhood. Writing makes me a better mother, better wife, and saner human being. When I am alone with pen and paper (or screen and…
Tweet A couple years ago, a fellow mixed-marriage-mom from my Great Beginnings class and I decided to start a little kids meal tradition called “Eastover.” We mixed Passover and Easter traditions and had a lot of fun doing it. This year, given that Passover begins Friday, April 6 and Easter is Sunday April 8, the…