The Guide

Black Maternal Mental Health Week is April 11-17, 2023. While all mamas are at risk of mental health challenges during or following pregnancy, Black women are twice as likely as the general populat...

As a busy mom of three and owner of two businesses, Christa Lee knows firsthand the importance of time. When a traumatic pregnancy and postpartum experience forced her to slow down and reevaluate w...

Pregnancy is filled with its to-do list items, but the Fourth Trimester often remains this vague, unknown territory. In those early months, everything is brand new. But a little preparation before...

Nana Eyeson-Akiwowon seeks to improve the mental health of women the world over. The New Jersey based mom and co-founder of the social impact maternal wellness brand, Fourth Phase, shares Matrescen...

"I wish 'mother the mother' had been around for me 10 years ago," said the beauty expert. "Instead of feeling loved and nurtured, I felt alone and forgotten about. It’s like [as moms] we were suppo...

Loving on your skin is loving on yourself, mama. Even if you think you know your skin well, we often experience significant changes during pregnancy and postpartum. Here are our 5 love languages wh...

"I think it’s so unreasonable that we recognize that love develops over years in all our other relationships, but as moms we feel shame if we don’t feel an instant connection with our baby." Ky's s...

“I hated it,” Kristy Gilger said of the early days of parenting. It’s a feeling that many of us feel shame around admitting, yet relate to all too well. Kristy drives home the balance between lovin...

Get beyond the birth and set up support for the fourth trimester too!

A few ways to keep your energy up while you're nursing.

What a pediatrician (and other experts) want mamas to know about the fourth trimester.