How to maintain our crown while pregnant Pregnancy is a wonderful time filled with endless emotional and physical changes. Your body does a stellar job creating a safe haven for your baby while leaving you with the remnants to survive on. Or should I say leaving your hair with the remnants to survive on. Let’s Continue Reading
Breastfeeding Awareness Month – August 1 – 31st World Breastfeeding Week – August 1st – 7th Breastfeeding is a practice that dates way back and provides a host of benefits to our children. Often times, Melanated women get tricked out of giving our children the best there is to offer, because like most knowledge, this Continue Reading
So, I had my son in 2010. It was at that moment I decided I had to turn my life around. I started researching how to start a business, relocated independently as a single mother with my son and suddenly got this great idea to write a book. Every time I started to type my Continue Reading
Creating a Network of Support for Mothers and Doulas Nicole Deggins, the founder of Sista Midwife Production, is bringing light to the conversation of doulas and motherhood. Born and raised in New Orleans, Nicole became a nurse in 1994. After working in labor and delivery, she discovered it was an area into which she wanted Continue Reading
Jackie and Janae Madison Glamour Girl Fitness Meet Jackie and Janae Madison of Glamour Girl and Mommy & Me Fitness! Glamour Girl Fitness got started after Jackie Madison gave birth to her daughter Janae at the fabulous age of 43. Having been fit prior to giving birth, and being able to quickly return Continue Reading
A Mother’s Love: Dealing with Postpartum Depression By Sheniqka Miller A mother’s love is eternal. She can love her child more than anything. Motherhood is one of the most important parts of a woman’s life, and it requires a lot of love, dedication, commitment and energy. What happens when a mother knows these things but Continue Reading
By Michelle Maxwell, RD, LD When it comes to pregnancy, we often worry first about all the foods we typically eat. Then, once the baby is born, we have to figure out what food we will need to provide for this new tiny person in our lives. Here are some tips to consider for your Continue Reading
Breastfeeding Awareness How Diet Plays a Part in Healthy Breast Milk By Michelle Maxwell, MS, RD As we celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month and approach World Breastfeeding Awareness Week, we usually focus so much on giving the information on why mom’s should breastfeed, and may not always give answers to the common questions that help moms be Continue Reading
Originally from Ohio, designer Kandis May has always found herself surrounded by fashion and the art of creating clothes. Since the age of eight, after her mother, Gale May, began a community sewing class, Kandis has been immersed in the world of piecing together and creating clothing. As a child, Kandis’ mother would do different things Continue Reading
25,000—this is the number of infants that die every year as a result of infant mortality, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Infant mortality is classified as the death of a baby before his/her first birthday, and African American women are 2.3 times more likely to deal with this issue compared to non-Hispanic whites. Continue Reading
