My husband and I aren’t exactly strangers when it comes to relationship challenges 💞. We have been together for 14 years and married for eight, so we’ve definitely gone through some growing pains as we navigated a long-distance relationship in college and our first year living together as a married 👫 couple.

But nothing has challenged our relationship quite like our first year as 👪 parents .

Before you have your first child, you have these grand ideas of what it will be like. There’s more slee...

Hey Postpartum Moms,

Are you interested in joining a group for moms who want to shed that extra baby weight? @Rachaelbutsch and @iloveni0820 want to create a group for moms to think up fun activities, healthy recipes, workout recommendations, and more to inspire each other and keep each other on track. Just comment here with your name and follow these two moms, who will be organizing the group. Everyone can follow each other. Then post what's been working for you, any new type of fitness plan or...

Hi Girls,

We've had a huge interest in our first Preggie Baby Shower Gift Exchange. If you didn't see the post a week and half ago, here are the details:

A few moms had the fun idea of starting a Preggie Baby Shower Gift Exchange. This is completely voluntary, and there is no pressure to join. And if you've already had your baby, you can still join in. @Jessicagarmal is leading this game, which will be like "Secret Santa." Let us know who wants to play by Monday May 6, 2015, and we will secretly...

Birth is a magical moment that you don’t really understand until you’ve gone through it yourself. We asked moms in the Preggie community if they had any childbirth and postpartum advice for new moms. Here are 24 real “surprises” they wanted to share.

1️⃣→ Hemorrhoids

💬 I’ve got one word for this, hemorrhoids. Either way you deliver, you don’t get out of it lol.

2️⃣→ How bad your hormones are after birth

💬 I had it really bad the first two weeks after birth. Felt like someone died and thought I w...

Up early still reeling from my last OB appointment. My MIDWIFE tried to force me into a cervical exam and Pap smear. 1) I just met you lady. You are not sticking your fingers inside of me. 2) they are both COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY have been known to cause miscarriages at my stage in pregnancy and offer zero benefits whatsoever. These "abnormal cells" that could show up in them are actually normal during pregnancy and can change throughout. They are invasive, UNNECESSARY and its rude to even ask me...