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...

Hellou mamas!!

So I've been dreading this part to write my horror labor story for ya'll, I procrastinated as I wasn't ready to relive it just yet as still emotional about it. It's been almost a week now so here I go!

Please welcome my surprise baby boy Prince Jacob Deven Sama 💙👶🏽💙 Born April 29,2015 @8:52pm PST. I kept the gender a surprise for those who don't know however I had a feeling all along that I'm carrying a boy. His heart rate was always under 145, and my belly was high & I was al jus...

7 Adorable Mom.Life Bump Photos

One of the most exciting parts of being pregnant is watching your belly grow. The baby bump in all it's glory through each trimester is a reminder of just how amazing a woman's body really is in it's ability to carry and protect a human being until it is born. We asked our mom.life moms to share their baby bumps and stories and there was an amazing response! We wish we could share them all, but we managed to find seven adorable bumps and lovely stories from our a...

Finding out that you’re pregnant can be the happiest or scariest moment of your life. But whatever you’re feeling, it’s important to take a deep breath and acknowledge the fact that it’s completely normal. Whether it be doubt, shock, or nervousness, it’s definitely comforting to know that you’re not the only one going through it. So here’s what some of the moms from the mom.life community thought/did when they first found out they were pregnant! 👶🏻

“I was completely shocked. Totally scared and s...

I’m seriously beyond depressed. My fiancé was layed off a few weeks ago and has not been able to find a job anywhere, we’re behind on bills, can’t get Christmas presents, then today my truck blew a spark plug out which is $100 to fix so now we have no transportation which means I have to miss our family Christmas party 2 hours from where we live for the first time ever, also makes finding a job 100x harder without a running car. Can’t take kids to their dr appointments or anything now. I serious...