Health + Wellness

I gained a lot of weight when I was pregnant the first time. The weight gain continued after I had the baby, too. I stopped nursing but kept eating like I was feeding two. The first several years of...

September is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month. PCOS is one of the most common endocrine disorders in women of reproductive age and yet many women do not know what it is or if they have it. Some of...

As hard as it is to admit -- back-to-school is just around the corner.  The back-to-school dance of school supplies shopping and making sure our kids have decent fitting clothes and shoes to conquer their next grade level is upon...

I had one child that struggled with learning to read. Simple sight words were a chore. Longer words with blends were tortuous. Honestly, even sitting in a vertical position was a challenge for her though. I knew that her attention span had a lot to do with the delay.

Just a Mom I had never heard the term “self care” until I became a mother. Prior to growing and bringing life into this world, I had always looked out for numero uno. I knew my priorities were going to...

Infertility and Pregnancy Loss My journey with infertility and pregnancy loss began on March 1, 2016... ...when I did not see my baby in the sac that meant to hold the first signs of life. My second pregnancy loss occurred on...

UBX Part II I have been participating in a fantastic workout program at UBX Omaha. After two months of focusing on my health, I have learned to appreciate the challenge of this kind of fitness. With my trainer and my...

From the moment we see those magical two lines on the pregnancy test, our mind goes in so many directions, but we rarely think about the fourth trimester. We think about the health of the baby, surviving nausea or...

Have you ever heard of the term "Secondhand Stress"? A couple of years ago, my husband went to a local bar because he heard the chicken wings were delicious. What he didn't know was that this bar was also the...

Summer sun means splashing in the pool, catching some rays, and of course, lathering up on sunscreen. I'll be honest, before I had kids, I didn't think much about chemicals in our environment and how they affect our bodies....