7+ research-backed habits to reduce your chance of catching a virus
Try these 7 research-backed strategies to help keep your family healthy during flu season and viral outbreaks.
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Stop spreading germs! Winter Essential Oils for the whole family
Winter can be a wonderful season full of holiday cheer, beautiful snow, hot chocolate, Christmas lights and so much more! However, the cold weather also brings sniffling noses, coughing and germs-a-plenty! As we all know it’s the latter that seems to have a bigger impact on our day-to-day living, especially as winter progresses! But there are some…
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Bolstering the family’s immune system with homemade elderberry syrup
Homemade elderberry has become a staple recipe in our family’s arsenal to boost the immune system during both sickness and in sick season as a preventative. This post will provide three different ways to make elderberry syrup. The traditional recipe and bulk of the post was originally guest written in 2016, but to help support the…
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Comprehensive essential oils guide for common pregnancy annoyances
Burning in my chest, itching on my belly, and yawning throughout the entire day. Yep, I’m pregnant. And the perpetual nature of all those little annoyances add up. But there are essential oil remedies and recipes that can help lessen the discomforts of carrying your sweet unborn baby. When it comes to pregnancy, you may be feeling…
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Stopping Postpartum Depression & Anxiety symptoms before they stop you!
Every day I would wake up and feel like I was in a fog. I would shuffle around the house, robotically fulfilling the needs of my kids. And somehow I was not caring for myself. I am not sure if it’s because I didn’t know how to, didn’t want to admit it, or was too…
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Need a Yeast Infection Remedy that Works? Skip the creams & embarrassment to try these!
I spent more time itching and more money trying to find a cure for yeast infections my last pregnancy than I did for my delivery. I was literally praying for the day I would give birth just so that maybe my raging hormones would stop and subsequently the raging yeast infection (and group B strep) would…
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8 Simple Ways to Increase Milk Supply
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and healthy mama® , but all my opinions and suggestions on ways to increase milk supply is are my own. #pmedia #gethealthymama http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” Breastfeeding is a tough job, especially when you feel like you’re not making enough milk for your always-hungry…
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Natural Mastitis Remedies When you need them fast
Two and a half years of continuous breastfeeding and this past weekend, I sat in the car on a Saturday afternoon nauseous and with chills in beautiful weather and aches that stabs me to the bone. I could hardly hold my baby as we were browsing the selection of Boston area homes, and just reaching…
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The Importance of Chiropractic for Babies and Toddlers
Three weeks in to my older daughter’s life and we were scrambling for ideas to help her and to keep her happy. She was gassy, she constantly cried and screamed, she was high maintenance. Baby number two made her debut into this world with her hand by her head. In both instances, getting adjusted at…
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After Birth Must Haves – the unglamorous postpartum list
Everyone seems to prepare for a new baby by gathering up things for a hospital bag and collecting baby toys and clothes. But rarely do we stop to think about the post-baby and after birth must haves for new mamas. Maybe it’s because no one really talks about what it’s really like after the baby comes. Maybe…
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Homemade diaper yeast infection cream you’ll be itching to try
This is all about that baby bass. So if you’re here looking to treat your own yeast infection, this may not be what you’re looking for. It might work, but you should read more on adult yeast infection remedies. Anyway, Two years into our cloth diapering journey we encountered yeast diaper rash for the first…
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Prevention Solutions for Pregnancy Complications
Many of us face complications in pregnancy whether it is as simple as being overdue or something more serious like Strep B or having a breech baby. There is no need to panic in any of these situations because there are both preventative and natural solutions for almost all of them. While they are not…
