TikTok When it comes to things to look forward to in pregnancy, the list is long. The first time you hear baby’s heartbeat. The first time you feel movement. When you finally figure out the perfect name to give your little one. There’s also plenty to “look forward to.” Morning sickness, exhaustion, and, of course, the glucose test. While it’s never going to be fun, one TikTok creator has an idea about how it can be less bad, and it’s honestly great. For the uninitiated, gestational diabetes (GD) is a serious but not uncommon condition in which the pregnant person’s...
Study: Cortisol Levels In Moms Linked To Brain Response To Baby's Cry
Halfpoint Images/Moment/Getty Images Parenting kids is not exactly a low-stress job. In fact, it’s more anxiety-inducing now than it has ever been before. New moms in particular have to learn how to handle new stressors, all while raising a baby for the first time — so we have to wonder, how does stress impact how new moms parent? In a new study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, researchers found that a high concentration of cortisol in new moms is associated with greater intrusive parenting behaviors, and reduced brain activation to an infant’s cry in the motor planning and auditory processing regions. Basically,...
Three Perfect Responses For Unsolicited Pregnancy "Advice"
TikTok The world is full of opinions. That’s one of humanity’s great beauties. There are so many opinions and ideas and ways to interact with others. But sometimes, those opinions sneak into places and conversations where they don’t belong. And this is never truer than when a woman is pregnant. It’s something TikTok creator @overeatingunderdressed (whom we’re going to call OEUD for the rest of this article) has discovered since becoming pregnant herself… and has come up with three perfect responses to any and all unsolicited or particularly bold opinions. “When you’re pregnant, everyone and their mother is going to...
‘Rediscovering My Inner Slut After Filing For Divorce Is Really Fun’
We all have those lightbulb moments: the enlightening occasions when something that previously eluded your attention occurs to you, and you just get it. It finally sinks in. You fully realize, for the first time, whatever truth it was that had been all but staring you in the face. Sometimes, these epiphanies are as simple as realizing you’re tired AF of the PTA. Other times, they’re quite a bit more complex (like accepting the fact you probably never should have said “I do” a second time). Both types of lightbulb moments have value, though… just ask the moms who shared...