5 Cost-Effective Advantages of Frozen Donor Eggs Over Fresh
If you’re unable to use your own eggs to conceive, you may be investigating all options open to you to have a child. While researching, you’ve likely come across Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) like fresh or frozen donor eggs. But should you choose frozen or fresh donor eggs? Is one procedure more affordable than the other? Below are five ways you can save with frozen donor eggs versus a fresh donor egg cycle. Save time With a fresh donor egg IVF cycle, your donor’s eggs are retrieved at approximately five days prior to your body being ready to receive embryo(s).…
3 Alternate Ways of Becoming Pregnant
When you have children, you are immediately hit with a sense of joy and affection. Something so small and miraculous will need you to survive, depend on you for all of its needs; that little life you created will need to be taught how to survive in the world and the ins-and-outs of society. In return for everything you do for that precious child, you will receive a lifetime of love. It is important to have the right care provider during this time of pregnancy. As you continued this journey as a parent, you will need proper guidance on taking…
PREMAMA® Essentials Prenatal Drink Mix Review & Giveaway (11/7) | #pregnancy
As a doula, one of the most common early pregnancy complaints that I hear (aside of just being flat out tired all the time) is that moms hate taking prenatal vitamins because they make them sick in some form or fashion. Whether it's heightened morning sickness or constipation, sometimes, prenatal vitamins seem like they're doing more harm than good, and many pregnant women just stop taking them - which is simple unacceptable. On the flip side, nursing moms usually drop the prenatal vitamins after the baby is born, but they're so important to help establish a healthy breastmilk supply. (Side…
Save on Baby Products with Walmart’s #EveryLittleStep Event
When I think of purchasing items for baby, the first thing that always comes to my mind is "How much is this going to cost me?" Not too long ago, I read about a family who hired a certified baby planner (Did you even know there is such a thing? I didn't!), and because they trusted this person, they ended up spending a lot of money on products and furniture that was useless because it was their first baby and they had no idea what they would need or not need! Not only did they buy a lot of useless…
Awesome Pregnancy Time Lapse Video | #pregnancy
This pregnancy time lapse video is awesome! Its not long!
16 pound baby born in East Texas! (WHOA!) How big are your babies?
My sister-in-law and I joke all the time about how our babies, this-go-round, are going to be opposite of the last babies we had. My babies have progressively gotten bigger. (All born circa 38 wks.) Kylie - 7 lb 14 oz Braxton - 8 lb 8 oz Hawk - 9 lb 6 oz My sister-in-law's babies are considerably smaller, like 6 lb (sorry, E, I can't remember exactly). We've joked and joked that this time, it's going to be the opposite. She keeps saying she's going to have the whopper and I'm going to have a little one. Fat chance!…
Taking the IntelliGender Gender Prediction Test Tomorrow!
Tomorrow morning, I will be taking the IntelliGender Gender Prediction Test as part of a review and giveaway for IntelliGender at Anyone want to guess what the results will be?? Anyone taken the IntelliGender test before? What was your experience?
Yeah, not so much this name, either. | American Baby’s Baby Name Finder
I got a random email from I guess I signed up, because it was ALMOST close to giving me the stats for the right week of pregnancy. Anyway, I saw this. I'm not so sure I trust this finder, if this is the name of the What do you think? It's a really cute baby though!
30 Days of Mom-to-Be: Day 1 – Maternity SwimWear
Maternity Swimwear In June, we will be heading to Great Wolf Lodge with the entire McCrory family (8 adults, kiddos)! I'm actually looking forward to spending a few days at this fantastic indoor water resort (I've actually never been!), even though I'll be 26ish weeks pregnant! At the end of this month, we will be putting up our family swimming pool for great fun, exercise, and relief from the heat! (more…)
TummyTankz Maternity and Belly Band Review and Giveaway
While on the hunt for pregnancy and baby items, I ran across a website called TummyTanks that carries the coolest Belly Bands, also known as Maternity Bands. Knowing that my sister in law loved her maternity band in her previous pregnancy, I just knew I had to have one! (more…)