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This post was originally written for My Nest Well. Between blogs, books, podcasts, and Youtube videos, do you as an expecting parent really need to spend time — and money — taking a local birthing class? As a Childbirth Educator, I’ve encountered numerous couples who have “read all the things” and “watched all the things,”… Continue reading Do I really need to take a childbirth class?

This was originally written for Tranquilo Mat by Hilary and appeared on their Blog February 8th, 2018   For many first time parents, the first two weeks of life with a newborn can be a bit of a blur. Then, just as you feel like you might be slightly more confident in your new role,… Continue reading 3 TIPS TO HELP YOU SURVIVE THOSE ‘WITCHING HOUR’ FUSSY EVENINGS WITH YOUR NEWBORN

Childbirth Educator and Certified Lactation Consultant Hilary Baxendale helps you make the transition home from the hospital as smooth as possible. Assemble the contact information for these 4 people to build a stellar support team before you need it.                         Bringing home your newborn… Continue reading Don’t leave the hospital without these 4 support systems in place

Pregnancy and parenting are filled with growth and change. Growing our bellies and growing our families while we change our priorities and change what we consider sleeping in (does 8am sound like heaven to just me?!). My childbirth business is growing and changing too! It took me three years to admit it, but I don’t… Continue reading Growth and Change…

Hilary Baxendale Childbirth has expended its services to include assisting families as they transition home from the hospital and begin to navigate parenthood! Hilary is a Certified Lactation Counselor, Childbirth Educator, mother to two young boys and leader of Rivertown Mamas, a local new mom discussion group. She is excited to build on the work… Continue reading Bringing home Baby? Now what?

The folks over at Mitera Collection where I can sometimes be found blogging in their postpartum life series (see here), asked me if they could interview me about my journey from NYC worker bee to becoming a Mother/Childbirth Educator/Lactation Consultant/Ice Cream taste tester. Ok. The last one is made-up, but how cool would that be??… Continue reading My Working Motherhood Journey

This post was originally written for Mitera Collection's Blog and appered there in April 2015. Mitera is an amazing collection of chic maternity and nursing dresses that launched this Spring. My Postpartum Life: 9 Things No One Tells You About After the Baby Comes Out... Being pregnant is pretty amazing. Literally billions of women have… Continue reading 9 Things No One Tells You After the Baby Comes Out…

2014 brought lots of change for me and my family. We made the move from Brooklyn to the burbs, gulp! We did a renovation on our new house and we welcomed baby Archie to the family in July. Now that the holidays are behind us I'm ready to jump back into work and I have… Continue reading Hello 2015!