Pregnancy

Pensacola Mom Collective is thrilled to announce that we, along with our Title Sponsor, Studer Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart, will host “Bloom 2021” on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, from 7-9pm. Buy Your Bloom Ticket HERE We are linking arms...

After this last year of tumult, what could possibly become the silver lining? If you live on the panhandle of Florida, we didn’t only weather the pandemic. We ‘survived’ Hurricane Sally. Not to mention, we are in the throes of...

“Look at my new tattoo!”  This was the text message I sent to my sisters and niece. I had just gotten a heart tattoo with my two precious little boys’ names and was excited to show it off. My niece...

Dear Self, You are heartbroken right now. There was yet another negative pregnancy test result. You just received the news from your kind, almost apologetic doctor. You are at a loss. So much loss. Right now, you want to get into your...

From the earliest days of our relationship, my husband Bryan and I knew we wanted to have children and often talked about how excited we were to become a Mom and a Dad. We started trying to get pregnant...

There I was, standing in a long line at the Walmart pharmacy with a prescription for $1,000 worth of fertility drugs. I remember it was winter, and in south Louisiana, that didn’t mean much except hearing people sniffle and...

I remember being 13 years old and reading an article in Seventeen Magazine (yep, we all had them...) about endometriosis. It was a short blurb with infographics outlying the common symptoms: painful and heavy periods and migraines, to name...

Sometimes I see a woman in passing and do a double-take because, for a split second, I thought it was her. I turn my head to look again and then snap back to reality. Lately, this does not happen quite...

I am nine months postpartum and nearly one whole year into a pandemic as a new mother to a beautiful baby girl. Of all the things I’ve learned, the most important lesson is that we can and will acclimate in...

There is so much to learn during pregnancy. A wealth of resources exist to educate expectant parents. But where does a new mother turn when figuring out what to expect when expecting during a pandemic? Preparing for pregnancy and delivery...