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Best YouTube Pregnancy Workouts for Busy Moms

July 27, 2015 By Jelli 20 Comments

Best prenatal workout videos for busy pregnant women on YouTube | Jellibeanjournals.com

Maintaining a fit body while you’re pregnant requires dedication. Keeping your body healthy and strong, or even improving your fitness,  is important both for you and for your growing baby. One of my favorite places to find pregnancy workout videos is on YouTube, a quick click for prenatal workouts that you can access anytime. Scanning… 

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Filed Under: mommyhood Tagged With: birth preparation, fitness, natural pregnancy and postpartum, postpartum, pregnancy

Pregnancy Tea: Make it or Buy it?

August 10, 2013 By Jelli Leave a Comment

Staying fit and healthy throughout pregnancy is a no-brainer for most mamas, but have you ever considered uterine health? For centuries women have relied on herbal teas to maintain uterine tone and help intensify contractions during labor, particularly pregnancy teas made from red raspberry leaf. Source Since I experienced minor hemorrhaging post-birth with Summer Elizabeth,… 

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Whipped Belly Butter

July 29, 2013 By Jelli 21 Comments

Years before I ever pictured myself as a mom, my vanity told me that pregnancy was just not going to happen. Stretch marks? Um, no thanks.  Now I realize that stretch marks don’t mark all moms. Whipped belly butter can help! I’m astoundingly grateful that God changed my heart about motherhood and happy to tell… 

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My Birth Playlist

July 15, 2013 By Jelli 10 Comments

When Summer Elizabeth was born, I had a playlist ready to go, stereo loaded. We used only one of those CDs before my midwife arrived and determined the music not “soothing” enough. The rest of the birth went on under the approved calming harp melodies that the doula had in her handbag. Not my cup… 

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Labor-Friendly Natural Massage Oil

July 8, 2013 By Jelli 3 Comments

Show me a pregnant woman who doesn’t like massage, and I’ll show you a….  wait a minute, I’m not sure what I would show you. Anyway, most pregnant women in labor appreciate the relaxation benefits of a massage given with strong hands and a labor-friendly natural massage oil. Source With our first child, our sweet… 

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Pregnancy Belly Butter

February 4, 2013 By Jelli 29 Comments

pregnancy belly butter recipe

I’m a sucker for skincare products. There’s just something luxurious about silky smooth skin. My preference for natural skin care products that don’t contain chemicals, colorings, and ingredients that I can’t pronounce is especially true during pregnancy, when I’m growing a sweet innocent baby inside. That’s why I use this natural pregnancy belly butter for… 

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Postpartum Healing Pads

August 2, 2012 By Jelli 18 Comments

Postpartum recovery is a toughie for most of us. Our bodies are recovering from the toughest task that being a woman lends us: birth. If you didn’t think it was difficult, high five to you. For this lady, my baby’s birth was no walk in the park. Following vaginal birth, these postpartum healing pads were… 

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DIY Post-Partum Healing Remedy: Rosemary Water

July 12, 2012 By Jelli 8 Comments

I love my midwife. She is such a great lady and a wonderfully wise resource for post-partum advice, encouragement, and relief remedies after giving birth. As I labored through the long morning of Summer Elizabeth’s birth, large pots of boiling rosemary water steeped on the stove nearby. We’d been instructed to pluck off a couple… 

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Summer Elizabeth, A Natural Home WaterBirth Story

July 2, 2012 By Jelli 51 Comments

keep baby from scratching himself

Our sweet, gentle baby who is practically her father’s girl-twin turns nine months old today, and in celebration of that  grueling exciting Monday of her birth, it’s about time I share her birth story with all of you. I don’t know about you, but I love reading a good birth story. I generally end up… 

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Relieve Breast Engorgement Naturally

June 24, 2012 By Jelli 11 Comments

Are you a breastfeeding mom or hoping to become one soon? If so, read on. Done with babies? Stop here and check out how to cut clutter in your home. No really, stop. Alrighty, now that I’ve got my target audience with me, let’s get personal. Too personal?  Nah, I don’t think so.  Breastfeeding has… 

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Filed Under: mommyhood, natural family, tips Tagged With: Baby, natural pregnancy and postpartum, postpartum

Hi, I'm Jelli! I snagged the best guy around, birthed four tiny kidlets, scribble down too many dessert recipes, love Jesus, and grow veggies in my front yard. Read More…

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