Ritual Wellness Daily Juices!

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I love Ritual Wellness Daily Juices! Not only are they 100% organic & raw, their bottles are 100% biodegradeable & made from recycled materials. Pregnant or nursing, of course you don’t want to”cleanse”, thats why it’s great that they offer daily juices. Think of it as a whole lotta nutrients & craving control in one bottle!

I always feel so great after I’ve had a yummy green juice or really any of their juices, the greens are just my favorite. Drinking them occassionally during pregnancy & especially now while nursing has really helped control my crazy cravings/hunger. Think about drinking Ritual Wellness Daily Juices to increase your nutrient intake rather than to prevent weight gain. Yes they are great for that (you can do that after you’re done nursing), but you still want to make sure you are eating plenty of calories for your growing baby whether pregnant or nursing. Remember pregnancy requires an average 300 additional daily calories and nursing requires around 500 additional daily calories. So be sure you are adding in juices to your healthy diet & not replacing any meals :-)

I’m excited to announce that Ritual Wellness is offering a $15 off coupon for your first order when you buy my Knocked-Up Fitness DVD’s! Order here & I’ll email your  coupon through Amazon to you!

Keep Your Shoulders Looking Great!

Try these 2 shoulder exercises! Great during any trimester…

 

 

Prenatal Tricep Extension Exercise Video

Sculpt Your Arms! The great thing about your arms during your pregnancy is they are the one area you tend to have more control over, so keep em’ strong & looking fab!

 

 

Cat Cow Pregnancy Exercise Video

 

 

Knocked-Up Fitness DVD Launch Party

Knocked-Up Fitness DVD Launch Party

Knocked-Up Fitness DVD Launch Party

 

Hope to see you there!

~E

My Prenatal Fitness DVD’s Are Here!

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I’m super excited to announce that my Prenatal Fitness DVD’s are here & available on Amazon!

Check out my new logo, homepage, & updated website!

Besides being great workouts during pregnancy they are also great for after baby! It’s a good idea after baby to start where you left off working out before delivery.

Enjoy!

~Erica

I’m Pregnant!

 

So excited to officially announce ….I’m PREGNANT!

13 weeks that is

Finally! Felt like the 1st trimester would never end…you forget how awful morning sickness (or rather “all-day sickness”) is until you’re there again. Of course it’s all worth it but I feel this time around is a bit harder, probably because I’ve got 2 active ones I’m trying to keep up with which is challenging when my doc puts me on modified bedrest, boo :-(

The modified bedrest which consisted of no walking, exercise, or sex (which well that wasn’t a huge deal to begin with since I felt like I was going to throw up any minute).  The reason being that I had  a 8-9cm cyst. I guess that’s  pretty big & they were concerned with it getting bigger & my ovary twisting which I’ve been told is more painful than labor (hard to imagine huh?). I’m happy to say the cyst is now down to 4cm, so I’m able to be more active but nothing like I was during my 1st 2 pregnancies. Thank goodness for my prenatal exercise knowledge :-)

I’ll keep you all updated from here on.

~E

Mother’s Milk Tea, Increase Your Milk Supply

Breastfeeding & in need of some help with your milk supply?

Don’t give up yet…

Try Organic Mother’s Milk Tea by Traditional Medicinals

Organic Mother's Milk by Traditional Medicinals Box of 16 Bags

I drank this almost every day nursing my son. I had a hard time having enough milk for my little growing boy! I really had to work to keep my milk supply up….I ate a lot (healthy of course), drink a lot of water, & drank 3-5 tea bags of Mother’s Milk Tea every day! It really did work! I noticed a difference if I didn’t drink it.

By the way it’s ok if you need to supplement with a little formula. Just cuz you can’t breastfeed 100% of the time doesn’t mean you should stop either.

Enjoy those times holding & snuggling your  little ones ~ it goes too fast!

~E