The BumpCast

Postpartum doulas are engaged in care for the baby and family during the first 12 weeks of life for the new baby.   Jessica Stapp is here to help navigate the ins and outs of hiring and utilizing a postpartum doula as well as give great tips for setting boundaries around your baby, your home life, and your health.   Resources we discussed:   Baby cues video What does a postpartum doula do anyway?...

Congratulations Mama and welcome to week 41 of your pregnancy. This week your baby is the size of a watermelon, measuring around 20.4 inches long and about 8 pounds. Or more. Or less. There really is no way of knowing until he or she makes their debut.   I know that some of you may have reached week 41 and I want to make sure you know what is going on with you this week!     Chances are, you are t...

As you get ready to embark on Motherhood and you've been through 40 weeks of pregnancy, this is the perfect time for you to get a blast of expert advice from our guests.    This podcast episode is a mashup of advice pulled from interviews along your journey.   If you are burdened by the chaos in your life, I want to help you overcome the overwhelm that's standing in the way of your success!     Jo...

Congratulations, mama, and welcome to week 39 of your pregnancy! This week your sweet baby is the size of a pumpkin. Measuring about 20 inches long and weighing in at about 7.3 pounds, baby just keeps growing, despite being so crowded inside your 39 weeks pregnant belly.   It's almost eviction day.   I pulled a few common late pregnancy symptoms from thebump.com , so if you're looking for more inf...

This is week 38 on the BumpCast and I'm interviewing my oldest son, Riley. Tune in to get his big brother perspective on life as a 7 year old.

Congratulations mama and welcome to week 37 of your pregnancy! Baby is about 19 1/4 inches long and weighs just under 6.5 pounds.   A few things to prepare this week: pack your diaper bag and install the car seat. If you're having a hospital birth, the staff will typically check that your car seat is installed correctly when they discharge you, so avoid delays by making sure this is done.   Baby's...

Congratulations, mama. Welcome to week 36 of your pregnancy! This week we are discussing the ins and outs of your baby and your body at 36 weeks. We have a great interview with mama and relationship coach Angelique Moore. Angelique is the mother of 5 beautiful children, one son (22) and two sets of fraternal twin girls (8 and 18). If you have ever been curious what it's like to have two sets of tw...

Congratulations, mama! Welcome to week 35 of your pregnancy!   With only 5 short weeks left until you meet your baby, you are probably feeling a lot of emotions and exhaustion but could also be experiencing some nesting symptoms now. Baby is about 18 inches long and weighs just over 5 pounds. She's mostly in there putting on fat and waiting out the next 5 weeks with you. Most babies are in the hea...

Congratulations mama and welcome to week 34 of your pregnancy! Baby weighs in at 4.7 pounds and around 17.7 inches.   Did you know that your baby can hear your voice and recognize even your partner's voice!   Thebump.com states: Some experts say that, after birth, babies can recognize songs mom sang while pregnant; they may even be more easily soothed by those familiar tunes once they're "on the o...

At week 33 you're only 7 weeks away from meeting your sweet baby. This week, baby is the size of whole pineapple. At a little over 4 pounds and measuring 17 1/4 inches, things are getting snug inside your womb.     This week we are interviewing Susete Pinto from Night Night Baby Sleep Consulting.   Susete is a Child Sleep Consultant who, as a mom of two boys, empathizes with the difficulties of pa...

Congratulations, Mama and welcome to week 32 of your pregnancy!     This week your baby is positioning herself head down in your uterus as you're getting closer and closer to delivery. At around 4 pounds and measuring between 16.5 and 17 inches long, your little one is about the size of a large squash.   As for you, mama, your doctor appointments will likely start to be every two weeks starting ve...

With only nine weeks left to go, your baby is the size of a coconut! Measuring 16 inches and weighing in around 3.2 pounds, your little one is growing every single day! This week we are airing the second half of our interview with Ann Kaplan, mom, birth educator and amazing woman!   During the remainder of our interview, Ann mentions a few birth positions and some great techniques you can tap into...

Congratulations, mama and welcome to week 30! You've been pregnant for a Loon time, but there is an end in sight. 10 weeks or less for most of you.   This week on the BumpCast we have part 1 of a two part interview with mom, doula, birth educator and mama mentor Ann Kaplan.   Ann discusses all things pregnancy as well as answers all my questions about moving her family from Denver, CO to Spain!  ...

Your pregnancy: week 29 updates   This week we interview Missy Titus from Sacramento, California. Missy is a Wardrobe Consultant and Color Analyst at Simplified Wardrobe.   She helps busy women and women going through major transitions—whether that's personal, physical, professional or otherwise—create easy, stylish wardrobes for where they are now and where they want to be. That means fitting int...

You've made it to your third trimester! Your little one might be kicking so hard and so often that it's causing you to lose sleep. At 15 inches and about 2.25 pounds your sweet pea can blink and is also experiencing REM sleep, and possibly having her first little baby dreams! This week, as we welcome you into your third and final trimester, I want to get you all the tools you need to start nesting...

Welcome to week 27 of your pregnancy!!   This week your little one is the size of a cabbage(which is super fitting since we are releasing this on St Patrick's Day!) at 14 inches long. Weighing in at around 2 pounds, your sweet babe can likely recognize both you and your partner's voice from inside your womb. This week we are interviewing Marta Spirk from the Mom Does it All podcast. Marta is a cer...

This week your little one is about 14 inches long and weighs around 2 pounds. Comparable to an acorn squash. With only about 14 weeks to go your sweet pea is growing eyelashes around her now open eyes and tiny finger nails.   As for you mama now is around the time your belly button could pop out. Like a turkey timer showing that you're almost ready to pop this can be slightly uncomfortable. Your b...

Congratulations, Mama and welcome to week 25 of your pregnancy!   This week, your baby weights about a pound and a half and measures close to 13 inches. With only 15 weeks to go, you'll be holding your sweet pea in no time at all!     This week I'm interviewing Mama Alison Anderson.   Tune in to hear all about her pregnancy and birth experiences!

This week we discuss week 24 of your pregnancy and discuss keeping your older children feeling excited and appreciated as you prepare to welcome your new baby. We discuss Gary Chapman's "The 5 Love Languages" and how you can use the test at www.5lovelanguages.com  to make sure your older kids feel all the love from you.  Whether you're pregnant or not, this advice will help you connect better with...

Welcome to week 23 of your pregnancy, mama!   This week, baby is a little over 11 inches long and slightly heavier than a pound. Baby's punches and kicks are getting stronger now. Your partner can probably feel the movements from outside your tummy. Baby's heart is strong enough that her heartbeat can be heard using a stethoscope.   This is week 3 in our resolutions series and we have an interview...

This is our second week in the resolutions series. Last week we talked all about finances so if you didn't get a chance to, you'll definitely want to go back one episode to get all the tips for your financial future.     This week we talk to mama and lawyer Jennifer R. Lewis Kannegieter all about setting up you family estate to give you peace of mind for the future.   Listen, mama, I get that thin...

Congratulations mama you've made it to week 21 you're officially passed the halfway point in your pregnancy. This week your baby is about 10 1/2 inches long from head to toe and weighs about 11 to 12 1/2 ounces, about the size of a banana!   Inside your little ones body more blood cells are starting to develop. It's the liver and spleen's job to make them before this point and now the bone marrow...

Congratulations, Mama, you've made it halfway through your pregnancy! This week is typically when you will have your anatomy check, including when you get to find out the gender of your sweet little one. Of course, gender is important, but not the most important thing to all parents.   Some other things the ultrasound tech is looking at and measuring at this screening include head circumference, h...

Welcome to week 19 of your pregnancy, mama! You're so close to halfway in this journey, and I'm so excited to tell you all of the things going on this week.   Weighing in at 8 ounces and 6 inches long, your little prince or princess has gone through a growth spurt. Now covered in a cheesy like substance called Vernix Caseosa, your baby's skin is now protected from becoming a wrinkled mess from the...

Congratulations mama you have made it to week 18! Almost to the halfway point, you're now likely getting ready to go to baby's anatomy scan, if you haven't already.   Baby is now 5 1/2 inches long and can weigh anywhere from 5 to 6 1/2 ounces. You may feel baby kick, twist and turn now. He's big enough that you may feel those little movements inside, though your partner won't be able to feel anyth...