Bandita Blog — Guest Blogger

Every woman has a different pregnancy/postpartum experience.   This week we're sharing Kelli's postpartum compression experience. We hope you'll send us your story for a chance to be featured on the Bandita Blog.  Having 3 girls you learn tips and tricks that help you through your pregnancies and after. One of those things for me was postpartum belly binding. I read all about this when I was pregnant with my second daughter and was so curious if it would work for me. I decided to take the plunge and get one to try after she was born, I’m so glad I did!...

Every woman has a different pregnancy/delivery experience.   This week we're sharing Kristyn Hodgdon's story of infertility and high risk pregnancy. We hope you'll send us your story for a chance to be featured on the Bandita Blog.  I always say that the scars of infertility don’t fade the minute you find out you’re pregnant. Even though my first reaction was to be ecstatic upon receiving a positive HCG beta test after a long road of infertility and IVF, my happiness quickly turned to skepticism and fear. In the infertility community, we are all too aware of the miscarriage statistics. 1...

Calling all Mombies...be sure to check out these "survival" tips from from Mom and Beachbody Coach and Mentor, Alli Upham!  The word TIRED has a COMPLETELY new meaning after having a kid…Whether you’re staying up all night because your kid is sick, or you’re like me for the past 5 months and dealing with a baby that just WILL NOT EVER SLEEP. Being a mom is an absolutely beautiful thing, and I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING! But let me tell you something… I’ve never been more tired in my LIFE! And being super tired when you are trying to work on your #MOMBOD has been really...

We're excited to share this guest blog post from lifestyle blogger and mom-to-be, Kathleen Hurley. When it comes to working out during pregnancy there are a ton of mixed opinions and I’ve been getting a lot of ??? from you guys about what type of workouts to do while pregnant. To be completely honest I haven’t “worked out” in the traditional sense at all this pregnancy. With my first pregnancy, I tried to maintain exercising occasionally and keeping up with the type of exercising that I had enjoyed (pre-pregnancy) like soul cycle & running but I learned pretty quickly my new...