Once you get to the hospital and meet your newborn baby, you are handed a postpartum kit filled with lanolin nipple cream, dermoplast for pain, cold pads for inflammation, and mesh underwear. Since no one took the time and care to offer you something different, you accept the kit, use it in the hospital, and take it home. You assume that whatever the nurses hand to you, are going to have your best interest and healing in mind. Surprisingly, this is far from the truth…

After an exhausting round of breast-feeding, I was handed a nipple cream to soothe the dryness and soreness, but it didn’t give much relief. When I started to research ingredients to make my own all-natural nipple cream, I learned some interesting facts about an ingredient in commonly used nipple creams…

I want to challenge this societal expectation by shifting some emphasis back to the mom and her needs during one of the most challenging experiences a woman can go through. 

Have you left your cup empty lately? Do you feel like you don't have enough to pour out to your kids, husband, friends, or neighbors?

How do you fill your cup?

It needs to come at the start of your day. Instead of rushing to start breakfast or tidy the kitchen, get ready for the day. That could mean doing your skincare and putting on some fresh clothes.