I gathered a lot of this information as a way to document what was helpful (and harmful) for me, and it would have been a useful resource to myself when I began my journey to motherhood. With that in mind, where some are now may be much different from where I was then. But I believe knowledge is power and hope that others can discern in this webpage anything that might be relevant to them.
My main upshot is that small and simple practices early on in the pre-conception and/or newborn stages of babies can have great impacts on the level of stress associated with motherhood (and the child's growing up).
I detail some practices that I discovered and value for improving the health outcomes of my babies and my comfort in pregnancy. I find the prospect of influencing the creation of bodies empowering, and these are some ways I feel I can impact this process for the better.