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My 7 Ultimate Pregnancy Must-Haves

June 12, 2015 by kschriefer Leave a Comment

7 pregnancy must-haves

Now that I’m well into my pregnancy, I thought I’d put a little list together of some of my favorite products to use during (and sometimes after!) pregnancy. Since this is my 2nd time around, I’ve figured out what stuff isn’t necessary and what are my absolutely must-haves. Everyone is different and some things are just personal preference, but I’d love to know what your favorites were/are during pregnancy too. Please share below!

1. Leachco Snoogle Total Body Pillow:   $57.95. This is my hands-down, can’t-live-without pregnancy MUST-HAVE. Sleeping is difficult enough when you’re pregnant, but this body pillow makes it sooo much more comfy! It gives you support for your back as well as a pillow between your knees. We recently stayed in a hotel over the weekend and I didn’t think I’d need to pack it. BIG mistake! Despite the super-comfy hotel bed, I slept horribly without my precious Snoogle. I might just keep it around after the baby too! (Do yourself a favor and order an extra pillow case for it, too. The one it comes with is kinda cheap and frays easily.)

2. Coobie Bras: $20. To be honest, I started wearing these before I was pregnant, and they are seriously the most comfortable bra I have ever worn! They are soft and stretchy and seriously fit almost all sizes! Perfect for your ever-changing chesty area before, during and after pregnancy : )

3. Bitburger 0% alcohol beer and lime: $3.69. Ok I know this is a random one, and you will most likely not order this online but get it in a liquor store (or if you’re lucky and live in the South, you can buy your beer at the grocery store… I’m jealous!) But I included the link anyway. I don’t want to feel totally left out when I’m pregnant, so it’s nice to have a non-alcoholic beer sometimes. This one is completely alcohol-free… and I discovered a little secret: add a lime and it tastes even better! Plus you’ll feel like you’re drinking a Corona or my favorite, Bud Light Lime.

4. Gap maternity underwear: $10.95.  Yup, I’m talking about bras and undies today. But I have to share! These are SO soft and comfy! I may or may not wear them when I’m not pregnant too.

5. Basq Milk & Honey Stretch Mark Oil:  $15.00. Everyone is different, some will get stretch marks and some will not. It mostly has to do with heredity, unfortunately. But, it definitely helps to have a good, moisturizing lotion for your skin. I’ve tried a TON of stretch mark creams, and this one is my favorite so far. It’s an oil, so it’s super moisturizing, and it relieves all the itchies you get with your ever-expanding belly.

6. Rainbow One Prenatal Multivitamin:  $17.99. This is just personal preference, but I’ve used regular prenatal vitamins that you can find at any drug or grocery store with both pregnancies, and I swear they made my morning sickness worse. I switched to Rainbow, which I found at Whole Foods, and I felt so much better now that I take these.

7. Gap Supersoft Leggings:  ON SALE $11.99! You MUST order these leggings. They are sooo soft and stretchy, and they don’t even look like maternity leggings so you can wear them when you’re not pregnant too!

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Filed Under: General, Pregnancy, Product Review, Shop — Tagged With: Bitburger, bras, coobie, leggings, maternity, non-alcoholic beer, pregnancy, prenatal, snoogle, stretch mark cream, underwear

My New Favorite Kitchen Toy

February 3, 2015 by kschriefer 3 Comments

Nutri Bullet 900Every once in awhile you come across a product that is so awesome and life-changing, that you can’t imagine how you lived without it before. Ok “life changing” might be a little dramatic, but that’s just about how I feel about the Nutri Bullet 900 blender from Magic Bullet, so I had to write up a review to let you know how amazing it is! I’ve had other blenders before, cheap ones, expensive ones, ones that even make baby food. But the Nutri Bullet 900 is the best and my favorite by far!

Here are the reasons I’m in love:

  • Super easy to use
  • The container you blend everything in, is the SAME container you can drink out of! I’m lazy and love having less dishes to clean : )
  • It blends everything super fast and effectively, I’m talking less than 10 seconds to even chop up ice and frozen ingredients.
  • The blades chop everything up into such fine pieces, foods like spinach practically disintegrate into smoothies without losing the fiber and nutrition of the food (unlike juicers.)
  • When you’re finished blending, you simply twist off the top with the blade, and pop on a top to drink it out of.
  • Everything cleans easily in the dishwasher. (Again, I’m lazy.)

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If you’re going to get one, make sure you get this 900 series. From what I’ve heard the earlier version “Magic Bullet” isn’t as strong and doesn’t chop up ice and hard foods as easily. This one destroys them. (They also just came out with a new “Rx” version that is supposed to be even more powerful. It’s also about $70 more expensive, and to me not worth the upgrade when the 900 series does everything I’d want it to.) We bought ours off of Amazon so we could get the free shipping since we’re Prime members. But I see that Target, Bed Bath and Beyond and Macy’s has it for free shipping as well.

We mainly use it for smoothies. My hubby and I got into Shakeology smoothies a couple months back (which we also LOVE), and the Nutri Bullet 900 was a perfect fit for these smoothies. But we also use it to grind coffee, blend soups, mix omelets, etc.

My little girl is one of the PICKIEST eaters in the world. But through some trial and error, I’ve found a few yummy and super healthy smoothie recipes that she actually LOVES! Look out for my next blog post where I’ll share her new favorite recipe. It’s filled with super foods to boost your immune system, but is so delicious even an opinionated 3-year old will drink it!

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(I was not at all compensated for this post and all opinions are my own. I am a small-time blogger and Nutri Bullet has no idea who I am!)

Filed Under: Drinks, Health, Product Review, Recipes, Uncategorized — Tagged With: blender, healthy, immune support, kid smoothie, magic bullet, product review, recipe, smoothie

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