I'm Meg, a 30-something mom to three kids under four years old. My husband,

Rick, and I live in Atlanta with our kiddos and two dogs. And while I technically

became a mother in 2020, I've been "Mama Meg" since college. Always the helper,

the one who texted to make sure everyone got home safe, I was the "mom" of my

friend group. Ten years later, the nickname came back stronger than ever when I had my first.

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While I was pregnant, I felt the most intense joy and gratitude, but I also felt something I didn't expect: fear. Fear that I didn't really know literally anything about becoming a parent. Fear that I was going to mess up the thing I'd wanted most my entire life. And because I'd just moved across the country and there was a little thing called a global pandemic, I didn't have a group of mom friends I could lean on for advice while I navigated this transition.

 

So, I turned my anxiety into my superpower and started doing what I do best - researching the hell out of it. I read everything I could get my hands on, watched webinars and took classes. I then started compiling recommendations to have ready for my sister and best friends. When their time came, I wanted to help even the slightest bit by giving them a place to start. 

 

Turns out, that time came pretty quickly! One of my best friends got pregnant a few months later. So I sent her what at the time was a lengthy Google document with advice about pregnancy, baby prep, and registry items. Shout out to the real ones who saw that original version! Along the way, I added new sections about postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, bringing home baby, traveling, transitioning to toddlerhood and more. Once the information was already together, I started offering it up to other pregnant friends to see if they wanted it. Spoiler alert: they all did, because they had that new mom fear too. 

 

Before I knew it, my little Google doc had been shared to friends of friends and beyond - hundreds of women, most of whom I didn't know and would reach out to thank me for softening their landing into motherhood. While on mat leave with my second, I decided to get things into a better format, and this website was born. And now in 2025 I find myself home with a newborn again - our daughter - and reinvigorated to share everything I've learned in hopes of helping the moms coming up behind me. 

 

All that said, please know that all of the advice and information I share comes from a place of "this is what worked for me, in case it's helpful to you!" I am never here to judge another parent's choices or say that my way is the best or only way. My hope is to help any new mom out there as she's entering this incredible, scary, beautiful, exhausting, amazing new chapter. It's the best scary thing you'll ever do. This is all information I wish I'd had when I was pregnant with my first - and again, it's just a place to start. And to be very clear, I am not a medical professional, though I do have a lot of trust and faith in the ones in my life. 

 

Thank you so much for being here! Reach out with questions or comments, I love to hear from y'all!