Lauren says: " I was pregnant with my second child, preparing for a new baby all over again. This time around I was way more prepared than with my first born. I had written out a birth plan; one for every scenario in fact. I had began my registry in my first trimester as oppose to my third like before, however, this time I included myself too. In my first pregnancy I did everything I could to prepare my world for a new little life,

one that I would be in charge of. In that time I never thought to prepare myself, my mind, my body for the after effects. I didn’t understand the toll pregnancy took on the body both physically and mentally, no one prepared me. I knew this time would be different, I just thought I’d share my journey along the way, and that's why I started AfterBirthco."