helping each other with:

  • New Baby Admin Checklist

    You just had a baby! Follow this checklist (or give it to your partner/spouse while you cuddle your new cutie)

    Checklist

  • Pregnancy

    From early stages to labor and delivery

    you've got this!

  • Postpartum

    The highs & lows and coping strategies for the physical, mental, and emotional tolls

    you're not alone

  • feeding your little

    Tips & gear reviews for pumping, breastfeeding, milk storage, formula, and weening

    Fed is best

  • Childcare

    CDCs, off-base childcare (including fee assistance programs), Au Pair programs, nannies, and babysitters

    It really does take a village

  • Regs & Guidelines

    Service specific & DoD-wide

    No holding us back!

  • Uniforms

    Styles, uniform types, sizing, how to order

    finally some designed by women!

  • Infertility & Complications

    For some of us, it’s hard to talk about. For others, it can be therapeutic. Wherever you fall on this spectrum, we know there’s not much we can say to make it better. So many of us struggle at one time or another at different stages of the process and it can be so challenging, trying, and affects everyone differently.

    This section is intended to provide resources and factual information regarding options and support.

    Resources, Information, Support

  • family planning

    Not a mom or even a mom-to-be yet, but what if you might just maybe want to be one someday? Info about egg freezing (Tricare covers portions of this process!), philosophies on balancing timing & career, and more.

    Maybe just a twinkle in those eyes, but still very important!

  • Networking & Join Our Mailing List

    Networks (like the DAF Women’s Initiative Team), Facebook support groups, Instagram influencers to follow, and more. Join our mailing list & don’t miss out on newsletters, Q&A’s with badass military mamas, and the future of MomGouge!

    Click Here

  • Leadership

    Q&A with Mamas in Leadership Positions

    Click Here

“gouge” Defined & This site’s intent

“Gouge", from my experience as an Air Force aviator, is a term we use as the collective pro-tips of what good information we need to know about a flight, checkride, emergency procedures evaluation, etc. Since there’s always so much information out there, people who pass on gouge try to narrow the focus to help guide pilots after them to focus on what’s really important. I feel the same about motherhood… I spent HOURS upon HOURS searching for the perfect pump, diapers, breastmilk storage devices, trying to figure out how to order a pregnancy flight suit, etc. The goal of this site is to consolidate all of that, make it user-friendly so YOU can provide your inputs (I know my information will quickly get outdated so I’m always open to feedback to help this site stay updated, current, and relevant)! Thanks for becoming a part of what I hope to be a strong mom-gouge community!