Rachel Heston-Davis is a contributing writer at What to Expect, the most trusted pregnancy and parenting brand. She has worked as a freelance writer, a journalist, an English professor, and an in-house writer for a university. She holds an MFA in creative writing, with an emphasis in writing for young people, from Lesley University. Rachel enjoys spending time with her husband and son, adventuring outdoors, traveling to New Mexico, and trying in vain to get the cat off her desk.