I’ve always been quite an anxious person. Even though I didn’t realise it was ‘anxiety’ until my late twenties, I still remember being around 7 or 8 and feeling my heart race, that overwhelming nauseous feeling and being unable to catch my breath. Over the years I had developed systems for coping, ways I would …
Krystal Kleidon
Sleep and pregnancy seem like two words that should go together, but as most pregnant women know, the reality is a totally different story. At a time when you should be resting and everyone is telling you to ‘sleep now while you can…’ it seems like it would be easier to find a proverbial needle in a …
Whether you’re pushing a tight budget or you’re trying to make your savings last (hello maternity leave), you don’t have to believe it when people tell you that babies are expensive. It’s totally possible for you to have a baby on a budget and not miss out on any of the gorgeous baby items. One …
For over 4 years I was a ‘boy mum’. To be honest, if you had asked me before if I wanted a daughter I would have shrugged (like I can choose the sex of the baby anyway) and said something along the lines of ‘baby girls are cute but they turn into teenage girls and …
For many women, breast tenderness is one of the first signs of pregnancy. I found there was this nice little phase in my first pregnancy where my breasts knew I was pregnant and had started to increase in size, but my tummy had missed the memo and it was still flat without a bump. It lasted …
We all know that ‘normal’ labour can start anywhere from 37 weeks to 42 weeks gestation, and that ‘due dates’ are kind of an educated guess with only 3 – 5% of babies actually being born on this date. With a range of around 5 weeks, that’s a whole lot of waiting time and wandering …
Once that little babe is in your arms, and you look into their sweet little eyes marvelling at the fact that YOU made that gorgeous little human, your whole world completely changes. It’s almost like a physical shift. Even if it’s baby number one or baby number four, you are no longer the person you …
One thing I noticed throughout my pregnancies was that there was this mindset from women that we must have pain relief during labour, that it was the ‘normal’ thing to do. Anytime I mentioned anything about a drug free labour and birth it was almost like I was talking about unicorns and fairies. When I said I …
Whether you’re pumping exclusively, pumping to build a stash or pumping for any other reason, there’s certainly a knack to getting things going and for a lot of women, it doesn’t come easily. One of the big misconceptions is that pumping breastmilk is the same as breastfeeding, but that’s not the case. It’s a lot …
If you’ve spent any time on Pinterest at all researching baby products you’ll know there’s a whole world of gadgets and devices out there promising to be the ‘one essential item’ for every parent. It can be incredibly overwhelming and leave you not knowing where to start when it comes to preparing for your baby. …