Let’s be honest, you probably came for the wine and cheese. But now I have you here, why not spare a few minutes to learn how water can make your labour and birth so much easier! I promise it will be worth it. We’ve listed seven things every Mama should know about labour and birth …
Whether you’re an exclusive pumper or a pump when you need kind of Mama, there’s a certain art to pumping breastmilk that can help you get the most out of your pumping session. Because let’s face it, we don’t want to be attached to that burring machine for any longer than we need to do …
I don’t know what it is, but when a woman has a baby, everyone forgets how to make conversation with her. It’s as if staring at a new baby for too long makes their brain switch off and the mouth blurts out strange small talk one-liners. ‘Is he a good baby?’, ‘How does he sleep?’ …
I’d love to be able to say that I was one of those glorious women that loved every moment of their pregnancy. Who were energised by the life growing inside of them and radiated happiness. But I wasn’t. At all. I’m not ashamed to admit that I hate being pregnant. And I don’t feel guilty …
In such a modern world, it makes me sad that women feel as though they cannot feed their baby in a public place, and that it is something we should be ashamed of. Even when many countries have laws supporting breastfeeding women, our overall society views haven’t quite caught up – which is such a …
Hey There You… Yeah you, the one who is showing as my reflection in the mirror, but I don’t quite recognise anymore. The one who looks stretched and worn, who has new bumps and lumps and who looks older (and maybe a little wiser). First of all, I have to apologise. Because I truly am …
When you’re pregnant with your baby for the first time (or anytime really) you imagine what life is going to be like after they are born. You dream of their soft little cuddles, their gorgeous milky smell and that overwhelming love that comes with the oxytocin high. Something I didn’t really think about was all …
From the moment you see those two little pink lines show up on the pregnancy test, you can feel your whole world changing. No longer are you just ‘you’, you are growing a tiny little baby inside of you. It’s both absolutely amazing and downright scary. I look back to the start of my first …
When I was pregnant with my second child, I had a whole lot of people tell me how much more difficult it was going to be (funnily, none of those people offered any kind of help either… but that’s another post for another day). Of course, I realised things were going to change, but there …
Birth is a profound experience. It can be transformative and empowering. But what about when it’s not? What happens when birth leaves you feeling broken, angry, let down, guilt ridden, abandoned, unheard or disregarded, like a failure. Yet life goes on, and it feels as though everything becomes about the baby, but you were left …