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. …
Pregnancy, when you’re growing life inside of you and it’s this beautiful, magic time of your life. Or it’s not, and the ‘pregnancy glow’ you have is actually just sweat and you now come with your own sound effects when you move (grunt, grunt, moan). Sometimes it’s both of these things, sometimes it’s both within …
While I was incredibly grateful for my pregnancies, and I love my children to bits, I did not cope with pregnancy very well. To be completely honest, there were a whole heap of things I hated about being pregnant. For a long time, I felt guilty about this and I didn’t share these feelings with …
The benefits of delayed cord clamping are well known, and long known, yet it seems DCC (delayed cord clamping) is only just recently making it into Midwifery and Obstetric practice. As a Mama, depending on your care provider and birth location, you may need to bold, highlight, and underline this one on your birth plan/preferences, …
Over the years, I’ve seen women birth very large babies without even a graze, and women birth not so big babies with extensive tearing. Getting a tear during birth is, understandably, a very common fear for women. See our post for how to overcome that fear, learn more about how the vagina stretches, and birthing with …
Labour and birth is one of the most physically and emotionally profound experiences of your life. You owe more to yourself, and to your family’s experience of welcoming a new baby, than to just wing it. Here are 17 natural ways to cope with labour and birth, so you can prepare and help yourself in …
As if being a new mum isn’t hard enough, there’s a whole heap of stories we are told from the moment those two lines appear on the pregnancy test. The advice flows in (even if you don’t ask for it) but there are also a lot of myths about being a new Mama that you’ll …
Labour and birth is primal, powerful and transformative. Very few women would say they’ve journeyed through pregnancy with no fears whatsoever. But don’t worry. Good can come from fear if we recognise it, and use it to drive an invested commitment to preparing our mind and body for an empowering birth. There are many common …