Now more than ever we are seeing women move towards birthing at home. This mass exodus from the conventional ways of birth has been triggered by the current health crisis. Women just don’t want to birth or have their vulnerable newborns in hospitals, seen to be high risk localities. As a Private Midwife, I attend …
If you’ve found yourself here, you’re probably ready to ‘get this kid out!’ If I was your Midwife, you’d be sitting in my office, maybe a bit teary, maybe with lots of questions, maybe a little bit in meltdown mode as you’re well and truly over it. I’d be listening to you, supporting you, motivating …
If you’re like most Mamas and planning to birth at hospital, there are a few things you need to know before you step foot through those doors. Just as our bodies know how to make a baby and grow a baby, it knows how to birth a baby. But don’t let this trick you into …
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?’ …
The first week with a newborn can be tough. If this isn’t your first rodeo, you probably already know what worked for you last time, and what didn’t! But whether it’s your first or third baby, I don’t think it gets any easier, it’s just the challenges may look a little different. We often hear …
Grab the popcorn, cancel your plans, set your phone to ‘do not disturb’ and settle in! This isn’t just a slideshow of birth videos – as cool as they are. We’ve compiled a list for you of 7 of the most thought provoking, game changing, eye-opening and informative birth documentaries and films from the last …
OK. So you’re going to be a Dad. The fun part is over, and you’ve started to venture into very unfamiliar territory. This is not the time to panic. In fact it’s never the time to panic, because chances are your partner in crime is a hormonal, emotional, overwhelmed wreck. I thought I’d go to …
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 …
Here’s one for the Dads. Partners have a huge role in breastfeeding, but at face value, it seems like there’s not much you can do because you don’t have the goods. So here’s some amazing facts about breastmilk and tips on how you can get involved. You may even be able to teach your wife …
When I was pregnant and suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, my husband said he had never felt so unsure of what to do… He was amazing, supportive and I don’t know what I would have done without him. We talked about how there should be a ‘How to Survive HG’ guide and he commented that there …