Being a new mom is rough, there’s no doubt about that. But sometimes it feels like we can’t vent just how rough it is. We don’t want to seem like we’re ungrateful for being mothers, or we don’t want to come across like we are complaining, or we feel like we are just supposed to…
There’s nothing quite like the exhaustion you feel when recovering from birth and finding your way as a new Mama. While some days it feels like you could bathe in coffee and it still wouldn’t be enough, there are some ways you can get your energy fix without resorting to copious amounts of caffeine. In…
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…
Mama, you are not alone. For too long misconception and stigma has surrounded perinatal anxiety and depression (PAD). This post is to help women recognise the signs & symptoms & know how to get help, but also to spell it out clearly what PAD is NOT! ‘Perinatal’ means during pregnancy or the first 12 months…
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…
The placenta is a fascinating thing really. Our bodies grow an entirely new organ to oxygenate, nourish and grow our baby. It also removes waste products from baby’s blood. Is it any wonder why modern women are finding new ways to use their placentas to nurture themselves postnatally? Or to stand as symbolism and celebration…
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…
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…
I’m sure by the time you move towards the end of your pregnancy, you’ve had every second person tell you that things are going to change after your baby arrives. And they do so in that kind of ‘know all’ cheeky tone. Like it didn’t occur to you that everything was going to be different….
You’ve spent the most part of a year growing and nurturing your babe in the cosy, warm environment of your womb. Bub hasn’t experienced hunger, loud noises, the sensation of temperature changes and breeze against their skin, the feeling of a dirty nappy, clothing against their skin, smells like Great Grandma’s pungent perfume. And they…