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We spend so much time during pregnancy focusing on each trimester, counting the weeks as they go by, taking the photos of the growing belly and comparing your baby to what size fruit or vegetable they best represent. Then we spend time preparing for labour and birth… but what about after that? What about those …

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Labour and birth can be likened to running a marathon. You wouldn’t just rock up on the day and hope you make it to the finish line. You wouldn’t prepare yourself mentally, but completely skip the physical prep.  Regular exercise in pregnancy is known to promote easier labour and birth. No one could deny they …

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To say I was naive about pregnancy and in particular, the postpartum phase is an understatement. In my defence, I knew my son was going to be in NICU and likely to have surgery and all of our birth prep centred around getting him earthside safely and what was going to happen after that. There …

Read More about 5 Things I Wasn’t Expecting In The First Week After My Baby Was Born

Many years as a Midwife means the opportunity to see fabulous variations of hospital bags. Some genius, some comical, some a little WTF?  There are always a few stand outs –  The bags with items grouped and labelled in zip lock bags, my personal fave. Organisation at its finest.  The ‘going overseas for 3 months’ …

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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 …

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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 …

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