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“I had a great Birth” – Don’t be a d*ck.
I want to tell you a story about this pregnant mum I knew. She worked in a predominantly female workforce and one specific day at the office at tea break, they got into a convo about birth.
Negative B
Breaking Dad
As I lie on the floor trying to write this, with my 7 month year old daughter crawling all over me, clawing at my note pad, shrieking in my ear and doing her best to be impossibly cute, I’m asha
Birth Prep: What can you start doing to prepare for birth
This is for you if you’re from 34 weeks. If that’s not quite you yet, then save this link or screen shot so you’ve got the info for in a few weeks/months time.
If this is you then these are some
Emma’s Birth Story
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My waters broke at 3.50am and we went to triage at 5.45am after my parents arrived to look after my 4 year old son. Mild con
Looking after your core in pregnancy – Diastasis Recti with Nicky Ryder
WE get many messages on which types of workouts are safe/not safe during pregnancy. Here, pregnancy and postpartum specialist PT Nicky Ryder has written an article covering all the things to consider
✨The Baby Bubble aka. The Golden Hour ✨
This has got to be one of the biggest highs in life EVER!! Who else can remember those moments after their baby was born? You see this little being that you’ve made and grown for the first time.. yo
Laughter and a Supportive Partner- Your best drugs for labour
I don’t know if this was the result of too much gas and air at this point or one of Robs cracking jokes but either way it looks like we’re having a grand old time! Anyone who’s been through labo
Melatonin- The reason baby’s stop sleeping at 8 weeks
Why is it you get home with your newborn baby and for the first few days/weeks they sleep? This is easy as pie, you think ? feeling smug, I have struck gold with a “sleeper”. Then as the weeks tic
My Bump To Baby Chapter SQUAD
There’s THREE things that we love over here…
1. A bank holiday weekend AND sunshine ☀️
2. SQUAD GOALS
3. Eating out
So we’ve squished all these three things together in one big ball of l
Breastfeeding Tips for New Mums
Whoever said breastfeeding was a walk in the park LIED!! Well at least for lots of women anyway.
That latch that midwives go on about sooooo much is so important because…
▪️ If the latch isn
Fallon’s Birth Story
Elective C-section for a first time mum –
My baby was breech and as a full time mum the word ‘breech’ was incredibly scary and unknown, in fact I cried my eyes out when the sonographer told