Posterior Birth and a Long Labour: Freda’s Birth Story
Story by Liz McGimpsey. Photography by Chelsea Kirby. I had always wondered what ‘real’ labour would feel like after experiencing lots of Braxton Hicks and…
July, 2017
The Choice is Yours: Where Should You Give Birth?
By Hannah Schenker Pregnant women make so many important decisions before their baby is born – and perhaps the biggest one is where to…
Natural Ways to Bring on Labour: Can You and Should You Do It?
By Hannah Mearns You’re approaching the 40-week mark and those calls from your family, friends and your mum’s best friend from school who somehow…
Helping Anxious Parents and Babies
By Dr Adeela Afiz When you work with people, you work with everything that life entails. Life includes the good, the bad, the beautiful…
The Day I Fell In Love With You, Again
By Kimberly Poovey On the day our son was born, we had already been married for nine years. In that near decade, we had…
5 Top Tips for Developing Healthy Eating Habits in Your Toddler
By Elspeth Witton Hands up if you: Find cooking separate meals for adults and children day after day a bit tedious, let alone far too…
Hold Me With Both Arms: My Story of Bringing Home a New Sibling
By Jessica Braidwood When my son was born I cried. The moment he arrived I loved him the way I loved his sister when…
Time to Hop in the Bath: Salts With a Difference
There’s nothing in the world like a good soak in the tub, most of us can probably agree on that. Adding goodies to the…
I Love Another Woman’s Child
Foster care never starts out with a happy story. Tragedy, abuse, violence, lack of capability, trauma – these are lives foster children come from….
Busting Pregnancy and Birth Myths You’ve Seen On TV
By Hannah Schenker Even those of us who grew up without TV, or do not have one in the house as adults, will still…
Painful Nipples From Breastfeeding? Try SILVERETTE Nursing Cups
After becoming a mother and starting to breastfeed her daughter, Stephanie Harper also started experiencing nipple pain. Breastfeeding was such an important part of…
Why Others Fear You As a Bereaved Mother
By Franchesca Cox Absolutely nothing in this world could have prepared me for that moment of walking away from the purpose I thought my…
How to Really Love Your Sagging Post Baby Belly Skin
By Vu Willey A few days ago I did something outside of my comfort zone. I lifted my shirt and showed the world (well,…
The secret of good health is to improve the health of our mitochondria
By Shannon Baillie What are mitochondria? These are the tiny powerhouses which are found inside every cell of our body, except for red blood cells….
How (and When) To Apologize To Your Child
By Dr. Laura Markham “The nine most important words in any relationship: I love you. I hear you. Please forgive me.” Most parents find…