10 Top Tips For Birth Partners To all you birth partners out there; if you are even on this page, seeking out how to be a good birth partner, then chances are, you are already well on your way. But hey, it never hurts to be too prepared right? It’s common for birth […]
‘Mum Guilt’ and Why It’s Time to Wave Goodbye I have been reading Rebecca Schillers’ – No Guilt pregnancy plan this week and it’s inspired me to write this post Let’s talk about Mum guilt then – The struggle is real! Or even ‘Mum to be guilt’. This feeling can start in pregnancy, […]
10 Things To Do When You Go Past Your Due Date The mystical magical ‘due date’ of 40 weeks pregnant. If you give birth on your estimated due date then you are in a small minority. As few as 4 percent give birth on that date, some women even birth before then, any […]
Why Hypnobirthing? A Story from the Heart It’s all too common these days for women to be afraid of giving birth. Nervous, anxious, worried, uncertain. When I ask women how they feel about giving birth, these are frequently the words that they use. But it’s not how they want to feel. They want […]
3 Quick and Easy Breathing Techniques for Pregnancy and Birth You might’ve heard about women giving birth using nothing but breathing techniques and wondering what the hell it’s all about. Using your breath is one of the most simple and powerful tools that you can use to help you cope with pregnancy-related […]
10 Amazing Benefits of Pregnancy Yoga Are you still tearing around like a blue arsed fly even though you are a good few months pregnant? I know I was. Working like a dog, trying to cram in brunches and lunches and seeing friends…cos life stops when you have a baby right?* Is your body […]
There has been a huge buzz around all things mindful for a few years now and that term isn’t going anywhere soon! There are lots of ways you could explain mindfulness. In a nutshell, It is having an awareness of your thoughts and feelings in your body focusing on the present versus dwelling […]
Did I ‘fail’ at breastfeeding? Well as it’s not a driving test or an exam so I can hand on heart say NO….but if you had asked me that 18 months ago. You may well have got a very different answer. I want to share with you a very personal story from the heart […]
Hey Mama to be It might be that since you realised you were growing a tiny human you got more conscious of what put on and IN your body. Ditching the booze was a no brainer, You scale back your caffeine intake and give a bit more thought to what you want to eat – […]
What the hell does a doula do anyway? Always a good conversation starter in my East London Hypnobirthing and pregnancy yoga classes. Well what they do, kinda depends on you and what you want. To quote Maddie McMahon from the book – Why doulas matter “Ask a doula what you need and she will give” […]