Just because you are pregnant or giving birth doesn’t mean your human rights evaporate!
Being treated with the same respect, dignity, privacy and care as any other human being in our country is important. Here’s some important things to be aware of in pregnancy and labour about your rights.
Read MoreDoing small simple things each and every day can help support our mental and emotional health. They can be an anchor point when life is swirling around and help us to be resourced to deal with tricky times.
Here are my Top 6 regular practices to support my mental and emotional health. They might help you too.
Read MoreSo there's a mini heatwave forecast - but please don't panic! Babies live in countries hotter than ours (as we were reminded by an Italian mother in Mum & Baby Yoga yesterday)
It IS important though to not let your baby overheat. They cannot regulate their temperatures in the same ways we can as adults. So here's some tips to keep them cool that may help you ...
Many pregnant folk are offered a ‘stretch and sweep’ towards the end of their pregnancy, and it may be mentioned earlier that that.
Or you may never have heard of one.
So here's some info about what it is, why it may be helpful for you (or not), how is it done, if it works and your choice to have one or not.
Read MoreIt is SO important to know your rights, your choices and the law relating to your body in pregnancy and childbirth.
Here's some things that you should know, that are the law in this country but so many couples I teach on my course’s are often not aware of...
Pregnancy can be tiring - even more so if your iron levels are low. Low iron can leave you with less energy, exhausted, or feeling short of breath. So boosting your iron through food can be really helpful - to feel better and help prevent anaemia.
Here's some tips to boost your iron gently.
Read MoreI see and speak to a lot of mothers who really struggle with social media. The added pressure it can put on you, especially when you are already feeling tired, overwhelmed or a little vulnerable. 😢 Let's say it can be emotionally intense.
Perhaps because they feel they need to post 'the right image', or maybe their baby doesn't respond to an online 'experts' advice , or because the endless scrolling makes them feel 'not good enough' as they compare someone elses perfectly curated squares to their own life...
This is the first of my collection of recipes for Mothers. Because I think as a busy mother (there is not other kind!) having food that is 1) nourishing and good for you 2) Quick, simple and little effort to make and 3) Delicious - is what we need.
Starting with my current favourite soup - a brilliant batch cook that’s like a hug in a bowl.
Read MoreSome women develop pelvic pain in pregnancy, known as pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP). It's really quite common, and can affect you to different degrees - some suffer more severely than others. It can be really uncomfortable, painful and make it difficult for you to move around, to sleep and get on with life in general. So here's my 5 top tips for pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy
Read MoreThis is a simple, natural, effective way to soothe and ease the discomfort, swelling or bruising of your perineum after birth.
Prepare these in your pregnancy, store in the fridge and freezer. And your postnatal body will thank you for it ❤️
Pregnancy can be a stressful time, especially with the ongoing uncertainty of covid. So here’s five simple ways to help you have a more relaxed pregnancy.
Read MoreSo next in my series, this is all about the next stage of labour known as Transition. Which is the stage that follows on from Active Labour and is before the Birthing stage when you’ll meet your baby. Let me explain more…
Read MoreSo I am SO very excited to let you know about my new PODCAST! 🎧
Called The For Modern Mothers Podcast (well of course it would be!) this is a podcast for mothers-to-be and mothers. To help you thrive physically, mentally and emotionally in the modern world. Expect no BS talks about all aspects of modern motherhood & wellbeing from me with brilliant invited expert guests too.
Read MoreAnother short video to help you expand your birth knowledge, and the process of actually what's going on in your amazing body during labour and birth. Because as I always say on my courses and programs - knowledge about labour and birth really is power. This one follows on from my 'latent stage' video, and I’ll be doing another video on 'transition' and on the 'birthing' stage and also on the placenta too soon.
Read MoreThe latent phase of labour, is when the cervix - the opening to the uterus or womb - first starts to soften and thin, and then begins to open or ‘dilate’. The cervix needs to open to give baby an exit to be born. What’s this got to do with a banana?? Well if you’ve seen my video Tell Me About the Uterus you’ll know I LOVE a fruit analogy! Let me explain more…
Read MoreA little video from my Facebook channel all about some of the key hormones of labour and birth, including oxytocin, adrenalin, cortisol and melatonin.
It's really important to understand how your hormones work in labour - because labour and birth are completely controlled by your hormones, from the start of labour right through to holding baby in your arms.
Read MoreIn this video I'll explain a little about what your uterus is, how it's the home for your baby in pregnancy and it grows to accomodate not just your baby, but your placenta and the amniotic fluid too. Growing in pregnancy from the size of a pear to the size of a watermelen - WOW!
Read MoreIn this new series of videos I want to help you understand some of the common things talked about around pregnancy, birth and in the postnatal period.
Todays 'tell me about' video is all about your core, specifically about Diastasis Recti which is a separation (not a tear - important to know that!) of two of the abdominal muscles that is very common in pregnancy. It's important to know if post natally they have moved back together.
Read MoreI wanted to ‘bust’ another hypnobirthing myth with you today. Because I know that people can think that ‘all’ that you are going to learn on a Hypnobirthing course is about the birth of your baby, and while is absolutely SO important, you will learn so much more on my unique course - this is Hypnobirthing and so much more too. Let me tell you a bit more….
Read MoreKeeping hydrated and keeping up your energy are really important in labour, as you need to remain focused and strong with your uterus and body working so hard to birth your baby. Strength and stamina are required, and taking positive steps to help your body by eating and drinking can have a positive psychological effect too. Here’s some ideas and top tips
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