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Tandem Feeding – It’s not as uncommon as you might think!
I had two babies only two years a part. The one thing I hadn’t factored was that this would result in tandem feeding. This is one of those things that if you’d asked me 10 years ago would I be a tandem feeding mum you’d have got a “hell no!”. It’s truly amazing how we...
When To Announce Your Pregnancy?
Why you may not want to wait till 12 weeks...... We have an interesting fixation on not announcing pregnancies till they have reached 12 weeks + here in the uk. It's almost some strange social taboo.... 12 weeks is towards the end of the first trimester and it seems...
It’s time to relearn what you know about birth
Most of your learning of and exposure to birth will have come from the media - newspapers, tv programmes, Hollywood films. It’s very dramatised. Or you’ve heard birth stories from parents and family, which likely all had similarities - in hospital, laying strapped to...
Skin to skin with dad
We love it in our household It’s not just a way for mum and baby to bond, it’s also a great way for partners to connect with little ones too. This floods them with dopamine and oxytocin - the wonderful love - hormone and helps them begin their bond and relationship...
Maternal Mental Health
Why looking after your mental wellbeing should be as normal as doing the weekly shop I suspect most of us have a running shopping list pinned to the cupboard door somewhere - there to quickly jot down whatever item we need to grab in the next shop.....It's become a...