Pilates Fitness: Perfect for Pregnant and New Mums
For pregnant and postpartum mamas, core strength is a real biggie: how to create it, how to strengthen it, how to regain it post-birth….
Pregnancy & Birth
The Home of Beautiful Maternity and Everyday Wear: Amabel Gowns
Do you have a maternity photo shoot coming up and are in need of a beautiful gown? Do you have some other kind of…
Post Natal Mamas: Are You Getting Help With Your Core and Pelvic Floor?
Having a baby can cause some unwanted changes in and around your pelvic floor and core muscles. Post natal incontinence is really common, but…
Fearful of the Night: On Postnatal Depression and Anxiety
By Michele Powles. This is an excerpt about postnatal depression and anxiety from the book “When We Remember to Breathe“. Fearful of the night…
Birth Naturally at a Primary Birth Unit: Birthcare Huntly
By Hannah Schenker North Waikato mamas! Have you decided where you will have your baby? Are you looking for somewhere warm, friendly and supportive,…
Helping You Become the Best Version of You With The Mumma Movement
Are you a strong woman seeking to move well, look your own kind of best, eat well to fuel your body and your baby…
Do I Really Need to Have This Test? Choosing Wisely Campaign Aims to Better Inform
Do I really need to have this test? That’s one question midwives and obstetricians are encouraging people to ask their maternity health professionals. The…
Essential Nutritional Needs During Pregnancy
By Layla Parker The nine long months of pregnancy can be a trying time for a woman. There is a lot to deal with,…
Pregnancy Back Pain: Is It Normal? What Can You Do?
By Gabriel Shannon Is this a normal part of pregnancy and do you have to put up with it? Why do different professionals say…
Having a Baby Can Age You on a Cellular Level
By Julia Ries Between the sleepless nights, endless worries, and persistent temper tantrums, parenting can feel like a fast track to gray hairs and wrinkles….
So You Have A Prolapse – Now What?
By Kimberly Johnson You’re feeling heaviness, sagginess or even a bulge in your pelvic floor. Or maybe you even feel like your organs might…
Birth Injury – Common But Not Normal
By Kimberly Johnson Rant alert. Each week women come into my office with a troubling problem that their doctor, midwife or even physical therapist…
Prolapse. Help!
By Caitlin Day Vaginal prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse. Cystocele. Rectocele. Uterine prolapse. Sounds terrifying right? Images of a woman’s uterus hanging around her knees…
What’s Going On With Your Post-Baby Vagina?
By Kimberly Johnson When it comes to your post-birth nether regions, don’t believe everything you hear-that is, if you’ve heard anything at all! Whether…
My Rainbow Baby: Pregnancy After Loss
By Cheree Sheldon *** Trigger warning – baby loss *** That feeling that you get when you see the double lines on the pregnancy…
Honouring Our Bellies – A Living Canvas
By Hannah Schenker Are you nearing the end of your pregnancy, your body completely transformed like a ripening bud, ready to flower? Some may…
How You Can Conquer Mummy Brain With Proper Nutrition
By Zooey Strong New babies can be the harbingers of so much love, joy, and forgetfulness. Yep, the “mummy brain” struggle is real! Sometimes…
Happy Birthing Days: New Book Shares Amazing 3-Step Method
Pizza and Parcels Should be Delivered But Babies Should Be Born! In her bestselling book Happy Birthing Days: a midwife‘s secret to a joyful, safe…
Jaundice In Newborns Could Be An Evolutionary Safeguard Against Death From Sepsis
Richard Hansen, University of Glasgow; Elaina Collie-Duguid, University of Aberdeen, and Georgina Hold, UNSW In newborn babies, jaundice is so common as to be…
Pregnancy, Exercise and Diet: How To Ensure a Healthy Pregnancy
By Laura Lucas It’s positive. You are pregnant! A completely new world of mixed emotions has suddenly opened up. Disbelief, contentment, acceptance, joy and…