A Bundle of Joy, Delivered to Your Door
By Hannah Schenker Women are bombarded with so much stuff – from the moment they find out they are pregnant, to those early hazy…
Pregnancy & Birth
Feel Good in Your Skin While Pregnant and Breastfeeding
Pregnancy and breastfeeding will not just change your life but will also change your body’s requirements. Your skin and breasts in particular will be…
Among the Frosted Cupcakes and Knitted Booties…Have You Been forgotten?
By Angela Farrell Woman. Strong, powerful, woman. And never more so than the day you give birth. Childbirth is one of life’s most significant…
Birthability: Changing the Way We Birth with Lamaze
Birthability is an independent childbirth education program taught by Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) Gemma Wilson. Birthability Childbirth Education provides childbirth preparation classes that…
5 Must-Have Eco Baby Shower Gifts Your Friends Will Love
By Hannah Schenker Got a baby shower coming up? Stuck for ideas of what you could possibly gift your dear eco-conscious friend and her…
Mum Documents Stages of Pregnancy with Funny Letterboard Messages
By Hannah Schenker A beautiful mum on Instagram, Maya Vorderstrasse, documented the many changes her body went through during pregnancy with these cute and…
This is Your Pregnancy in Two Minutes: Glamour Video
By Hannah Schenker Glamour have shown you your menstrual cycle in two minutes and in their latest video you can see all the stages…
Why the Fourth Trimester Matters
By Kathleen Murphy We are all familiar with the three trimesters of pregnancy, and tend to travel through them in various stages of excitement,…
Having Kids Didn’t Ruin Your Body
By Annie Reneau At Macy’s the other day, I noticed two women looking at dresses together. One of them held up a cute little…
Oxytocin: The LOVE drug
By Amy Sherpa Have you ever wondered why, no matter how many babies you have, you never quite feel complete and ponder over the…
Stretch Marks During Pregnancy – What Can You Do?
By Hannah Schenker You may already be marked with silvery stripes from your adolescent days of rapidly growing from a child into a young…
Moment of Birth: Photography Competition Winners Announced
By Hannah Schenker Birth photography is intimate, powerful, emotional and raw. Birth Becomes Her is a website devoted to birth photography, for both expectant…
Actually, It DOES Matter How You Give Birth
By Annie Reneau Whenever people discuss c-sections and natural childbirth, one well-meaning sentiment always rises from the fray: It doesn’t matter how you give…
On the Move with a New Baby
By Holly Wykes The benefits of exercise throughout pregnancy are well documented. Mothers-to-be who stay active have lower rates of gestational diabetes, are more likely…
How to stay on top of pregnancy stress
By Hannah Mearns When I was pregnant with my little girl and we went along to our 20 week scan, I was shocked to…
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…
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…
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,…
How to Plan for a Positive, Empowering Birth
By Hannah Mearns A lot of mums-to-be have their heart set on a particular kind of birth, yet nature and circumstances can mean that…