Tips for Common Pregnancy Ailments
By Kari van der Heide I loved being pregnant. I had been looking forward to it for so long. I was proud of my belly and felt extremely…
Pregnancy & Birth
Make the Most of the Last Days of Pregnancy
By Hannah Mearns Last week I went to my local Positive Birth Group Meeting, a monthly meet-up of mums to be and local birth…
Pregnant Women Should Sleep on Their Side, Not Their Back, Study Says
By Hannah Schenker A University of Auckland study has found that pregnant women should sleep on their sides toward the end of their pregnancy,…
Holistic Antenatal Classes From the Comfort of Your Own Home: Yes Please!
By Hannah Schenker Everything is online these days! It can be difficult to meet new people in our communities, and when it comes to…
What To Do When Birth Plans Change
By Hannah Mearns So you’ve taken your hypnobirthing course, you’ve put in your practice, you’ve printed your birth plan out and you’re finally, finally…
The Moment I Became a Special-Needs Parent And Lost My Name
By Kat Abianac, 2015 Two years ago I became the mother of a beautiful newborn. I sat upstairs alone in a hospital room the night…
Preparing for a Positive Postpartum
By Jo Arnold Alongside our homebirth preparations, trying to prepare my toddler Primrose for the new baby’s arrival and gearing up for the actual birth of this…
Why You Should Avoid Generic “Pregnancy” Teas
By Hannah Schenker There are plenty of reasons why drinking herbal teas are fantastic for pregnant women. Drying herbs and benefitting from their healing…
Beautiful Mother’s Blessing
By Jo Arnold A few months ago, my best friend (and Mayday Mama) messaged to ask me what dates I had free for a baby…
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…
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…