We all know how vital it is to take Folic Acid during pregnancy – but have you heard about Vitamin D? Taking supplements during pregnancy and breastfeeding keeps a little one’s bones strong and healthy.
If a mum is severely lacking in Vitamin D, which our bodies synthesize when we are in the sun, [...]
Did anyone hear the Woman’s Hour report on PND recently? A staggering one in ten women experience Post Natal Depression. I was struck by how high the figure was, but as I did some research I discovered another rarely reported condition which affects an equal amount of women during pregnancy: Antenatal Depression. This [...]
BIRTH
Heartbeat monitors, epidurals, caesareans, scans, doctors with stethoscopes and nurses with clipboards: your typical 21st Century birth is more a managed, mechanical process than a profoundly emotional experience.
With all the focus on technology, the emotional and practical needs of the mother-to-be and her family often go unmet. We may know exactly how far [...]
Despite our best intentions, few mums actually start that Pilates regime for weeks, months (even years…) after giving birth. Unlike Kate Hudson et al, most mere-mortal mums find exercise comes low on our list of priorities in the weeks after labour: feeding, nappy changing, sleep and of course consumption of chocolate all trump the exercise [...]
It’s a beautiful, wonderful, exhausting transition stage. What many people don’t acknowledge is that as well as welcoming a new person into the world, who is utterly dependant on the two of you, your relationship also undergoes a massive shift.
Goodbye blissful co-existence, hello co-management in a stressful situation with a healthy dollop of sleep [...]
I chose to give birth at home. My reasons were many and varied: feeling safe in my own environment, ensuring we could all spend our first night tucked up together, avoiding intervention if at all possible. But most importantly I did not, repeat did not… want to wear a hospital gown. Those hideous polyester creations, [...]
Who would have thought it: social networking might just change the way we birth!
If you’ve had a homebirth you’ll know that leading up to ‘the happy event’ you put together a birthing box of tricks – towels, a torch, candles, chocolate and the birthing matt. Now it seems, there’s another vital addition: the twitter [...]
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