(This article is also available in an audio format) By Heike Millar- Midwife, BCur Ed & Ad, Good Night certified Sleep Consultant Setting the scene: It is 2 am and your little one is crying. Again. You fed her at midnight. Could she possibly be hungry again?...
Pregnancy is often a time during which a great deal of care is taken to ensure that the health of the developing child is fully considered. Most expectant mothers stop drinking alcohol (or smoking), look at optimum supplementation and spend more time reading the labels...
By Kathy Abbott, IBCLC, Busy Moms Breastfeed / The Curious Lactivist “Wetness is opportunity. It represents the openness of nature to what falls from heaven.” (From the book “Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth” by William Bryant Logan) The wetness of a kiss brings two people closer. The vagina moistens...
By Barbara Hanrahan – Nursing sister and midwife, masters in midwifery, SA certified perinatal course developer Do you know you can have a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean birth? (VBAC)? Research has proven that this is possible – with about an 84% to 91,3% rate for...
By Anchen Verster - Registered nurse, midwife, SA Certified Perinatal Educator – SACPE, wife, mother to 4 children including a set of twins As the Gynae moved the probe over my 12-week abdomen my husband opened his mouth to say something but the doctor, needing a...
By Hettie Grove – Nursing sister advanced midwife, SA certified perinatal educator, SA certified lactation consultant Tummy time is when a baby lies on his or her tummy for developmental play and its one of the biggest gifts you can give your child. The best news...
(This article is also available in an audio format) By Hayley Joy Weinberg - from Hayley Joy Boutique, who creates clothes for plus-size, odd-size and regular size women. The styles and fit are beautiful and flattering for pregnant women of all shapes. Her boutique is in...
(This article is also available in an audio format) By Tina Otte – registered nurse and midwife, internationally certified childbirth educator Until recently, the prevailing scientific habit has been to treat the earliest period of human development - from conception to birth, as an insensitive, unconscious, period...
(This article is also available in an audio format) By Hettie Grove – Registered nurse and advanced midwife, SACPE, ICCE, SACLC, SACLC course developer, IBCLC The process of lactation actually starts in the foetal period of the mother as a baby. Let’s look at normal breast development and...
By Barbara Hanrahan – Nursing sister and midwife, SA certified perinatal educator course develop and facilitator, masters in midwifery Foetal breathing movements have been identified as early as 11 weeks gestation. These movements increase in intensity and frequency until they occur 50% of the time whilst...