The hospital where you birth plays an important part in your first step to parenting. The staff and the philosophy of the maternity ward can make your start to family life either blissfully wonderful or an absolute nightmare - so important issues...
By Barbara Hanrahan – midwife and educator Most women already have a gynaecologist by the time they fall pregnant. The question is do you know what you want from your birth experience? This is a sensitive area as your gynae may work at a hospital with...
Labour is one of the most precious and memorable days in a lifetime and enormous preparation and planning should go into it. Childbirth education classes should be geared not only to the pregnant mom, but her partner as well. The intricacies of pregnancy and ...
Leading on from my last blog, I can now officially announce that we are having a baby boy! We are so happy and excited and so are our family! At our last appointment, our gynea told us that we had a hooligan on our hands due...
This is my second week back at work, as I am a Grade 3 school teacher, so I thoroughly enjoyed my 3 week break! Early mornings are seeming to get harder as each one approaches, and I have to convince myself each and every morning...
It's so true when they tell you that pregnant women are like sponges sucking up every last drop of information! I have just finished my 14th week of pregnancy and am addicted to every mommy & pregnancy blog, medical article and magazine I can find...
We are currently going through a heat wave and it is brutal! I cannot seem to regulate my body temperature. I'm too hot and when I attempt to cool down by getting into the pool I get too cold. It is incredibly frustrating. At times...
And I mean really big. Like having to pick up momentum to roll out of bed big. It’s an adjustment. Loving my bump and my little active monkey though. He’s recently taken a liking to a position right on top of my bladder. Feels like...
Finally!! So excited to welcome our little boy into the world. It feels more real now that we can stop calling the baby “it”. Now to get the house ready for little Benjamin! I don’t know if I’ll lose mommy points but I haven’t even...
This baby is so active. So much kicking and flipping. It's quite impressive! I've been trying to get my husband to feel with no success but 2 days ago he felt a kick!! It was such a precious moment. It felt so good to share...