This is a story for young mothers By Sarah Davies Isn’t it funny, the minute you think you have everything sorted, life throws you a curve ball and you are back to square one. Rewind back to May 2007. I was in my final year of a Communication degree at University. I was completing
When my own babies were small, neither social ideology nor wakeful babies caused me a lack of sleep. My babies slept snuggled up with me at night. My choice to co-sleep wasn’t based on research studies. This choice was simply ‘best practice’ for our family - or, where we all got the most sleep.
Born 18/04/05 at 3.20am Weighing 8lb 8oz and 55cm long You were a complete surprise to us at first but how wonderful for Jack (your big brother now 3 ½) to have a play mate. At 6 ½ weeks we had our first scan and your due date was April 18th 2005. We didn’t
When you’re breastfeeding it can be very difficult to tell how much your baby is drinking. And as a new mum it’s only natural to worry about if your baby is getting enough breast milk.  So I thought it would be helpful to look at some of the issues that make many mums think
I remember being given a breast pump as a gift for my baby shower. I hadn’t even had my baby and I definitely hadn’t started breastfeeding yet so, well, let’s just say it was one of the scariest gifts I have ever received. The funny thing is looking back I can now honestly say
Just like us, babies are individuals –and this goes for sleep requirements too. It may help (or not, if you are suffering from sleep deprivation) to realise that in most infant sleep studies, ‘all night’ is defined as five hours. If you are thinking that even five hours of uninterrupted sleep would be a
Sydney and Central Coast VBAC Support Group We offer a non-judgmental, friendly atmosphere for women who: have experienced a caesarean have experienced a caesarean and are pregnant have experienced a caesarean and are looking at options for their next birth are pregnant, considering a caesarean but wanting to know all options first Our monthly
After nine active and drug-free hospital births with deliveries by midwives, I found myself having a water birth with my 10th baby. This was, I would say, an accident as it hadn’t even entered my mind to have a waterbirth. Well 4 days past my due date I went and had a massage and
By Jane Palmer The following is a comprehensive list of midwifery-run birth centres across New Zealand. This list includes primary maternity units located within hospitals and free-standing birth centres. New Zealand hosts approximately 60 primary care primary maternity units or birth centres. Gathering contact details is difficult, so I've included the centres that call
Some Common Irritants in Baby Skin Care Products It is not uncommon for an infant to develop an allergic reaction to a whole range of baby products, and a little extra knowledge and insight can make it easier for you as a parent to identify the best and safest products to purchase. In the
