I think my passion for supporting women in pregnancy started from my visits to the National Maternity Hospital with my Mum. She worked there as a midwife for over thirty years. She supported pregnant women in the outlying antenatal clinics. When...
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“I think I should go with the flow more.” She said. “I’m used to planning and being on top of things.” This capable new Mum shared this with me recently. Lets talk about The Shoulds. Such a shower of … who make you...
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Affirmations are positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome negative thoughts. When you repeat them often, and believe in them, you can start to make changes in how you previously thought about a particular subject...
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Being pregnant can suck so badly. If you hate being pregnant, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re not excited about your baby. Let’s face it, it’s highly likely that you’re going about your daily life growing a...
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What we want to write on card for new parents and what we write are sometimes a world apart. Do you usually write, congratulations on the birth of … I hope you are all doing well. Or something like that. I’d like to say… Congratulations on the...
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Are you going through IVF at the moment? It’s really important to have a support team. IVF can be isolating. There isn’t a lot of awareness about fertility issues in general. When you’re going through it, as much as there are groups that...
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Our bodies are amazing and how hormones react in pregnancy and birth is fascinating. I believe it’s important to have more information about hormones in pregnancy and birth so that you can understand what on earth is going on in your body! To...
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Sometimes when you are a new parent you get caught up in a schedule…. feed, wind, change, sleep repeat. It can be hard to get used to being completely responsible for someone else and to respond to baby when sometimes you’re not getting a...
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Just after one of my recent baby massage online classes I took some time to chat to camera about baby massage classes. I love teaching baby massage because I understand how crazy becoming a new mum can be. I’ve been a new Mum four...
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I’ve created a guided meditation for pregnancy. It’s an example of the kind of pregnancy focused meditation that I use in my prenatal yoga classes. It’s about 15 minutes long. It will walk you through the whole meditation… from...
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As part of my baby massage course we learned this lovely massage. It’s not part of the core course but it’s a great way to include massage in your routine as children get older. It’s a great way to start and then you can think...
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Tommy thumb is a song that we sing during our baby massage classes when we are practising the massage strokes for the arms.
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