Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Labour hormones… happy, hippy and horrid
Labour is called labor for a reason, it’s tough to work and there’s no getting around it. However, if someone claimed that you could have comfortable and swift labor… you’d want to hear about it, right?The first place to start is to understand some of the crazy, wicked, Yoda-smart hormones that your clever little system…
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5 Newborn Cues – the Baby Translator
Did you ever see that Simpson’s episode where Homer’s brother invents a baby translator? It goes on to make sense of Maggie’s baby talk. ‘Lavish attention on me and entertain me’ she’s translated to say. It would be nice if one of these was on the market. I know our family would have done whatever…
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Pregnancy Rules: What NOT to say to a pregnant woman
Don’t assume a woman is pregnant… EVER! I learned this down the aisle of Woolworths. I’d had three children of my own, so there was no excuse for my brain explosion. There was a young woman, searching for the best breastfeeding pads. She saw me, with a small child, and asked ‘Excuse me, which are the…
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Breastfeeding – What I wish I could have told myself
Perhaps no one could have prepared me for breastfeeding, even if I had have been a little more tuned in. I mean, If there was a degree obtained through childbirth education, I had graduated with Honours. At the time, I couldn’t get enough of the stuff. Labor signs, contraction management strategies, physiology of birth, the…
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7 Things you didn’t know about breastmilk
Breastmilk is unquestionably the perfect food for young humans as it is specifically designed for them! I really had very little clue as to the value of my breastmilk, when I first started breastfeeding. I had heavily rested on the fact that someone else had done the research. I figured women had been doing this…
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WHICH VAGINAL-BIRTHING-NUT-CASE SAID A C-SECTION WASN’T GIVING BIRTH?
For the most part, the final stretch of pregnancy is spent asking the final down and dirty questions about labour and beyond. Chats that include formerly un-speakable subjects: maxi-pads, stool softeners and Sits Baths, become common-place. However, many women are clothed with very little information when it comes to a Caesarean section, especially if they…
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Prepare For a Relaxed Hospital Stay
Immediately following the arrival of your bundle of joy, you will want to focus on two priorities. Loving up with your new babe AND giving your outrageously awesome body a chance to recover. Don’t let a lack of prep steal your attention away from these two priorities. So, pack that hospital-stay kit bag with the…
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Do I Need A Belly Band Or Shapewear Postpartum?
Get rid of that grandma girdle and move over Nancy Gantz. The times have a-changed… and so it seems has our pre-pregnant form. I remember visiting a friend in hospital. She was the first of us to have a baby. I recall entering her hospital suite to see her feeding her beautiful new babe. So…
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5 Golden Slumber Solutions: Pregnancy & Sleep
Calling all pregnant women! You might have realized by now that your body is producing a miracle-a-minute. The extraordinary way that your system has naturally turned into a baby-nurturing-wonderland is incredible. Blows your mind, doesn’t it!? Your baby is getting the goods and this is always a reassuring thing. However, sometimes the flaw in the…
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Mums, get connected!
Becoming a parent for the first time is a season filled with a newness, like no other. So many firsts to delight in. It can be a time that brings ecstatic joy and perhaps even a renewed vision, hope and broadened sense of purpose. First touches, first cuddles, first coos… all bring such pleasure to…
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