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Top 3 Postnatal Recovery Questions on Every New Mum’s Mind
Q: My doctors told me it generally takes 6 weeks to recover from a natural birth and 12 weeks from an abdominal C-section, is that the same for everyone? A: Pregnancy and childbirth are meant to have many both physical and emotional changes, and there are many things to consider by the word “Recovery”. Any concerns…
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Common screw-ups you don’t want to make in the labour ward
No longer the cigar-pending, jumpy but blameless and innocent bystander. Labour is a massive task, requiring the greatest support and it’s dad that’s expected to be up-to-date and on-task. Having complete and comprehensive labour know-how, whilst remaining entirely peace-loving is dad’s duty. Sounds supernatural, and it is. However, as much as your partner might strive…
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Labour’s coming? Don’t miss the signs!
There’s so much to be absorbed and fascinated by when your body’s toting new life. Pregnancy’s remarkable and entirely captivating!But what happens when pregnancy’s drawing to a close and that baby is ready to leg-it out of there? A mere 5% of babies are born on their due date, which therefore leaves the majority of…
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Things you won’t remember before labour day
It’s funny the things that end up front and centre when forecasting the day of your baby’s birth.For many mums-to-be, the highest priority is to name your new little human, for others, paint colours for the nursery. By all means, go for it, I wouldn’t dare block the ambitions of a soon-to-be-lioness! However, there are…
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About Babywearing (a.k.a baby carrier / baby sling)
What is baby wearing? Baby wearing is a way of carrying or wearing your baby, it can be in a baby sling or in another form of carrier. In recent years, the popularity of baby wearing is growing, and most of the parents prefer to use baby sling or baby carrier to wear their babies…
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I THINK I’m pregnant!
Occasionally you hear that story of the girl who discovers she’s pregnant the moment she goes into labour…. I have no doubt that these stories are true, but they are perhaps a little on the margin!For the rest of us, especially those with a longing and a reasonable amount of self-awareness, we want to know…
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COMMON MISTAKE OF BABY WEARING (a.k.a baby sling / baby carrier)
Baby wearing seems to be very simple (yeah it does look simple), and baby wearing (a.k.a baby sling / baby carrier) has been practicing by a great population of parents over the world. Some of them might find that it’s hard at the first time; and usually there are some common mistakes that parents made…
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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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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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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…