Category: Parenting
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Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and a Mother of 4 Talks Post Natal Recovery
Dr. Indika Alahakoon has spent years developing the skills and know-how to help women manage complicated and high risk pregnancies. She also recognises that taking the time to provide an understanding and caring environment for her patients is key to a positive outcome. In this article she lends her expert advice to helping pregnant and…
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Taking Hollywood’s “PUSH!” out of Childbirth
It must be true – we are crazy with hormones because what I considered ‘preparing for birth’ consisted of: over bleaching my hair (it was a knotted, tangled mess by the time my son emerged), finding a second hand nightie and cutting the sleeves with scissors to get the right fit and not even remembering…
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Going out with a breastfeed bub is EASY with Mamaway!
Breastfeeding your baby is such a natural and normal thing to do. In fact, the law in Australia protects you from being discriminated against. Babies have a right to be breastfed and mothers have a right to breastfeed in any public place under Australian law. However, in reality, many mothers still do not feel comfortable…
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Babywearing helps to keep me fit and strong.
After having her first baby Tara Darlington decided to train to become a Birth Educator and Doula. 14 years later she is now a mother of 6 children as well as a highly qualified Birth Educator, Doula and Yoga Teacher. “I trained as a Birth Educator & Doula after I had my first baby, realizing…
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The Breast Crawl – Did you have “Skin to Skin” with your newborn at hospital?
Oddly enough, it’s not a widely known that a newborn human baby is capable of finding his mother’s breast to initiate the first breast feed. This wonderful phenomenon is called, “The Breast Crawl”. In fact some mothers, who had no idea of this newborn ability, were very shocked to see it happen. They said that…