Tag: mamaway
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Adjusting To Early Parenthood
As soon as you discover you’re pregnant, there’s a world of adjustment that’s required and much of it is to be relished and delighted in. However, you may have been so enchanted by these that you haven’t considered the biggest and most imminent of changes to your lifestyle yet to come – when baby arrives!…
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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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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR MILK SUPPLY
As a breastfeeding mum, I was often worried about whether I was producing enough milk for my baby. If I could have seen and calculated how much milk my baby was ingesting, I would have been so much happier. I was not on my own though, I was later to learn that most mums fret about their…
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Out with six kids, on-time, or thereabouts
The exercise of getting out and about with any number of kids can feel like purgatory and you might think the more kids you have the more gnashing of teeth you’re in for. Some ask, ‘how do you do it?’‘What?’ I ask‘Get out of the house with six kids?’ I run a tight ship! is…
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Let’s go, Mums! 10 things you need to have in your gym bag
Being a mother is a full-time job, and with such a busy schedule, we regularly forget to take some time off for ourselves. We are often too tired to do the things we enjoy and we are rarely motivated to get more physically active. Not only is working out extremely beneficial for your body, but…
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10 New Mother Myths, Debunked
Let’s discover some common mother myths you have heard before: ‘Thinking about heading out in your highest heels for a night on the town? Don’t do it; you’ll risk your baby being born cross-eyed.‘ ‘Stop eating those strawberries! They cause strawberry skin blemishes on your newborn.‘ ‘Baby born with a flock of hair? It’s because you…
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Bleeding during pregnancy – What does it mean?
Bleeding during pregnancy can be just about the most worrisome thing to experience, and as unnerving as it may be, as many as one in four mums will experience blood loss to some degree. Although any bleeding at any time during pregnancy needs to be taken seriously, and professional advice should be sought, thankfully, it…
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Pregnancy: How to survive the final stretch
From the size of an olive, your growing baby has had you captivated and delighted. With a beating heart, budding limbs and flourishing nails and lashes.. what could offer more preoccupation? The early weeks and months of pregnancy afford incredible wonder, however, as pregnancy progresses and discomfort grows, it’s no wonder the romance wanes. For all…
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You know you’ve got a newborn when…
When talking with expectant mums, I’ve always majorly underplayed the extent to which their life is about to change. Sure, there’s going to be lots of new joy, wonder, and excitement, but a newborn, by nature, can leave you a little… rattled, scratching your head, wondering how the heck you got yourself here (although I’m…
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Starting solids? What you need to know
My mum tells me stories of women in her generation; feeding solids to their newborns; giving water to satisfy an infant’s thirst; lacing dummies with honey and slipping small quantities of alcohol into a baby’s bottle, to assist with sleep. Eeek. Sounds horrifying today and it’s easy to scoff, however, these mums, like every mum,…