What is the fourth trimester?
You may have heard of the fourth trimester on social media Firstly, it doesn’t work out mathematically and secondly is it actually a real thing or just something doing the rounds on TikTok? Not everyone has heard of it, but every parent and their newborn baby will experience it in some capacity or another. What […]
2 years ago
“To all my friends with babies, I apologise.”
“I can’t believe I showed up to meet your newborn without food, and I’ll never refer to my dog as my fur baby again.” We do all sorts to prepare ourselves for becoming parents. For me, there was no stone unturned, no book unread and no episode of One Born unwatched. But it’s often said […]
3 years ago
Baby blues? Try including these 5 mood-boosting foods in your postpartum diet
Being pregnant and giving birth is a major job for your body. You have grown and birthed a human, and now your body is trying to heal itself and return to its pre-pregnancy state – both physically, hormonally and emotionally. If you are also breastfeeding right now, on top of healing, your body is also […]
4 years ago
The golden hour: Skin-to-skin contact after birth benefits your baby – even 20 years later
The golden hour. This is how my midwife in the hospital in Oslo where I gave birth described the hour or two that followed birth. What she referred to, was how important those magical moments after birth really are. When mum and baby get to look at each other for the very first time. When […]
4 years ago
Postpartum: 5 things to eat now to help your body heal after pregnancy and birth
Because you have just grown and birthed a baby, mama.
4 years ago
Mum-of-four shares post-birth recovery hack everyone should know about
So clever. I remember being a few weeks away from my due date on my first baby, and trying to get the hospital bag in order, my bestie, who had already given birth twice at this stage, reminded me to pack ‘some really gross, old undies’ – so that I could literally throw them out […]
5 years ago