Deciding to birth our baby at home was absolutely the right decision for us, it was disappointing that other people did not see it that way. At our 16 week midwife appointment we had a lengthy chat about our birthing …
Your Baby Can Talk: A Guide to Hear Them
Your Baby Can Talk! Okay, not talk, communicate, just not in the conventional sense. The early noises that generally precurse a cry can be differentiated and do mean different things. Then there’s the body language, some obvious and some individual …
Bonding With Your Bump – 5 Things That Helped Me Make the Most Of My Pregnancy
Finding out I was pregnant was a bag of mixed emotions for me. I was delighted, relieved, joyful, scared, nervous, but most of all thankful. Not all women get to experience the wonder of pregnancy and I was going to …
Empathy Is Key
Our approach to bringing up our child is driven by empathy and trying to understand the world from their perspective. We all too often encounter parents and parenting styles that base their decisions upon what’s best for the parents and …
Hypnobirthing; “Not Hippy Bulls**t”
This is how we were first introduced to Hypnobirthing and it was the perfect thing to say to me! Completely disabling my knee jerk response to something that, to my ears and ignorant mind, sounded very hippy and new age, not …
A Birth Day To Remember
When we found out we were pregnant, we both knew we wanted a natural and peaceful birth for our child. We did not like the thought of our baby being born into a room with bright lights and people bustling …