Top 5 Tips for Exercising During Pregnancy
As a mum of 3, a perinatal physiotherapist, and founder of FitNest Mama, Kath Baquie is passionate about empowering women to help them have a wonderful pregnancy journey and after birth recovery. ...
Perineal Recovery After Childbirth
Ok, your due date is approaching and you’re preparing yourself for what ever nature throws at you. So many questions and so many unknowns but we do the best we can to prepare. We take antenatal cla...
Engorged Breasts and Effective Ways To Soothe Them
Engorgement is a postpartum complication that occurs when breast tissue overfills with milk, blood or other fluids. This pain may surface anytime between the first and second week of birth as the b...
Midwife Tips for Postpartum Recovery
No matter how you delivered your beautiful baby into this world, the postpartum period or the ‘fourth trimester’ is a pivotal and life-changing time for you and your family. Education is one of th...
Hospital Bag Essentials - By Skye
Need a thorough hospital bag packing guide? Sky from Living The Blessed Life opens up and shows us what she is packing for her birth. This list is separated into items for mama & items for baby...
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What You Need to Know About Home Births
If you or someone you know is curious about giving birth at home, this video explainer by experienced doula Moran Liviani is a much-watch.
Raspberry Chocolate “Nicecream”
If you are craving the decedent creaminess of ice-cream, but just not up for the sugar high (and subsequent crash), then this is the recipe for you!
Prenatal Yoga: Warming & Up Softening In
A very special pre-natal Yoga flow by Sonia Scali to help you warm up and soften in. These gentle Yoga videos will safely guide mum and baby into the ZONE of mindful movement, meditation and connec...
PART 1 - PREGNANT DURING A PANDEMIC: What it’s really like
In our lifetime, we’ve never seen anything like the Covid-19 pandemic. Although it seems as though the whole world has come to a standstill, life, in many ways still carries on, and that includes w...
PART 2 - GIVING BIRTH DURING A PANDEMIC: Gabrielle's story
Many things certainly haven’t gone according to plan for new mums lately. Birthing classes cancelled, the prospect of giving birth alone, without support and the increase in women considering home ...
PART 3 - PANDEMIC SUPPORT: Experts reveal what it's really like
Many women are feeling worried or unsure about what to expect during this crisis when it comes to pregnancy support and birthing plans as rules and regulations continue to change during the Covid-1...
Why Physios & Mums love BodyICE
Being able to breastfeed is something I practice silent gratitude for many times a day as I know many women are unable to. I am extremely grateful for the invention and gift of BodyICE breast pads...
Whether you have children at home already or are expecting for the first time, arriving home from hospital to prepare healthy and nourishing meals is the last thing you will have time for.
Keeping Healthy During Pregnancy
There is nothing more exciting than finding out you're pregnant. Whether it is planned or a surprise, it is a discovery that will change your life forever. Other than expecting a new bundle of joy ...
7 Ways to Survive Pregnancy in Summer
Remember when summer meant tiny shorts, mojitos, and hours spent working on your tan? Well, seems like those days are over (for now!) But hey, just because you have some precious cargo on board ab...
10 Best Pregnancy Stretches For A Healthy Delivery
In this post, we will talk about the benefits of stretching during pregnancy, which stretches you should avoid, and cover some general safety tips. We will also cover ten simple stretches you can d...
Tips for Starting Labour Naturally
If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked how to bring on labour, well, let's just say I'd be quite rich! If you've read my article on the due date myth, you'll know that the end of pregnanc...