Musing and advice from one mother to another
When you consider traditional postpartum foods, the aims are generally to gently aid digestion and to replace what was lost in pregnancy and childbirth.
A new mother has high nutritional needs and a low metabolism. In Ayurvedic terms, she needs to replace the earth and water that has been lost in childbirth while being mindful of her low digestive fire. She needs to eat simple foods that provide instantly accessible energy – essentially whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and read more
Isla’s beautiful hypnobirthing birth story.
Born October 15, 2017 at 0830am, 40 weeks + 5 days, weighing 3.54 kilograms, 52 centimetres long.
Written by her amazing mother Emma.
About a week and a half before Isla’s birth date, I started getting irregular but intense contractions (thanks to Google I was pretty sure they were contractions but I wasn’t entirely sure as this was our first baby…they were very different though from the Braxton Hicks that I had been experiencing for read more
Earthing
Winta Bella-Rayne Funaki
A hypnobirthing birth story written by her beautiful mother, Opium.
Opium is the mom boss behind Oil Theory.
She is passionate about educating other mothers about the benefits of doTERRA essential oils and inspiring them to make small, practical changes that have a big, positive impact!
You can find her on Instagram, on Facebook, and you can reach her via email.
June 23 2016
At 420am on a rainy winter morning, I woke up to a warm trickle running down my inner thighs. I read more
Springtime is upon us.
And that means Father’s Day and the Queens Birthday long weekend and Halloween and the start of the holiday season!
Insert screaming in fear face emoji here.
As an expat, I am always somewhat confused by this time of year…I have been living in Brisbane for over ten years now but somehow springtime as a sign that Christmas is coming still doesn’t seem right.
While I love all the community events and the excitement that is heading our way (how good is Christmas read more
Photo by Tahnee of Lemonade Lane.
After you get over the excitement of being pregnant (and then get over the nausea) and actually start thinking about having a baby, it seems that having that baby involves a to do list a mile long!
And everyone wants to add things to your baby to do list.
Your caregivers, your partner, your parents, the well meaning grocery check out woman.
Don’t worry, I am not going to add to your baby to do list.
I am going to share six things you DON’T have to do when you are pregnant!
1. Absorb the opinions of anyone other than read more