A sentence that should not exisit: "I got so lucky with my midwife..." Why is the standard of care so abysmal that we feel "lucky" when we find a midwife that is women centered in the care that she offers. Why is it akin to finding a gold nugget, to not be dismissed, talked down to, or have our autonomy overridden in our antenatal care and birth experiences? In conversations I've had with women in my community, the overwhelming refrain from anybody who did not experience birt

The final few weeks of pregnancy for me were filled with many sensations in my changing body. Movements from my baby; stretch marks erupting across my lower belly; random releasing of mucous; many crampy feelings; a random afternoon of purging that I thought might be things starting. All of it preparing my body and mind perfectly for the birth ahead. As I approached 40 weeks, my husband stayed closer to home, ever anxious, as he was sure I would birth around my guess date as

"Mum Rage" is not your kids' fault. Those angsty, overstimulated, overwhelmed, and stressed out feelings that you get as a mum, sometimes...

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I want to preface by saying I am by no means an expert on breastfeeding, however, I do seem to have taken to it easier than most......

I wanted to put together some notes from my early postpartum; I started writing this post at 4 months in, but even at more than 12 months...

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Let's talk all-day-sickness (because whoever thought that "morning sickness" was a good name for it anyways!?) So many of you lovely...

Listen to your body, right? It's a bit of a thing in the holistic health space to learn to listen to your body and follow that intuition...