Bravo for Bravado!
In my last blog post I mentioned that I’ve given up on underwired bras, they would dig in under my expanding ribcage and lets face it comfort is key in pregnancy. Some days it would be so...
View ArticleOh How You Forget
You know those lovely little Facebook memories that crop up on your feed, the ones where it says ‘on this day 4 years ago’ and some photo or status of how you felt/looked/did gives you a pang of...
View ArticleMental Things You Do During The 3am Feed
Almost 2 weeks earth side and the babes are beginning to form some sort of feeding routine, which includes the much welcomed (!) 3am feed. Oh that delightful hour how I’ve missed thee. Once the...
View ArticleI’m Back!
It’s been 8 whole months since my last blog post which is so weird because it feels like yesterday that I wrote that – I was so sleep deprived in a cycle of questioning my ability to parent the twins...
View ArticleBirth Story Of The Week – Emma and Violet
Monday mornings are about to become even brighter with the return of Birth Story of The Week, so make sure you sign up to the blog and your inbox will never look so dull again. To kick off this week we...
View ArticleGetting Ready To Feed Your Baby
It can feel like a really big question: “How do you plan to feed your baby?”. And although we know that breastfeeding SHOULD be the answer that we give, and for many of us we wholeheartedly want and...
View ArticleMy breastfeeding journey – Jess and Lily
‘I am going to breastfeed my baby.’ This is the answer I always gave to ‘how do you plan to feed your baby?’, and I said that without much thought, just assuming that I would take to it like a duck to...
View ArticleMy breastfeeding journey – Molly and Emmy
Before I had my little girl (now almost 2), I had never really had an opinion on breast-feeding, all I knew was that I really wanted to do it ‘if I could’. I did NCT and NHS Antenatal classes – both of...
View ArticleA doula’s view on breastfeeding by Ruth Pay
Ruth Pay is a birth doula working in Kent and southeast London. You can find her at www.mothermother.co.uk and @mothermother_doula I want to talk about feeding babies. More specifically about how...
View ArticleMy breastfeeding journey – Kate, Roman and Benedict
I never really gave much thought to how I would feed my baby. I mean I knew that I would need to figure something out, but I wasn’t focused or obsessed or to be very honest, at all interested. I was so...
View ArticleHow to write a Breastfeeding Plan
Whether creating a birth plan feels comfortable to you or not, there are many advantages in talking through and communicating your preferences to those who are supporting you. Birth plans are talked...
View ArticleBreastfeeding – a Gp’s experience
Breastfeeding. It’s an emotive topic isn’t it? As a GP I have spoken to many mums about it and everyone has had a different experience. Some people absolutely love it, others not so much. Some have an...
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