Postpartum

*My blog posts are regularly updated with more relevant information and resources as I find them.

Planting Your Placenta

Those of you who were following my insta stories the other week would have seen that I finally planted and buried my daughter's placenta!...

Where and how to find good evidence based information

This is a really important topic, because as anyone who has googled anything, ever, could tell you, if you search far enough, you can...

Okay, but what is a postpartum doula?

And why should I hire one? What does a postpartum doula do? Essentially, a postpartum doula is there to look after the mother so that she...

Sleep when the baby sleeps, vacuum when the baby vacuums? How to actually prepare for postpartum

As we all know from the imagery our media and social media are saturated with, postpartum is a beautiful, blissful, peaceful time of...

In the Aftermath of a Bad Birth

In Australia, a third of women will describe their birth experience as traumatic. You don’t have to look far to find someone who had a...

Losing a Baby

It’s not something anyone ever expects to have to deal with, but for many, it is a very real part of their story. I’d like to start this...

The Breastfeeding Journey

Did you know that in Australia, approximately 96% of babies begin life being breastfed, but only 39% are still exclusively breastfed by...

Planning for a caesarean birth, elective or otherwise

This blog was updated 26th March 2023 to include additional resources new to the market. Whether you are planning for a caesarean birth...