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When to Start Antenatal Classes?
Becoming a parent is an incredible milestone, but it comes with a host of changes that can be daunting, especially for first time parents. Antenata...
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Development Milestones 4-8 Months
As they reach the middle of their first year, you'll start to see bigger leaps in their growth and ability!
In this article, we’re going to discuss...
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Development Milestones 0-4 Months
In this article, we’re going to take a look at your baby’s developmental milestones over those first 4 months. They quickly grow from a squishy bun...
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Our Guide to Caesarean Birth Recovery
Many birthing parents choose to have a caesarean birth. Other times, your doctor may recommend a caesarean to aid in delivery and prevent complicat...
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Your Baby’s First Year Sleep Routine
In their first year, babies learn how to sleep and wake. Their sleep patterns can be chaotic, influenced by emotions, hunger, energy, and comfort. ...
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Mastitis – what’s new?
Mastitis is the name for inflammation of breast tissue. Mastitis is a reasonably common condition in breastfeeding mothers and can happen when brea...
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Is it normal for babies to be noisy?
Recently we asked Natalie van Winckel, Senior Early Parenting Sleep Consultant and Education Lead from Nourish Baby and Safe Sleep Space, to share...
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Epidurals - Benefits and Side Effects of Anaesthesia During Labour
An epidural is an anaesthetic procedure, where a local anaesthetic is injected into the epidural space near the spinal cord. An epidural anaesthe...
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Our Comprehensive Guide to Antenatal Classes
Complementing your hospital class with an online antenatal class is also a great option as you can continue to replay the videos throughout your pr...
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Safe Sleeping For Babies And Toddlers
Sadly, each year, SIDS and fatal sleeping accidents claim the lives of many infants as a result of unsafe sleeping environments. It is essential t...
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When Should You Start Doing Pelvic Floor Exercises in Pregnancy?
Pregnancy is an exciting and rewarding experience, but it also comes with plenty of new responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is making s...
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When to worry about a rash on a toddler
Rashes are common in childhood and it can be hard to know what may be the cause. Some children seem particularly prone to skin reactions and rash...
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Why a birth plan can be helpful
Birth plans help expectant parents to have a sense of control over the way their baby is born. They also assist maternity care providers to unders...
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Delayed cord clamping – what are the benefits?
We’ve known for some time about the benefits of delayed cord clamping, otherwise known as ‘optimal’ cord clamping. Another, formal name for delayed...
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Finding the right parent’s group after having a baby
Humans are social beings and for women particularly, connecting with others after giving birth is really important. New mothers especially, benefit...
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy and When Breastfeeding
What’s the Difference Between Immunisation and Vaccination? Most of us switch between using the words vaccination and immunisation, although they d...
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What to do if your baby prefers feeding on one breast
One sided breastfeeding is not uncommon, particularly for newborns and when babies are almost ready to stop breastfeeding. This has a lot to do wi...
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Safe ways to induce labour at home
It’s normal for expectant parents to focus keenly on their baby’s due date, though it’s estimated only around 5% of birthing parents give birth on ...
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What is Birth Trauma?
Birth trauma does not mean the same thing to every woman. Like many other life events, the impact of trauma is unique to every individual. Some wo...
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Breastfeeding Twins
When a mum finds out she’s pregnant with twins, her first thought may be ‘will I have enough milk for two babies?’ and the answer is a resounding ‘...
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Infant Microbiome: What Is It And Why Does It Matter?
Most of us have heard about the gut microbiome, but other than knowing it’s a group of ‘good’ bacteria, we don’t really understand much about it. ...
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How Workplaces Should Adapt for Families Post COVID-19
With lockdowns and quarantines hurting mental health, and redundancies and cut hours hurting hip pockets, people all over Australia are doing it t...
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Caffeine During Pregnancy: How Much is Safe?
Pregnant women have long been told to reduce their caffeine intake throughout the duration of their pregnancies. So, how much caffeine can I have p...
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Who’s My Little Instababy? Parenting In A Digital World
It is a fact of life that every parent is proud of their baby and believes their little person is the most beautiful in the world. Social media ha...
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How To Calm A Crying Baby
Learning how to calm a crying baby can feel like a draining, never-ending endeavour for a new parent. Sometimes there’s an easy fix: feeding, a bur...
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Tips For Supporting Your Partner In Labour
Many parents who have experienced labour and childbirth reflect on the support they received from their partner or other support person. Sharing th...
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Gestational Diabetes: The Causes, Risks and Symptoms
Gestational diabetes mellitus – also known as GDM, is diabetes which can occur during pregnancy. Many women who’ve been diagnosed with GDM won’t h...
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Swaddling: How To Safely Wrap Your Baby
With a newborn comes many new skills to learn – one of them being how to safely wrap a baby. Wrapping (also known as swaddling) is a great strategy...
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Introducing Your New Baby To Your Toddler
One small person in a family is a very different arrangement than two, or more children. When a new baby comes into the mix, dynamics change and ev...
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What Is Baby Led Weaning?
There’s so much information about when to introduce solid foods to babies that it’s easy to become confused. And everyone has their own opinion abo...
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Best Sleep Positions In Late Pregnancy
At some stage in late pregnancy most pregnant parents long to find a comfortable position, at any time of the day or night. As their baby grows an...
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Recovering From Pregnancy And Birth
After the birth of your baby there is a period of healing and physical adjustment from the effects of pregnancy as well as from your labour or del...
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Having A Baby After 35
Most of us know that a woman’s fertility declines as she gets older. The late teens and early 20s are considered the prime time for fertility, bey...
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Common Childhood Illnesses
There a range of common health issues which at some stage, affect most small people. And although every baby is a unique and special individual, t...
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Emotional Health During Pregnancy
Pregnant women are known for their emotional fragility. Crying at television advertisements, becoming weepy at the very sight of a newborn’s jumps...
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Diastasis Recti: 7 Tips to Help Your Abdominal Separation
Abdominal separation (Diastasis Recti) is a very common condition that occurs during pregnancy. The pressure of the growing baby causes so much str...
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Opposite Sides of The Coin: A Personal Breastfeeding Story
Alison Howley natural birth and parenting advocate shares her personal breastfeeding story and how her experience with syntocinon resulted in two d...
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How to Care for Your Nipples While Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding, although natural, is a learned skill for you and your baby. It is good to remember that this may take a little while to get the han...
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Parenting Styles: How to Establish Your Own
If you are pregnant with your first child or just had your first baby, congratulations! No doubt since the minute you told people you were pregnant...
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Winter Skin Care Tips for Baby
Winter is a beautiful season full of grey skies, rain, mud and puddles, white snow, pink cheeks and cold hands. But the winter air can also lead to...
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Breastfeeding Tips: How To Increase Milk Supply
Knowing you have enough milk to satisfy and nourish your bub is most parents’ No. 1 concern. So imagine the devastation a parent feels when they fi...
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Foods to Avoid When Pregnant
No doubt many of you have read or heard about what foods you should be avoiding in pregnancy. This is to avoid the contamination of listeria. This ...
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The Truth About Baby Walkers and Jumpers
Many of the families I look after ask me what I think of baby walkers and jolly jumpers. Many with the impression I am going to tell them to remove...
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Preparing for Baby Checklist
Preparing for the arrival of a new baby and figuring out all the baby stuff that’s required can be an extremely daunting task. (As if the concept o...
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Common Breastfeeding Problems and How to Manage Them
Breastfeeding isn’t always easy, so if you encounter a hiccup, it’s always best to ask for help early, to avoid things spiraling out of control. In...
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