My Article for The Green Parent Magazine “Believe me; if you are told that some experience is going to hurt, it will hurt. Most pain is in the mind, and when a woman absorbs the idea that the act of giving birth is excrutiatingly painful—when she gets this information from her mother, her sisters, her…
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Essential Oils for Labour & Childbirth
My journey with essential oils began back in 2016 when I was trying to recover from the postpartum arthritis flare-up I was in since having my son. I’d been in remission for a long time so navigating myself through a flare-up, now also with baby in tow, and with all the challenges that come…
10% Discount On Natural Birthing Company For Postpartum Mamas
I’m super excited to announce that I am now a mama ambassador for one of my absolute favourite companies when it comes to babies, motherhood and birth: The Natural Birthing Company. When I was pregnant with Brax, I met one of the midwives who set up the company at the baby show and she told…
How The Media Are Gearing Us Up For Traumatic Birth Experiences
I happen to be one of the five people left in the UK who still watches Home & Away (what can I say, guilty pleasure), and whilst watching an episode last week where one of the characters goes into labour, I got really angry. During the hypnobirthing course my husband and I did before having…