Pregnancy

  • Miscarriage: what to expect and how to prepare

    Miscarriage: what to expect and how to prepare

    If you've been around for a while now, you'd know that last year, I miscarried at home. Looking back at what I know now, there were big gaps in my knowledge of what to expect and limited info out there....

  • Pregnancy Week By Week Guide: Bump to Baby!

    Pregnancy Week By Week Guide: Bump to Baby!

    The journey of pregnancy is mind-blowing. Think about the huge changes a mama goes through physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and as an individual. Add in growing a whole other human AND an organ, and it is literally amazing that so...

  • Preconception Nutrition with Shelley!

    Preconception Nutrition with Shelley!

    Once a woman has fallen pregnant, pregnancy nutrition is often talked about. However, the months leading into conception is easily forgotten about. Preconception nutrition is an important part of preparing for pregnancy. More and more research is showing that optimal...

  • Let's talk about Hyperemesis: Caitlin's Story

    Let's talk about Hyperemesis: Caitlin's Story

    When you first fall pregnant, feeling a little queasy in the morning can be a welcome sign that everything is progressing well. If it’s your first pregnancy it can even feel like an initiation into a special club - ‘yay,...

  • Expecting Multiples? A Twin Mama Tells it Straight!

    Expecting Multiples? A Twin Mama Tells it Straight!

    If I had a dollar for every time someone has told me about their best friends sister's neighbour's twins, I would have a fair amount of money stashed in the bank. Honestly, twins are celebrities. Everyone has a story to...

  • From a HG Mama

    From a HG Mama

    I don't even know where to begin writing this.   I am torn between wanting to share my experience of trauma to help others, and not wanting to appear ungrateful to have been lucky enough to have had children.  ...