31 January 2020

I could barely hold the funnel to my breast. My hands, swollen and numb grasped as hard as they could, my body, weak, hardly had the strength I needed. I lay there, on the hospital bed, the noise of t…

31 January 2020

You know the ones I mean. You have seen them. The all singing websites and the glossy leaflets. You scroll down and see smiling, happy faces and the testimonies that pull at your heart. Then there are…

27 January 2020

‘May your story be a page in someone else’s survival guide’ The years have passed but the memories are etched on my mind. There are certain things you can’t erase, forever burnt into the recesses of y…

13 January 2020

For any family, emotional well-being matters. When it comes to mental health the perinatal period can be a challenging time. Adjusting to life with a new baby is hard, but for some families, the trans…

22 December 2019

I remember when I was a child, I had a beautiful doll that cried real tears, and when you fed her a bottle she wet her nappy…I thought she was amazing!  When we are little we play mommies and daddies

16 December 2019

The room was dark and my pillow was wet with silent tears. I could hear my husband breathing deeply as asleep beside me, but sleep had escaped me. I wished the hours away waiting for the light of day …

28 November 2019

This is the third of three blogs looking at what matters in Birth. The previous blog looked at what women voiced about what matters to them most when it comes to their birth experience. This blog is s…

25 November 2019

We all know that when it comes to our emotional well-being there are many factors that contribute to our feeling healthy. No more so is this true than when it comes to healthy relationships, as they c…

19 November 2019

I lifted my eyes and looked at everyone around the room, some were colleagues, others were strangers, some had tears falling from their eyes, others looked shocked and in disbelief, and everyone was s…

12 November 2019

‘The experience of birth will stay with a woman her whole life time‘ Ask any woman her birth story and she will recount it with ease, there is no experience that can compare to bringing a tiny baby in…