Creating More Mindful Experiences
Navigating the Holiday Season After Birth Trauma, Loss, or a Difficult Year
Christmas can be a tender time for parents facing miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. This post offers gentle guidance, remembrance ideas, emotional support tools, and ways to create space for healing during the holiday season.
A New Month, A Closing Year: Finding Stillness, Community & Space for Rebirth
As a new month begins and the year draws to a close, many of us feel the urge to slow down, reflect, and reconnect. With so much happening across the world — from Sudan to Congo to Palestine — this season invites us to honour community, embrace stillness, release what we’ve carried, and make space for renewal.
Caring for a Preemie at Home: Practical Support for Those Early Weeks
Bringing your premature baby home is a huge milestone — and a big adjustment. This guide offers compassionate, practical advice on caring for your preemie at home, supporting feeding and sleep, creating a safe environment, and looking after your own wellbeing during this unique stage.
Life in the NICU: Supporting Premature Babies
The NICU can feel overwhelming — but it’s also a place of care, hope, and growth. Here’s what to expect and how to support your premature baby while nurturing yourself too.
Breastfeeding Basics: How to Tell If Your Baby Is Getting Enough Milk
In this basic guide, we’ll cover how to tell your baby is getting enough milk, what’s considered “usual,” and when to seek extra support.
Supporting Parents Through Baby Loss
Gentle doula guidance on supporting families through pregnancy and baby loss. Honouring remembrance, compassion, and healing.
Black Maternal Health in the UK: Navigating Pregnancy and Childbirth with Dignity and Equity
Pregnancy should be a time of joy, but for Black women in the UK, systemic inequalities, cultural barriers, and gaps in maternity care can turn it into a stressful and sometimes dangerous journey. From higher rates of maternal complications to challenges with breastfeeding and postpartum mental health, Black mothers often navigate unique hurdles. Empowerment, culturally competent care, and strong support networks—including doulas and informed family members—are key to ensuring safer, more positive birth experiences.
Love, Community, and Black Maternal Mental Health: Nurturing Mothers in the UK
Pregnancy is more than a medical journey—it’s a deeply human one. For Black mothers in the UK, love, community, and mental wellbeing are essential. Discover how circles of support, self-care, and shared wisdom empower mothers through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Struggling with Breastfeeding? How Mental Health Plays a Role
Breastfeeding can be joyful, but it can also feel overwhelming, exhausting, or anxiety-inducing. This guide explores the emotional side of breastfeeding, offering practical tips, professional support options, and strategies to protect your mental health while feeding your baby.
Is Baby-Led Weaning Right for Your Baby? How to Start Solids at 6 Months
This post gently explains how to spot readiness signs, the differences between baby-led weaning and purees, and how to begin feeding in a way that feels safe and supportive for you and your baby.
Why Hiring a Doula Can Transform Your Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Experience
Discover how a doula can support you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Learn the benefits of having continuous, compassionate support from a trained professional.
Preparing for Birth: How To Write A Birth Plan
Preparing for the birth of your baby is an exciting and sometimes overwhelming time. One way to ensure that your preferences are communicated and considered during labour and birth, is by creating what many have termed a '“birth plan”.
Understanding the Perineum: A Comprehensive Guide
The perineum is a crucial but often overlooked part of the body, nestled between the vagina and anus (you could understand why it get’s overlooked). This area is composed of a complex network of muscles, connective tissues, nerves, and blood vessels that play a vital role in various bodily functions, particularly during childbirth.
Wait, WTF Does That Mean?! Navigating Newborn Acronyms like APGAR & NIPE
Welcome to parenthood – where the alphabet suddenly has new, mysterious meanings. If you're about to be a new parent or you’ve recently welcomed a little one into the world, you’ve probably already encountered the infamous acronyms: APGAR (app-gar) and NIPE (ny-pee). Think of these as your baby’s first health report card. We will start with these basics, but know that there are likely more to come
Am I in Labour? A Guide to Early Signs and Stages
Understanding the signs, knowing what to expect, and having confidence in your body’s cues can help reduce some of that uncertainty. Labour isn’t always as it appears on screen, but it’s every bit as transformative. Labour is a beautifully layered process, each stage holding its own purpose, challenges, and gifts. Understanding the phases of labour can help you feel more in tune with your body and less like you’re on a roller coaster of unknowns.
Brave Beginnings: A Love Letter to Premature Babies and Their Parents
For the families who have experienced premature birth, you know there’s nothing quite like that first look, seeing your baby so small, sometimes no bigger than a bag of sugar, fighting harder than you thought possible - it can be a shock to the system and really big burst to the heart. And yet, amidst all those tubes, monitors, and miniature nappies, one thing becomes clear: preemies are tiny but fierce. And so are their parents!
Hello, Yellow! Understanding Newborn Jaundice and How to Deal With It
Jaundice happens when there’s an excess of bilirubin (a yellow pigment) in the baby’s blood. This can tint their skin, eyes, and even the inside of their mouth yellow. Bilirubin is a byproduct of breaking down old red blood cells, and babies produce a lot of it !(for very specific reasons inside your womb, which are no longer necessary outside it)…
Navigating Cold and Flu Symptoms Safely During Pregnancy
By embracing these gentle remedies and taking proactive steps towards recovery, expectant mothers and parents, can navigate through cold and flu season with confidence and resilience, emerging just a little bit stronger on the other side
New Year, Who This?
Much like the months leading up to childbirth, the past year, has definitely been marked by uncertainty, discomfort, and a profound sense of change.