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Mum chat and musings by Katie & Emily.
Let’s talk about incontinence
**Edit I wrote this blog back in February before NZ was set to Level Four** Today I taught six beautiful women and the discussion of incontinence reared its head. The women I was teaching were all Mums, but incontinence isn’t limited to mothers. Children, Men,...
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Starting Solids During A Crisis
It doesn’t matter what’s happening in the world, babies will continue to be born. And while some women are navigating labour during a global pandemic, many others are starting solids with their babies while in lockdown. Starting solids is a fun – and messy! – new...
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Kids and Food Waste
Mother Earth is hurting, badly. I'm prompted to write this blog as fires rage through Australia. A land dry and desperate. Our skies here in NZ - 2000 km away - are sepia toned. The purpose of this blog is to encourage small changes toward a more sustainable...
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Maddie’s Birth Story (Katie’s Baby #2)
Maddie’s Birth Story - Katie It’s taken me nearly the exact same amount of time Maddie’s been earth side as she was in my womb to start writing this. It’s not that I think it was particularly traumatic, but I have found it more difficult to collate my...
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Baby Number Two – Birth Story
Our second baby, a little girl, was born at 12.33 pm on Thursday 31 October 2019. Her labour and birth was everything I could have hoped for; I tear up when I think back to how everything unfolded! Background I found this pregnancy a lot harder than my first in 2017...
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Our first week
Our first week as a family of four has been pure bliss…
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Let’s talk about incontinence
**Edit I wrote this blog back in February before NZ was set to Level Four** Today I taught six beautiful women and the discussion of incontinence reared its head. The women I was teaching were all Mums, but incontinence isn’t limited to mothers. Children, Men,...
Starting Solids During A Crisis
It doesn’t matter what’s happening in the world, babies will continue to be born. And while some women are navigating labour during a global pandemic, many others are starting solids with their babies while in lockdown. Starting solids is a fun – and messy! – new...
Kids and Food Waste
Mother Earth is hurting, badly. I'm prompted to write this blog as fires rage through Australia. A land dry and desperate. Our skies here in NZ - 2000 km away - are sepia toned. The purpose of this blog is to encourage small changes toward a more sustainable...
Maddie’s Birth Story (Katie’s Baby #2)
Maddie’s Birth Story - Katie It’s taken me nearly the exact same amount of time Maddie’s been earth side as she was in my womb to start writing this. It’s not that I think it was particularly traumatic, but I have found it more difficult to collate my...
Baby Number Two – Birth Story
Our second baby, a little girl, was born at 12.33 pm on Thursday 31 October 2019. Her labour and birth was everything I could have hoped for; I tear up when I think back to how everything unfolded! Background I found this pregnancy a lot harder than my first in 2017...
Our first week
Our first week as a family of four has been pure bliss…
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Controversial? Good.
My views on this are probably not popular... I’m seeing a lot of women put themselves out needlessly and let’s face it, in 2019 there are lots of societal factors as well as intrinsic motivators to want to get back to looking and feeling like ‘ourselves’ but let me...
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Your Thyroid and Postnatal Depletion
Postnatal depletion is a new-ish term used to describe the depleted state many mothers find themselves in after having a baby. Dr. Oscar Serrallach says in his book, The Postnatal Depletion Cure, "Postnatal depletion is a constellation of symptoms affecting all...
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