Meet Louise, a Registered Midwife who is the founder of Let's Talk Birth and Baby and the face behind Instagram's The Honest Midwife, with over 30 years experience working in family and children settings.
Wendy Rumble, a working mother of two young girls, founded RunningBuggies.com in 2015 after struggling to combine childcare with getting a regular exercise fix.
As if there wasn’t already enough to do, you now have to navigate the festive season. Don’t worry ladies, here is our very own Honest Midwife with her top 10 tips for surviving Christmas whilst Pregnant.
Felt you had it nailed? Baby was in a routine and now everything seems to have changed? Baby crying for hours? Asking yourself “Where have all the good times gone?” Could your baby have Colic?
It is highly likely that over the past few weeks and months since your baby arrived there has been no shortage of friends, family, midwives and GPs asking, “How are you Mum?” But… what about partners? Aren’t they new parents too?
Let’s face it - who doesn’t love a good “Old Wives Tale” to keep us entertained. But is there any truth behind them and can they really predict the gender of your soon to arrive baby?
Finding out you are pregnant, doesn’t have to mark the end to passion and intimacy and in actual fact it is thought that it is really rather good for you.
Do you need to change onto a follow on milk when baby reaches 6 months, or if a baby is switching from breastmilk to formula at 6 months or older whether they should use an infant milk or a follow on milk.
It’s easy to think from the bad press palm oil gets that it has no place in food products, let alone in your baby’s formula milk. But is it really that simple?
The latch is so important and understanding the physiology, is a great leap in the right direction towards a successful and beneficial partnership between Mum and baby.
Does your toddler have an endless supply of energy? Do they become easily bored and demand your attention throughout the day? Choosing engaging play activities with an educational element needn’t feel daunting. Read this article for some brilliant ideas that won’t take hours to set-up or clean up!
Do you ever hear people mention the terms ‘fine’ and ‘gross motor skills’ and think to yourself, well I know that these are important for my child to develop but not fully understand why? Fear not this needn’t feel daunting, confusing or overwhelming.
Do you have a clingy child? Does your child cry when you leave the room? Does your child stop playing when you stop interacting with them? Fear not these are all very normal developmental behaviours that your child is likely to display at this stage.
As we begin to reopen and restrictions lift, parents and caregivers are reminded that their children have lost quite a bit of socialising time. We’ve had over a year of cancelled social opportunities with friends.
Notice: This week in October is baby loss awareness week, kindly Louise has shared her own experience and trauma of losing a child during pregnancy. This topic may be very upsetting for those who have also experienced the loss of a child.
Having a baby?So many questions you just don’t know where to start or what you actually need to know? Don’t worry here are The Honest Midwife’s top 10 questions to ask on your first appointment.