When you are preparing for your baby’s, you need to figure out where he or she is going to sleep, obviously. It’s not as easy as it is for an adult where you choose a bed frame and suitable mattress and you’re done. For babies there are a lot more options for you to choose [...]

The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA), recommends breastfeeding mums need to eat an extra 2000kj a day on top of the recommended 8-10,000kj a day for a standard diet. Breastfeeding mums produce approximately 800ml of milk a day and the demands of producing that milk means that they need to keep an eye on their diet [...]

It’s always fun to celebrate an occasion with a cocktail. When you’re pregnant, you don’t have to miss out, you can still have a great time drinking mocktails. Following are a few fun and easy mocktail recipes that you’re sure to enjoy when pregnant, breastfeeding or even when you’re not. Lava Flow 100ml pineapple juice [...]

The term babymoon was created by well known birth and baby writer Sheila Kitzinger in 1996. A babymoon is generally thought of as a period of time after the birth of the baby that the parents stay in and spend their time bonding with the new baby. This can be a few days or up [...]

When you are pregnant, as with any other time of your life, there is the possibility that you might become sick, you might catch a simple cold or become ill with an infection or some other condition. Ordinarily you could take medications to make you feel better or to heal the infection, however during pregnancy [...]

Every pregnant mother hopes for an easy birth with no complications, but things don’t always turn out the way the we plan. Sometimes mothers will need a caesarean section to birth their baby (30% of births were caesareans in Australia in 2009). It can be very frightening when you find out that you have to [...]

Having a new baby is one of the most stressful things that will happen in our life. There are so many things to worry about and you might start to feel as though you aren’t coping as well as you think you should. You may have the “baby blues” for a few days or you [...]

When it comes time to have your baby shower, there are so many different options for what you can do. Most baby showers however, will involve some silly games for the mum to be, her female friends & family members to play. The prizes you choose for your baby shower games can be anything you [...]

A very helpful way to get to know your body and to learn the best time to conceive a baby is by charting your cycle. Charting your cycle involves a three steps, the main one is taking your temperature every morning, followed by observing cervical mucus and other cervical changes. To start with, you have [...]

Many people think that during pregnancy everything has to change. Fortunately, this is not the case. There are a lot of things that you did prior to falling pregnant that you won’t have to change at all during pregnancy. Some of the following are concerns for a lot of mothers when they first fall pregnant [...]