Birth story: A welcome surprise
Our pregnancy was a total surprise, but a welcome surprise! We didn’t know we were expecting until just about three months had passed, so we only had six short months to prepare to be first-time parents
A collection of beautifully written pregnancy, birth, and baby stories, reviews, recipes, question and answers, and more! Read blogs about other women’s pregnancy relatable experiences and get advice from the experts.
Hand-me-downs
Pre-loved baby gear and clothing are wonderful – until you’re inundated with more than you can handle
Breastmates Booster Biscuit Mix for Breastfeeding Mums
A convenient and delicious oaty biscuit premix with galactagogue ingredients to help boost breast milk supply
Kumara waffles with maple sour cream and pecans
Kumara waffles with maple sour cream and pecans. This recipe is divine. I love waffles at the best of times, but every now and then you have one that just sets it apart from all the others
Not the caesarean I was expecting!
Pregnancy complications meant that I was always going to have a C-section – but even my planned C-section didn’t go to plan
Hands on or off the bump?
When you’re pregnant for the first time, feeling your baby kick is, in the beginning, a bit confusing
My 33-hour labour
At 6am on a Saturday, I woke up to the first period-like pain I’d felt in 10 months. I was hardly sleeping anyway, due to being so huge
Homemade Falafel and Pesto Noodles
This super tasty meal is a great vegetarian option for lunch or dinner
Let me eat cake
I don’t know about you, but sometimes my unborn child tells me things “from the womb”. Usually those things are food-related, as in, “You need cake.”
Bumbo 3-in-1 Multi Seat review
This easy-to-clean, versatile baby seat can be used as a floor seat, feeding seat, and booster seat and can be used from around 5 months up to age three
Five days overdue, then an easy, quick four-hour birth
From the “pop” of my waters breaking to Jake being born, it was only four hours – and I was five days overdue!
Sugar free energy biscuits
Our Food Editor Tracie Heasman has created these healthy snacks for pregnant and breastfeeding mums
