Labour & Delivery
Navigate labour and delivery with confidence using our expert resources. From understanding the stages of labour to managing pain and making informed decisions, find essential advice and tips to ensure a smooth and empowering childbirth experience.
New Mum Shares Japanese Maternity Ward Food Experience
Those sweet moments after birth are like nothing else – a gorgeous bub in your arms, and a sense of pure satisfaction … sigh. And […]
After birth: 10 things to do with a placenta
The placenta – food source for foetus, life support for unborn infant, connection between mother and baby, super organ extraordinaire. Yes. The placenta is all […]
The anti-push playlist – the songs NOT to play during labour
Music can help you escape. So it makes total sense that so many women rely on a playlist to help them escape from the painful reality […]
Artificial womb creates new hope for premature babies
It may sound like something out of a sci-fi flick, but scientists have managed to create a device that mimics a woman’s womb, and could eventually […]
Birthing Glossary: the terms all expecting mums should know
When you become a parent, modesty goes out the window. You become accustomed to smelling another human’s bottom, to using your spit to clean unknown […]
It’s proven, babies do benefit from skin to skin contact
Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Mrs Incredible are all very impressive in the land of make believe, but when it comes to real superpowers, mums are […]
Get set for labour: 7 contraction apps to track time
Tick, tock, tick, tock… When you’re pregnant, the countdown to your due date is all about months and days. However, when that first contraction kicks in, you’ll […]
10 ways to start labour naturally – fact or fiction?
It’s the ultimate waiting game. You’ve reached (or passed) your due date and the phone is ringing off the hook with family and friends asking, […]