While the word ’emergency’ can be quite scary and an unplanned caesarean isn’t the choice of birth for any mother, emergency c-sections are quite common these days. Here’s everything you need to know about when you might need one and what the surgery involves. Defining ’emergency’ A caesarean or c-section is when a pregnant mother’s […]
It can be hard to know how to help tiny babies when they’re suffering through needle sticks and injections, so it’s heartening news that a special cuddle combo really can help ease the pain. Baby pain relief 101 Reuters tells us that researchers looked at 80 healthy three-day-old infants who were undergoing a needles stick procedure in […]
There’s so much parenting ‘advice’ out there telling us what to do and by when, but when you look at how child-rearing happens in different counties, you quickly realise that we all do it differently. So much of what we’re told is normal, can actually be attributed to the cultural parenting norms of where we […]
I’m the first to admit that my life before having a child was somewhat … self-indulgent. Long brunches, shopping binges, jetting off for a week in Thailand on a whim … you get the idea. No one could accuse me of failing to make the most of my bub-free days while I could.