Writing a birth plan can help during pregnancy. We all know that pregnancy and birth are unpredictable and uncontrollable situations. Those two words alone can drive many of us to a brown bag for breathing support. But being faced with an uncontrollable situation does not need to send you into a panic. Many situations in […]
Category Archives: Pregnancy Wins and Woes
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Apr
Apr
If you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant, you’ve probably heard of a doula. But do you know what a doula actually is? In the range of professionals dedicated to maternal health, the doula is probably the least understood of all. Deriving from a Greek word meaning “female slave”[1], a doula is a non-medically trained […]
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Feb
Feb
Suffering from varicose veins during pregnancy is not uncommon. If your mom had them, you’re even more likely to get them as varicose veins are (yay!) hereditary. Spider and varicose veins are many things: ugly, uncomfortable, inconvenient and in some cases, dangerous. But they can also be manageable and temporary. Many issues associated with varicose veins […]
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Jun
Jun
As women we spend days, weeks, months and years of our lives fretting over our bodies, our weight, and our overall body image. From trips to the gym, hair salon, clothes shopping etc we dedicate vast amounts of time to looking and feeling good and then suddenly preganancy happens and everything we know changes! But […]
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Apr
Apr
Almost every morning I have an internal battle. In my old life, I would get out of bed at 6am to go running, sometimes with a friend but mostly alone, training for a race by clocking mile after mile as the sun came up (yes, I’ll admit right away to being one of those […]
