Supporting your journey, pregnancy, birth, baby & Beyond

We often hear that breast-feeding is the most natural thing in the world but that doesn’t mean that it comes easily to everyone.   It can be challenging, hard work and sometime uncomfortable.  However it is also very rewarding and has multiple long term health benefits for you and your baby.  Whether you're a first time mum or it's been a while since you last did it, I wanted to share a few quick tips to get you off to a good start.   Skin to skin.  A minimum of a hours uninterrupted Skin to skin from birth helps regulate your babies...

It is inevitable that as your baby grows inside you, your skin also has to grow and stretch. During pregnancy skin undergoes a period of rapid growth. Stretch marks occur when skin cells become over stretched and tight. Hormonal influences soften skin fibers and damage occurs as the supportive elastic layer of skin tears apart. Our genetics and skins elasticity play a huge role in whether we will or wont suffer with stretch marks.  Sadly there isn't a 100% guarantee or magical cure to preventing stretch marks occurring and contrary to some adverts we can never truly make our stretch marks...