How to Avoid The 5 Biggest Mistakes in Choosing a Birth Care Provider
Choosing the right birth care provider is crucial for a positive birth experience. This post will explore common pitfalls and provide insights into making an informed decision, ensuring you and your baby get the birth you want and deserve. Understanding Birth Care...
Benefits of Skin-to-Skin: For Babies and Mums
Benefits of Skin to Skin for Babies AND Mums We have known for a long time that skin-to-skin has many benefits for babies and breastfeeding. And I think we have gotten pretty good at understanding how important skin-to-skin is immediately after birth because it really...
Breastfeeding 101
Some Interesting Facts About Breastfeeding Size Doesn't Matter Breasts are made up of two different types of tissue: adipose and glandular tissues. Adipose tissue is commonly known as body fat and determines the size of your breasts. Glandular tissue is where...
Should I be expressing colostrum antenatally?
Have you noticed lots of Instagram posts about expressing colostrum antenatally? There are even people jumping on the bandwagon and selling “kits”. I have been around long enough to have seen many fads in this space and I can’t help thinking this is one of them. (NB:...
Should I Swaddle My Baby?
"Should I swaddle my baby?" is a question I often get asked in my Bub Savvy Workshops. My starting point is always…"how ever you choose to care for your baby is completely up to you. You are going to get a lot of conflicting advice, so it can be helpful to get good...
A Blog for Doulas: The ARRIVE Trial
Last week I was asked to speak to doulas from the Doula Training Academy about the complexities of the ARRIVE study so I thought I would write a blog based on that webinar. The doulas wanted to better understand the conclusions of the ARRIVE study as there is other...
Caesarean Section Awareness: All year round
April is "International Cesarean Awareness Month", an event organised by ICAN – The International Cesarean Awareness Network. However, I am writing this blog at the beginning of May because I think we should uphold the intentions of ICAN all year round. The...
Induction at 39 weeks: What Covid research can add to the debate.
Has someone suggested induction at 39 weeks to you? It can be so confusing to know what is the right thing to do for you and your baby as there is so much conflicting advice and research. On one hand, we have the American ARRIVE Trial promoting induction at 39 weeks...
Every Week Really Does Matter: Redefining Term For Planned Births
Today the Fourth Atlas of Healthcare Variation was launched and I was just asked to comment on it on ABC Perth. It is a report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and its number one concern was the rising number of early planned births...
C/Section Rates Perth and Regional WA
I am not sure how I missed it but the "Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2015, 33rd Annual Report" was released in July 2019. As always I wonder why there is a 4 year lag on reporting the data, and how different the actual data for 2019 would be? You can...