5 Common Pains of Pregnancy
and how to treat them
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What would you do?
Hello. I’m going to tell you about a situation and I want you to tell me what you’d do. You’ve just given birth to your first baby. You’re breastfeeding like a champion but feeling really crap. One day you get a really bad pain in your stomach but your put it off as just something [...]
Traditions and rituals
Hello As some of you know, I spent the weekend just past at the Seven Sisters Festival. It was a women only event and I was surrounded. There were babies in carriers and being fed, pregnant bellies, mums having the weekend off, aunties, nannas and grandmas and younger girls. So many it was impossible to [...]
This afternoon’s adventures
Hello I sometimes get invited to baby showers. Sometimes to work, sometimes as a guest. Today I was a guest at a friend from high school’s shower. A sneaky conversation between myself and the organiser meant I had my henna kit with me. So after all the games were played, I got down to business. This [...]
It amused me ok?
Hello As it’s obvious, I’m a huge fan of the great philosopher, Dr Seuss. So when my friend Heidi fell pregnant with twins, I couldn’t help myself, but refer to them as the Things from the Cat in the Hat. Thankfully she has the same sense of humour as I do, so I got away [...]
An important Easter tradition
Hello. For many of us, Good Friday has less to do with religion and more to do with the Good Friday Appeal for the Royal Childrens Hospital. There’s the telethon that’s on the teev all day, firemen and random people popping up shaking tins and all manor of people raising money for the hospital. Good [...]
Volunteer required
Hello I think I mentioned a little while ago, I learnt how to henna at a workshop. Heaps of fun and as a result I’ve been practising on myself, paper and random people I could get to sit still long enough. But the time has come. I need to try a pregnant belly. Something beautiful [...]
Why not
Hello Lately I’ve been thinking about women in our society in particular about pregnancy and how women are happy to suffer in silence through pregnancy when it comes to back pain, foot pain and butt pain. This drives me bonkers. For two reasons. 1. There are things I can do. 2. Pain increases blood pressure. The things [...]
First aid fun
Hello This week I finally got around to redoing my first aid certificate. I need to have one as a part of my massage business but I’ve been doing first aid courses since I was about 15. So off I shuffled to a nearby suburban sports club where I made very good friends with Annie the [...]
Fun and stuff and tattoos
Hello. On the weekend just past I took myself to a small town just out from where I live, to learn how to do henna or what some call mehndi. It’s using henna paste to draw temporary tattoos on the body. FUN! It’s something I’ve been wanting to learn more about for ages and as [...]