5 Common Pains of Pregnancy
and how to treat them
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Calling all blessingway people
Hello Ok, I know using the term blessingway is a little bit uncool but I had to get your attention some how. I’m wanting to hear from mums who have had a mother blessing, from people who have organised a blessing and from people who have attended them. I want to know what you did, [...]
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 [...]
Actually, that’s how we all feel
Hello. As I was perusing facebook over my breakfast cuppa, this article about Fifi Box came to my attention. It says about Fifi not being prepared to be a mum. The article itself didn’t really worry me because that’s how most of us feel but the thing that really got to me was the comments [...]
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 [...]
Where were you when I was pregnant?
Hello. I figured I’ve waffled on about lots of different things lately I should probably write something about pregnancy and well, massage. When I tell people what I do, I hear the same thing over and over again. “Where were you when I was pregnant?” Well, actually, I’ve been here for the best part of [...]
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 [...]
My memory and other lost things
Hello. It’s well ingrained in folklore about pregnancy causing mummy brain. The special kind of forgetfulness that makes the smartest woman become vague. If you think about this memory modification in a biological/anthropological sense, it’s so the mother’s forget the pain of labour and therefore continue to get pregnant. Sadly, the forgetting of pain process [...]