How To Swaddle Safely
Here are some researched-backed ways to ensure you are swaddling safely, while you enjoy some much-needed Z’s.
NOTICE
Unless otherwise noted, most of our classes and workshops are now in person at Blue Heron Midwives 105-30 Dupont St E in Waterloo. Covid safety measures are in place so we can learn together as safely as possible.
Becoming a parent
Top 10 Things to pack in your birth bag
Packing a bag for your birth shouldn’t feel like packing for a week’s vacation abroad. You’ll have your arms full enough on the way into the hospital and on the way home with your new little one, don’t fill them up with un-needed stuff just to drag it back and forth. Remember if all goes …
How Painful is Labour?
Questions and fears about labour pain are what I hear most often from doula clients, coaching clients and couples in my childbirth classes. I am not going to lie. Labour can be painful. How painful? Well, that depends. There is a wide variety of pain perceptions and stories about pain levels in labour. Your baby’s …
Grandparenting – 5 Things That Have Changed Since Having Your Babies
I have always believed that knowledge is power. And how wonderful it would be for Grandparents to support and help their children blossom into amazing parents themselves, by already having the best, up to date advice to give. So here goes:
Thriving During Early Motherhood
Here are some tips, that I regularly share with postpartum mothers, to help them thrive during early motherhood. The emotional after-effects of birth and becoming a mother are huge and all-encompassing. You will be stretched in an infinite number of ways as you journey home from your birth experience to integrating your “old life” into …
When You’re Waiting for Baby
How To Pass The Time While Waiting For Your Baby To Arrive As your pregnancy gets closer to your due date (or even past your due date), waiting for your baby can be a lesson in patience. With both of my pregnancies, I had pre-labour contractions (not very common) for several days before my labour …
Planning for your Postpartum
So much time, effort and energy goes into planning for pregnancy and planning for the birth of a baby. Often what is neglected is planning for the postpartum period. We get so caught up in waiting to have a baby that when they actually come there is an awful “Aha!” moment of “Well what do …
Mothering, Self Care, and Joy
As a mom I know how difficult it can be to juggle so much. There are more days then I care to remember where I feel all that I did was run to catch up. There are many other days when I know I spend more time yelling than speaking, more time jumping to conclusions than actually listening. I see now that it doesn’t have to be this way.
Annoucing the birth of…
Announcing the birth of Hazel Jean Winifred!
This sweet girl was born on January 5th to our lovely pregnant model for our website, Victoria, and daddy Tyson.
Book Review: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding is about breastfeeding an infant to toddler. I profess to having avoided it for years as I have had two successful breastfeeding experiences with my children. But I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the book covers much more.