An unplanned birth, a newborn, breastfeeding and the 4,127 emotions I’ve felt in the last week.

Have you seen that movie Bad Neighbours with Zac Efron? You know that scene where Rose Byrne is crying in agony because she's been breastfeeding and her boobs are full -  they show her boobs as these giant, throbbing alien like purple things on the front of her in a comical manner and everyone laughs. … Continue reading An unplanned birth, a newborn, breastfeeding and the 4,127 emotions I’ve felt in the last week.

KATIE HEANE OPENS UP ON HER PREGNANCIES

Katie Heane is mumma to two gorgeous babies Rafael and Olive and lives in Barwon Heads . Katie co-owns Pop Up Plants, and shares the responsibility of running this full time with another friend and mumma. Here, she shares her incredibly honest and raw story on her pregnancies. I had wanted to be a mother my WHOLE … Continue reading KATIE HEANE OPENS UP ON HER PREGNANCIES

King of the Castle Cafe

Fake grass, bean bags and pallet seats galore, it's a perfect place to integrate yourself back into 'real life' post baby, by being able to go out and have lunch with your girlfriends, and not have to awkwardly move your new pram through tables places way too close together, casting your eyes down and wishing you were back at home in your trackies with your nespresso machine because that's way easier thank you very much!

What happened when I hit 30 weeks pregnant.

Today I finally hit the big 3-0 .. in pregnant weeks. As my friend keeps saying to me, as soon as you get to the 30 mark you are most certainly on the countdown to the finish line, while also feeling pretty comfortable and confident that heaven forbid, if anything should happen and you go into early … Continue reading What happened when I hit 30 weeks pregnant.

Prenatal Vitamins

There are floods of ads on TV all the time about taking prenatal vitamins before becoming pregnant. But if you're like me, and weren't trying, chances are very high that you haven't been. And this is OK. When I found out at the doctors at around 6 weeks, the doctor wrote down a vitamin for me to grab on the way out, to start taking once a day, as it's really important especially in the first 12 weeks to be giving your baby all of these vital nutrients.