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Doula Maid Tess, Currimundi (2026)

13/03/2026

Week 4️⃣ of The Mumma Menu Dump 🤍

Let’s go!

DINNER
🍴Homemade sweet potato gnocchi with chicken, asparagus, smashed peas, lemon & Parmesan

🍴Cottage pie with roast capsicum & steamed greens

🍴Crispy skin ginger soy salmon with fried veg, avo & coconut rice, drizzled with mingles sweet chilli sauce

LUNCH
🐟 Homemade sourdough with avo, lemon pepper tuna, mayo, tomato, onion & cheese open toasties, topped with fresh basil

🥗 Garlic soy marinated chicken tenderloin with roast veg salad & creamy pesto dressing

SNACKS
🍌 Healthy muesli bar slice
(a great postpartum one-handed snack)

DESSERT for the birthday boy!! 🥳
🍫 7 ingredient choc brownie slice

BREAKFAST
Repeats of smoothies & smoothie bowls while the weather is still warm

06/03/2026

Week 3️⃣ of The Mumma Menu Dump 🤍

Simple, nourishing meals from our kitchen this week. Sharing ideas for busy families and postpartum mummas who need nutrient-dense food without the overwhelm 👇🏽

DINNER
🍴 Slow cooker lamb curry with veg & pearl couscous (this was a family fav)

🍴 Lemon tuscan quinoa chicken tray bake with steamed vegetables

LUNCH
🍔 Homemade juicy rissole burgers with salad

🥗 Roast veg & bacon crustless quiche with a quick side salad

🥣 Beef, cottage cheese, herby roast sweet potatoes, avocado & siracha sauce

SNACKS
🐑 Lamb feta & veg sausage rolls

DESSERT
🍫 Choc cookie dough slice

🍫 Smashed medjool date with peanut butter & greek yogurt choc tops

BREAKFAST
🍌 Açai fruit & muesli bowl (not recommended for the early weeks in postpartum, due to its cold temperature).

Some great postpartum meal preparation options this week 🤤

27/02/2026

Week 2️⃣ of The Mumma Menu Dump 🤍

Boy were there some outstanding flavours this week 🤤

DINNER
🍴 Red lentil Dahl with shredded chicken and garlic roti

🍴 Osso buco with creamy mash steamed greens & corn

🍴Sweet & savoury chow mein (mingles)

LUNCH
🍚 Steak & veggie stir fry with coconut rice

🥗 Chicken pesto pasta with roast pumpkin, cherry tomatoes, olives, feta, avo & roast pine nuts

DESSERT
🍫 Black bean brownies

🍫 Dark chocolate coated bliss balls

BREAKFAST
🥭 Mango & peanut butter banana protein smoothie (not recommended for the early weeks in postpartum, due to its cold temperature).

What would be your pick to make this week?

Should I start sharing recipes?! 🤔

19/02/2026

The Mumma Menu Dump 🤍

Week 1️⃣

Raise your hand if you’re tired of cooking the same old meals and feel serious decision fatigue by the time the weekend rolls around 🙋🏽‍♀️

Yep… me too.

So I’ve decided to start documenting my hearty, delicious weekly meal dumps — to make life a little easier (for me… and hopefully for you too).

I know I feel my best when I’m eating a nutrient-dense, balanced diet, and I want to inspire you to feel that way too.

It doesn’t have to be hard —
it just takes better systems.

Sometimes that simply means carving out a little time to prepare meals and snacks for the busier days… so quality nutrition doesn’t fall to the bottom of the list 🫶

This week I’ve prepared 👇🏽

DINNER
🍴 Curry pork & veggie stir-fry with coconut rice

🍴 Slow cooker Marry Me chicken with mash, fried mushrooms & broccoli

LUNCH
🥚 Home-made sourdough with avo, pesto, cherry tomatoes, onion, rocket, feta and poached eggs

🥗 summer salad with BBQ lamb steaks & home-made mustard mayo

DESSERT
🌹 Valentine’s Day special – non-bake strawberry shortcakes

🥕 Carrot cupcakes (refined sugar free)

SNACKS
🥚 Peeled Boiled eggs (not in pics) a staple in our fridge.

✨ Save this for later & tell me —
which one would you actually make this week?

05/02/2026

✨ CLIENT LOVE FROM A FIRST TIME MUMMA ✨

Jenah it was an absolute pleasure to support you through your transition into motherhood. You showed such incredible strength and openness. It has been so special to witness you truly blossom into the most magnificent mother.

You entered your birth space feeling empowered and excited, and your beautiful birth story is a reflection of the deep inner work and preparation you committed to during your pregnancy.

I’m so grateful to have been part of your journey and I’m so excited to continue following your motherhood path 🤍

05/01/2026

😭 Emotional day for this Mumma- 1st day of daycare for Hendrix and kindy for Sagey girl.

I can tell you now that the first daycare drop-off for the 2nd child hasn’t felt any easier 😭 the tears were rolling before I’d even left the house this time. Who knows if I’m triggered by anticipation of what feelings I knew were to follow, or is it because he is starting at a younger age? There’s a deep sense of guilt that makes me feel somewhat paralysed. My brain is telling me I should make good use of the time I have and be productive. While my heart is telling me to feel the feels to move through them. All I know is that these feelings will dissipate as time progresses, but it just feels so fresh and raw now.

With all the sadness I’m thinking of the things I am grateful for:
👉🏽 He was completely fine and unaware at drop off.

👉🏽His first day will only be a few hours to ease him into the environment.

👉🏽Jay finishes early every day and can pick him up at lunch amid the early weeks whilst I work full days.

👉🏽That he is familiar with daycare and if he does express sadness, Sage can visit her baby brother for a cuddle.

👧🏽 Regarding my big kindy girl- HOW ARE WE ALREADY HERE?! So many emotions are bubbling to the surface as she approaches 4. Time is a thief and travelling way too fast for my liking.

🌱 The season of motherhood has truly cracked me open and humbled me in a sense. It’s been profoundly transformative, all-consuming, rewarding, challenging, and beautifully messy. I’m not sure if it’s just me but I’m feeling more sensitive as they grow older… please tell me I’m not the only one??

With all that being said I’m sending big warm hugs to all the Mumma’s feeling the overwhelming emotions sending their babies to daycare. You are not alone 🤍

02/12/2025

🎂 HAPPY 1ST LAP AROUND THE SUN WINNIE 🎂

Throwback to a beautiful hospital birth that unfolded quickly, naturally, and with immense strength. This 3rd-time mama moved through her precipitous labour with confidence, clarity, and deep intuition — a reminder of how powerful physiological birth can be. 🥹🤍

These images and the song Winnie was birthed into the world to 😭😭 I have goosebumps on goosebumps!!

Every birth is unique — preparation matters. I guide families with a calm-birth approach. If you’re ready to learn evidence-based tools for a positive experience, spots for my birth classes are available now ✨✨

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📸 🤍

30/09/2025

🆘 When you’re 3 years old and have already experienced 3 menty B’s before 6.30am 🫠

My God I love and adore my children, but the times be testing my limits today. I will get through this! Better days are on the horizon 🙏🏽😅

Please tell me I’m not alone 🙆🏽‍♀️

15/08/2025

🌸 LABOUR TENS MACHINE HIRE AVAILABLE 🌸

The Elle TENS Machine gives you gentle, effective relief by using adjustable electrical pulses to help your body release natural endorphins and decrease pain signals.

Reflecting on both of my labour experiences, I found great comfort in my second labour using this handy tool, and I would love to offer you the same experience.

✨ Benefits:
✔️ Drug-free & safe for you and baby
✔️ Portable & easy to use
✔️ Helps you stay active & in control
✔️ Can be used at home or in hospital

💌 $40 Hire includes:
* TENS machine & fresh electrode pads
* Full instructions & support
* Convenient hire period to suit your due date
* additional $15 for drop off and pick up (Caloundra - Coolum)

📅 Book now to secure yours for your estimated due date!

10/06/2025

They never said it would be easy, but it will ALWAYS be worth it ✨

Truth be told, I was up at a ridiculous hour in the hope of conquering the morning by completing a few tasks, like putting the slow cooker on, doing a load of washing, and enjoying a hot coffee in solitary, without being attached to a baby.

Well, that backfired didn’t it 😅 with baby boy immediately sensing my absence, making the simplest of tasks more challenging than planned. Instead, we proceeded with a few tears, laughs and cuddles along the way.

Sometimes, as mothers, we have to surrender to the constant cuddles, contact naps, sleepless nights, delayed meals and lack of self-care.

My point here is Motherhood is far from easy, but these little pockets of joy between the tough times make the roughest of days worth it.

This is a season, and not a life sentence! These days too, shall pass. I’m just as happy to be here as he is about his stinky bum.

From mother to mother, no matter how big or small the issue, I see you and feel you, we’re all in this together 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽

I hope you find tiny snippets of joy in each day 🤍

29/03/2025

🎂BIRTH STORY🎂
PART 2

I vividly remember waiting for the feeling of needing to poo that you receive just before the 2nd stage of labour. I started repeating to myself, “Grandma did this 9 times; I can do it twice.” Eventually, I was met with that enormous pressure in my bottom. “The baby is coming” I declared with excitement. My birth team huddled in closer as I was struck with another powerful surge and the fetal ejection reflex. I followed my body’s innate wisdom and gave a little assisted push, and let me tell you, I DID NOT do this quietly 🔊. Next, I felt the immense stretch of my perineum as my baby’s head crowned in the amniotic sack, moments after I felt another surge and gave the final push, my waters breaking at the same time. At 2.07pm, the rest of my baby’s body was born. I reached down to pull my baby up when Katy noticed the umbilical cord wrapped around their neck. She swiftly unravelled it and helped place my baby on my chest.

Due to the calm nature of a water birth, my baby didn’t let out an instant cry. I wasn’t too concerned because I knew this response was a variation of normal.
“What have you got?”, Heather (Jay’s mum) excitedly questioned. I moved my hands upwards of their little bottom and felt a swollen pair of BALL BAGS! “I know what it is” I expressed with sheer joy and shock, without sharing the actual gender.

Not long after Katy felt that the umbilical was no longer pulsing, and explained that the placenta had come away from my uterine wall. This meant we missed out on the delayed cord clamping we’d wished for. She quickly cut the cord and took him over to the resuscitation table. Less than a minute later I heard his first cry and instantly felt at ease. He was transferred directly back into my arms. Feelings of Euphoria filled my entire body as I sat there cuddling and admiring my healthy baby boy.

Continued in comments…

29/03/2025

🎂 BIRTH STORY 🎂
PART 1

On the 12th of March at 5:30 AM, on exactly 41 weeks pregnant, I started to experience my first sign of labour. Completely in denial, I tried to ignore the period-like cramps and questioned if I had an upset tummy. In the space of 20 minutes, I experienced another 4 light but rhythmic surges (contractions). Filled with elation, I phoned Jay at work and informed him of the long-awaited news.

Next, we both called our mums, whom we invited into our birth space. While I waited for my team to arrive, I took a shower and then messaged my birth photographer, Emma, before calling my MGP midwife, Katy.

Much like the beginning of my previous labour, the pressure of the surges influenced a strong urge for me to sit on the toilet and p*e. At around 8.30am, I noticed them getting longer, stronger and closer together, this felt like the perfect time to utilise my tens machine. By this point both of our mums had arrived, as well as my sister and her partner to look after my 3-year-old.

As I slowly sunk deeper into the labour zone, I put on my birth playlist and sat comfortably on my gym ball doing figure-eight movements. This is when I began to concentrate on my surge breathing techniques. With the uncertainty of how rapidly the rest of the labour would unfold, we collectively decided to head into the hospital at 9.15am, where we met my midwife Katy, and birth photographer, Emma.

Once in the birth suite, I sat back on the gym ball riding the waves of labour, while my wonderful team set up the space. With the sensations in my back gradually increasing I started to use my birth comb. In between surges, we were all guessing the baby’s gender and the time of birth. Everyone said an arbitrary time before 1pm. 🚨 SPOILER ALERT, we were all wrong…

While the birth pool was filling up I got into a forward-leaning position to help alleviate some of the back pain I was experiencing. Suddenly, I felt an overwhelming mix of emotions wash over me and I shed a few tears. Reality had sunk in that we were soon to meet our baby.

Continued In comments…..

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