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Supporting you throughout pregnancy and early motherhood, and creating a community of amazing mums.

25/11/2025

🧠Your brain is doing one of the most demanding, complex jobs it ever will.
These changes reflect strength, not loss ❤️

24/11/2025

🧠Your brain changes after birth and that’s not a flaw. It’s a design feature.
🥼Modern neuroscience shows that becoming a mother triggers one of the most significant periods of brain plasticity in adult life.
💕These changes support bonding, responsiveness, and learning a completely new role, all while navigating profound physical and emotional shifts. Go easy on yourself x

23/11/2025

Family ❤️ I rarely post about my family, siblings and parents. I’ve got a brother and a sister. I’m the eldest and we did everything together. We travelled the world, lived together, shared life’s biggest ups and downs and always had each-others backs. We were those siblings…If you had a problem with one of us, you had a problem with all 3 of us 😂

I’m very close to my parents and always have been, I admire them for how they raised us - the way they taught us to love each other. Means more now I’m a mum myself…watching my kids fight like so how did they do it???

Now, my family live in Cornwall and I moved back to Essex to be with Andy. It’s been really tough at times, being apart. There have been days my heart physically aches because I just want to be with them or share the kids development. But we’re 300 miles away. Thank goodness for my mother and father in law. They’re always there for us and I don’t know what I’d do without them 🥹❤️

This post isn’t leading to anything, just more of an appreciation post for the family that I’m so lucky to have 🥹

Miss you little twits, bring on Christmas x

15/11/2025

Your body does some incredible things in pregnancy, many of which we don’t talk about enough.
From increasing blood volume by almost half, to growing a brand-new organ (the placenta), to forming a fully structured baby by around 12 weeks… these changes are physiological adaptations your body makes automatically.

Pregnancy isn’t easy, and you don’t have to feel incredible every day for your body to be doing incredible things.
This is a reminder of just how much work goes on behind the scenes to support you and your baby - long before you give birth.

You’re doing more than you think.
Your body is doing more than you see.
And none of it needs an instruction manual, it’s built in. 💛

12/11/2025

Inspired by To the media: stop twisting care into controversy.
Midwives aren’t the problem…
We’re the solution that’s being ignored and under funded.

31/10/2025

Human health begins long before birth. It begins with how we care for women. Midwifery-led care isn’t just about safer births, it’s about shaping healthier futures. When mothers feel supported, respected and truly seen, the benefits ripple through families, communities, and generations. Partners and fathers play a huge role here too.
Without healthy mothers, we cannot have human health🌿

21/10/2025

So much of what we see and learn about birth is filtered through a medical lens that focuses on what can go wrong but birth isn’t just a medical event. It’s also a physiological process that our bodies are beautifully designed for. 💫

Understanding the why behind birth positions, hormones, and natural rhythms helps us make more informed choices and feel more confident, whatever kind of birth we have.

This isn’t about rejecting medicine (it absolutely saves lives), but about starting with trust in the body and using intervention when it’s truly needed.

Every woman deserves the chance to feel informed, supported and respected in her choices.

16/10/2025

Something’s not adding up in maternity care…
We keep hearing about “improvements,” yet many women still feel rushed, unheard, or unsupported.

The truth is, maternity services are under pressure.
Fewer midwives, rising workloads and less continuity mean mums aren’t always getting the care they deserve.

But there are ways to protect your experience:
💛 Learn your options and rights
💛 Speak up if something doesn’t feel right
💛 Build a trusted support network
💛 Consider continuity with a doula or private midwife if you can

You can’t control the whole system but you can feel confident and supported within it.

🤍 My courses are designed to help you prepare, stay calm, and make informed choices for your birth journey. If you are struggling finally and I able to afford them, plese DM me x

09/10/2025

Your baby doesn’t just grow inside you — they become part of you. 💫
During pregnancy, tiny fetal cells cross the placenta and stay in your body for decades, even helping with healing and tissue repair.
It’s called microchimerism, and it’s one of the most incredible reminders that the bond between mother and baby is truly biological. 💞

✨ Learn more about your incredible body in my online pregnancy and birth courses, link in bio.

29/09/2025

Fathers are often called “helpers” in early parenthood but research shows they’re far more important than that.

🧠 When dads experience high stress during pregnancy, mums are more likely to experience anxiety or depression too (Paulson & Bazemore, JAMA, 2010).
🤱 Women with supportive partners are twice as likely to breastfeed successfully and for longer (Wolfberg et al., Birth, 2004).
🩺 Mothers report less anxiety, lower pain and faster recovery when their partners are actively involved in care (Plantin et al., Journal of Men’s Health & Gender, 2011).

And yet…
⏳ Only around 1 in 5 UK fathers have access to meaningful parental leave.
⏳ NHS maternity services are still mainly designed for mums, often overlooking partners altogether.

👉 Maybe modern motherhood would feel healthier, happier and more supported if we stopped treating dads as “extra” and started recognising them as essential.

20/09/2025

If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know I’m obsessed with the placenta.
The placenta is one of the most fascinating and least understood organs in pregnancy.
Now, researchers in Australia have managed to 3D-bioprint tiny “mini placentas” in the lab.
_ Source: University of Technology Sydney, 2025
I’d love to hear your opinion though - does this excite you, or raise concerns? Let me know

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