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A Woman's Journey, Perth (2026)

12/06/2022

✨ I’ve decided to wrap up and say goodbye to my little passion project. I’ve spent countless hours trying to get this little project of mine up and running, in a terrible economic climate.

Whilst a part of me feels like I’ve failed another part of me has learned a heck of a lot about myself and business life.

My anxiety has got the better of me recently and with the business not going as well as I’d hoped, plus constantly trying to come up with new and exciting content to create every day, still working part time and my most important job- raising my two littles, something had to give.

So whilst this is goodbye to this project, I know there is something exciting just around the corner.

I will be posting all remaining products to my stories over the next few days, at discounted prices. Orders will be taken via DM and a payment link will be sent. Local pick up or shipping can be arranged.

I want to thank all those that supported this little business of mine ✨

17/05/2022

So you’ve just done a home pregnancy test, and those two little lines have just appeared. What now?

✨ Do a happy dance (if the pregnancy isn’t planned, take a deep breath and let the news sink in)
✨ Have a think about when you might be due, don’t stress if you have no idea (🙋🏼‍♀️ with my surprise second pregnancy)
✨ Make an appointment with your GP. You GP will take a full health history, request some blood tests (to find out your blood type, your rubella immunity, and whether you have anaemia, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis or other STD’s), request a urine sample, request an ultrasound (to calculate your due date if you weren’t sure), check your blood pressure, height & weight (your blood pressure & weight will be monitored at each appointment)
✨ Have an ultrasound to confirm your due date
✨ Have a think about your maternity care and where you would like to have your baby (public hospital, private hospital, home birth, birthing centre, private midwife, shared care)
✨ Start taking vitamins if you haven’t already (folate, iodine, iron as well as vitamin B12, vitamin D and calcium if recommended. Please speak to your health care provider)
✨ Maintain a health diet with lots of fibre, drink plenty of water, regular light exercise and no alcohol is recommended during pregnancy.
✨ Enjoy your pregnancy and be amazed at what our bodies can do
✨ Spread the good news, let your nearest and dearest in on the good news

09/05/2022

✨ 8 weeks gestation

Your uterus is about the size of a tennis ball and it’s starting to put pressure on your bladder, so you may feel the need to go to the toilet a bit more often.

Your body is flooding with hormones to help your baby grow. Nausea begins to peak around this time, so you might start to feel quite sick. Stay hydrated and graze on healthy snacks throughout the day, ginger, Vitamin B6 and acupressure wristbands may also help.

You might also be feeling more emotional than normal, and you could be happy or grumpy at a moment’s notice. Either way, emotional mood swings are very normal when you’re pregnant.

If you’re not sure when you became pregnant, or if you’ve had a previous miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, your doctor might recommend an ultrasound scan in very early pregnancy, often around 8-10 weeks. This ultrasound scan can check for the baby’s heartbeat and work out the due date.

You may also experience;
🤰🏼Sore breasts. Your breasts may feel bigger and heavier. That’s because milk-producing glands in your breasts are starting to expand.
🤰🏼Fatigue, your body is using all its energy to grow this tiny fetus. The best fix? Get more sleep. We know it sounds easier than it really is.
🤰🏼 Heightened sense of smell, catching a whiff of an odour perhaps, something that’s never bothered you before—could trigger nausea, so it’s best to try to avoid the smells you’ve become sensitive to.
🤰🏼Pregnancy cramps at 8 weeks can be normal. That’s because the ligaments in your abdomen are stretching as your uterus expands. If your cramping is severe or you’re worried in any way, let your doctor know.
🤰🏼Constipation, if you’re having trouble going number two, drink lots of water, eat fiber-rich fruits and veggies.

💫 The embryo is about 1.2 cm long from head to tail.
💫 The eyes have formed underneath a layer of skin. The nose is starting to show. The upper jaw and roof of the mouth come together. The inner ear and tongue are developing.
💫 Webbed fingers are taking shape.
💫 The reproductive organs are developing, but it’s too early to tell whether it’s a girl or a boy.
💫 The embryo’s tail is getting smaller – it will eventually disappear.

26/04/2022

The vernix caseosa is a protective layer on your baby’s skin. It appears as a white, cheese-like substance. This coating develops on the baby’s skin while in the womb. To understand the role of the vernix, think of how your skin responds to too much water exposure. After swimming or taking a bath, it doesn’t take long for your fingers and skin to develop wrinkles. Fluids have the same effect on babies-to-be. Remember, your baby swims in amniotic fluid for 40 weeks. It’s this coating that protects an unborn baby’s skin from the fluid. Without this protection, a baby’s skin would chap or wrinkle in the womb. The amount of vernix caseosa on your baby’s skin decreases the closer you get to your due date. It’s normal for full-term babies to have the substance on their skin. But if you deliver past your due date, your baby may have less of the coating.

The benefits of the vernix aren’t limited to pregnancy, this coating also benefits your baby during and after the delivery. Regardless of how little or how much of the substance remains on your baby’s skin after birth.

Newborns have a fragile immune system, which means they’re more susceptible to illnesses. Breast-feeding helps boost a baby’s immune system, but this isn’t the only option. The vernix can also protect a newborn from infections after birth. This is because the coating contains antioxidants, as well as anti-infection and anti-inflammatory properties.

The vernix doesn’t only provide a protective barrier for fluids in the womb. It can also reduce friction as your baby passes through the birth canal during delivery.

During pregnancy, your body plays a vital role in regulating your baby’s body temperature. It takes time for a baby to regulate its own body temperature after birth. This is why it’s important to wrap a baby in blankets and maintain a comfortable room temperature. Keeping the vernix on baby’s skin for as long as possible may naturally stabilise their body temperature.

The vernix also contributes to softer, smoother skin at birth and after delivery. This cheese-like substance is a natural moisturiser for babies, protecting their skin from dryness and cracking.

20/04/2022

✨ Antenatal Expressing

There are several benefits of expressing colostrum during pregnancy, some of these benefits include:

✨ helping to support successful breastfeeding after birth — women who express are generally motivated to do all they can to increase their likelihood of exclusively breastfeeding their baby
✨ building a supply of colostrum is useful in case the baby needs extra feeds and avoids the need of offering formula
✨ managing potential feeding problems relating to prematurity or medical conditions
✨ managing feeds for babies of diabetic mothers or where there is a risk of baby having problems maintaining normal blood sugar levels post birth
✨ having a store of colostrum if baby is likely to need special care and is likely to be separated from Mum

Please don’t express if you:

❌ are at risk of, or have had, threatened premature labour
❌ have had a cervical suture inserted, or been diagnosed with cervical incompetence
❌ have experienced bleeding during your pregnancy
❌ have been diagnosed with placenta praevia
❌ have been advised by your maternity care provider not to
❌ are less than 36 completed weeks
❌ cannot store colostrum safely and hygienically

If the above list doesn’t not apply to you, now is the time to get your hands on one of our antenatal expressing kits. It has everything you need to safely store your expressed colostrum 🙌🏻

13/04/2022

✨ April is Caesarean Birth Awareness month.

I want to give a big shout out to all the c-sections Mumma’s and take a moment to acknowledge the enormity and intensity of having your baby via C-section ✨

Every C-section birth is different. Yours may have been associated with trauma or joy. It may have been carefully planned, or an unforeseen emergency. It may have been on your terms, or out of your control.

Having a C-section can raise complex, difficult emotions, and it comes with it's own intense physical recovery which is rarely acknowledged. It can also be a source of joy and healing. Birth, no matter what kind you have, is profound, intense and life-changing.

12/04/2022

Who doesn’t love a heat pack?

Pregnancy aches and pains, heat pack 🙌🏻
Sore back from feeding baby all night, heat pack 🙌🏻
Period pain/ flare up/ flare up, heat pack 🙌🏻
Sore shoulders from a stage 5 clinger, heat pack 🙌🏻

What ever the cause of your aches and pains, I’m sure a heat pack can fix it 😉

09/04/2022

Second Night Syndrome, it’s very common. Many babies have a rough time on their second night of life. Now that the birth hormones are starting to wear off (for both of you), your baby has “woken up” and realised that they are most definitely NOT in their safe space anymore. Everything that is comforting and familiar to your baby, the snug security of the womb, the beat of your heart, and the dark, watery world that was their home- is gone. You may experience:
• cluster feeding. It’s when your baby wants to start another feed as soon as the last one has finished, or soon afterwards. They may act like they are starving even though you just fed them 10 minutes ago. This behaviour may continue all night, but it’s very normal! This is how your baby helps bring your milk in.

• baby falls asleep as soon as you begin feeding

• baby may sleep peacefully in your arms or chest, but when you put them down, they wake up and start the whole feeding cycle all over again

• you may fee overwhelmed, exhausted, and frustrated. At only two days postpartum, your body is healing and your hormones are all over the place, making it harder to cope with the second night.

Here are some things you can do to help survive the second night;
1. Anticipate it. Many parents don’t know what’s happening or why. Embrace it, it’s normal!
2. Re-create the womb. They’re used to being in a place that is warm, cozy, dark and secure- now they’re in a big, bright, cold world. It must be scary! Try swaddling baby, keeping the lights dark, and using white noise to soothe them.
3. Cuddle your baby. You can never do too much skin-to-skin. Not only does this help your baby figure out breastfeeding, but it helps calm them.
4. Say no to or consider limiting visitors for the first few days. Since baby is most sleepy during the first 24 hours, it’s best to sleep and rest as much as possible during this time to prepare for the second night.
5. Unless you’re struggling with breastfeeding, chances are your baby isn’t starving, even if they’re acting like it. Breastfeeding is the safest place baby can be. Let your baby feed as much as they want during the second night- it will help to bring in your milk!

04/04/2022

✨New Product

We’ve been busy working on a new collection.

Our Birth Announcement Plaques are finally here and available in; blush, latte and sky blue, in the designs pictured. Plus, you have the option of having any design on your colour of choice 🙌🏻

These beauties will be launching on the website next week, and we just can’t wait 🥰🥰

02/04/2022

Adenomyosis is defined by the finding of endometrium (the tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus/womb) within the myometrium (muscular wall of the womb). The cause is not known, although there are several theories. One theory is that it has a hormonal origin, another is that it may be due to disruption of the myometrium. Adenomyosis can be found in people of all ages, including adolescents. It is often found in those that also suffer with endometriosis.

The most common symptoms, experienced by up to two-thirds of those with adenomyosis, are:

• painful periods, often after years without pain
• heavy periods
• anaemia or iron deficiency (due to heavy periods), and you may feel
tired or dizzy
• painful s*x (dyspareunia)
• chronic (ongoing) pelvic pain

In addition, during an examination, the uterus may feel tender, and the doctor may notice that it is enlarged (bulky).

Adenomyosis can be difficult to treat. It will disappear after menopause so the treatment will depend on your stage of life.

The symptoms can be eased by:

• anti-inflammatory medicines
• warm baths and heat packs

Treatment options include:

•hormone treatment
• insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD) that releases the hormone progesterone
• Hysterectomy is an option for those with severe adenomyosis.

This nasty condition is the reason why I made the decision last year to have a hysterectomy. I can honestly say, now, at almost 6 months post surgery, it was definitely the best decision for me 🙌🏻 although, everyone’s experiences will be different.

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28/03/2022

We’ve just added the beautiful .ive_body_baby little traveller products to our website 🙌🏻 Plus a couple of gift ideas for new mums ✨
Head to our website and check them out for yourself

25/03/2022

✨ Say their name day ✨

A day to raise awareness of pregnancy, baby and child loss. A day to raise funds to ensure bereaved parents have access to support for as long as is needed.

No matter the loss you’ve experienced; Ectopic pregnancy, chemical pregnancy, recurrent loss, early pregnancy loss, missed miscarriage, infant loss, Accidental Death, stillbirth, SIDS, SUDI , Neo Natal Death, molar pregnancy, preterm, TFMR, say their name and raise awareness.

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