sydneybubs

For the last 3 years I have been steadily gaining 30 kilos. I have complained about it, felt ugly, avoided having photos taken and wondered if everyone is looking at me while I’m eating in a restaurant.

I cannot bear the thought of what I will be like in another 3 years if I don’t do something.

So tomorrow morning, I am going to start my new life. Start it over. I start with a ten day ...

Whoah!

Have I just been on Exreme Makeover-Life Edition? Or is this the natural progression of life as your children get older?

It is a new world that I am living in. A weird place of alien concepts such as:

We all know that babies are rarely born on their due dates. But when they are born way before they are expected (before the 37th week of pregnancy), it can be the most difficult situation you will ever face.

Two of my children were born early. One at 26 weeks, and one at 33 weeks. Life was tough, but we got through it.

Premature births, or preterm births, count for around 7% of ...

I’d heard about morning sickness. So when I found out I was pregnant, I expected to be feeling sick for a couple of hours when I first woke up. I remember thinking "Big deal. I can put up with being a bit nauseous between breakfast and morning tea time for a couple of months"

Famous last words.

I was sick morning, day, afternoon, night and even in my sleep. I would vomit at the sight of ...

This time, 13 years ago, I was struggling to deal with my baby who seemed different to all of the others. Every time I put her down she would scream until I thought she would choke. She seemed to stay awake for hours on end. And she was so difficult to settle. It felt as though our happy moments together were so shortlived, and I began to hate my new role as a parent.  All ...

Losing my babies is probably the hardest thing that I have ever had to go  through. I was never the same from the moment the sonographer insensitively told me

 "Oh yes, looks like they’ve been gone for quite a while. You’ll be getting those out today for sure" Like I was having my tonsils removed.

It’s been a learning curve. I went from a young, ecstatic Mum to be, to a grieving shell of a person ...

Most of us have a certain idea of what it will be like to have a little girl. Ballet recitals. Fairy wings. Shirley Temple movies. Picking flowers. But what if your little girl is more interested in studying entomology? What if the first thing she asks before school is "Why is it dark in space?" or "Do snails have hearts and brains?" The answers may seem simple enough. But in the case of my daughter, ...

Every day in my job, I hear from women who have experienced birth trauma. They want a different experience this time around, and they are willing to try almost anything. In most cases I can help them. But first we need to overcome the biggest obstacle of all: the fear and the memory of the trauma itself. It is almost impossible to have a positive and successful subsequent birth experience without first facing the emotional ...

Doulas are becoming more of a fixture in Australian maternity and labour wards. I attend around 2 hospitals per week, and have begun to meet lots of professional Childbirth Attendants going about their business. 3 years ago, when I had my son, Doulas were a rarity in the hospital system. But lucky for the modern Mum and Dad a Doula is merely a mouse click away.

It is not a new profession by any means. Women ...

You would think that after the series of unfortunate events that lead to my last two babies births, people would stop asking me when I’ll be having another. But for some freaky, unknown, bizarro world reason, I am hearing this question everywhere I go at the moment. Now I know how you feel Candice (ahhhh Pregnancy Babies and Children’s Expo memories. Good times. Good times)

Today I was at the GP again(yes I might as well ...