Top 5 tips for those first precious few days and weeks with a new bub In our ‘Newborn’ Module inside the Birth Beat Ultimate Online Prenatal Program, I talk about the importance of minimising visitors and people other than you...

Why we need to listen to new Mums when they say they're not OK This week, I want to share a personal story from one of our beautiful Birth Beat Mummas. While awareness around perinatal (the time before and after childbirth)...

Travel tips to make life a little easier Imagine this… you’ve just boarded a plane for a long-haul International flight. You take your seat, your bags are ‘safely stowed’ in the overhead lockers, you’ve got a bag of Peanut M&Ms...

When it comes to postpartum mental health, one of the biggest messages that we need to spread is; it’s OK to not be OK. The first step, and oftentimes the hardest is admitting that you’re struggling and then asking...

It’s the beginning of a New Year, and a time where you’ll probably notice that every second blog you read is about setting goals! But… What if instead of adding more things onto our plate - we were able to start...

In the age of social media and influencers who share their every move with the world, it’s so easy for first-time mums to compare their postpartum reality with that of a stranger’s. Perhaps it’s even your mum, relatives or friends...

November 11 -17 is  PANDA awareness week. Perinatal Anxiety And Depression Australia aim to remove the stigma and raise awareness about perinatal anxiety and depression, a serious illness that impacts one in five new or expecting mums and one...

Happy long weekend Friends So it is all the buzz, the need for mindfulness and taking the time to disconnect and relax. Switch off from our computers and just be present. I am actually a huge fan of this and I am...

I was recently asked for my expert opinion on "second-night syndrome". I must admit I was not feeling all that experty when I had to Google "what is second night syndrome"! As I read, I quickly realised this is a term given to...

From the first second you find out you are pregnant, you start to worry! This is called mother guilt and quite frankly it is a BITCH. Mother guilt is a demanding cruel reality of motherhood. In the Birth Beat courses we...