Here is my hospital checklist to help prepare for the arrival of your little one. This detailed checklist for both mum and baby is everything I found helpful after the birth of my first baby. Hope you find it useful too.

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My experience with cloth nappies and what I use

My advice if you’re interested in trialling cloth nappies, is to start part-time. Buy 4-5 cloth nappies, trial different brands, purchase second-hand and see how you go! Even with part-time cloth nappy use you’re still doing your bit for the environment, and for your wallet.

The Fold Campaign

Australian swimwear brand, The Fold's new street poster campaign is out in Melbourne and Sydney. I am proud to be one of the ‘real women’ featured in with baby Harrison.

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My Positive Birth Story

We are bombarded with traumatic pregnancy and birth stories, especially when we’re pregnant. Rarely do you hear about positive experiences. These stories, also portrayed in films, give one the impression that giving birth is always extremely long, arduous and painful. This make us fear pregnancy, labour and birth.

I want to share my birth story with the hope that it may help to bring a positive light on the experience for others.

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My Birth Plan

Here is my low intervention birth plan which I handed to the midwives when I arrived at the hospital. This was my wish for labour and birth but of course as births go it didn’t follow exactly to plan.

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What's in My Nursery

When ‘nesting’ mode began during my pregnancy around the 35 weeks mark, I went about setting up the nursery for bub’s arrival. Find out what I put in my nursery.

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Pregnancy Style Tips

One thing I told to myself when falling pregnant was that I didn’t want to change my style just because of my growing bump. Instead I set-out to embrace my changing shape and I ended up loving the challenge of “shopping my own wardrobe” to see if and how my existing pieces would fit.

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My Pregnancy Must-haves

As soon as some women fall pregnant, they rush out and buy every maternity item advertised. I tried hard to resist the urge as it doesn’t fit in with my cost per use, longevity beliefs.

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A little update from me

I was never one of those girls who dreamed about having children. Sure, I knew I wanted them at some point. But also knew that I wanted to live my life, have my independence and was too 'selfish' to give my time to a little person. Wow how time changes things.

An Ode to All Mothers this Mother's Day

I owe so much to my mother. She gave me the foundation, strength and courage (along with my father, but this is not your day dad) that made me the woman I am today.

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