Exhausted Mama Moments – Your Stories and Our Competition Winner!
Did you enter our Exhausted Mama Moments competition? We asked you to share your stories of a time you were sooooooo damn tired as a mum that you could barely function. The results were heartwarming and hilarious. Unsurprisingly, there are lots of tired mums out there! To reassure all you tired mums that you are […]
Zinc and Your Health
Zinc and Your Health – Why Zinc is Important Zinc is a crucial nutrient for health, especially during pregnancy as it aids growth and development of your baby. As a breastfeeding mother or mum to be, it’s so important to ensure that you’re getting adequate Zinc from your diet. But it takes two to tango. […]
Exhausted Mama Moments Competition – WIN a delicious food hamper from Peachy Keen Foods!
Exhausted mama moments: we are no stranger to those. We (Rebecca and Naomi) are both mums to two little ones, and we know the feeling of reaching that point where you’re so tired you have to laugh, or cry, or both. Our friends at Peachy Keen Foods understand too. That’s why they’ve created this special […]
Mucus Mayhem – Home Remedies for Phlegm and Mucus in Kids
It’s coming to that time of year again where the mucus just starts to stream from your kids’ faces. Phlegm starts to set in and they become grumpy, run down and susceptible to even nastier conditions. Personally I get anxious just thinking about it. The weather has cooled, the onslaught of viruses is […]
Reducing Anxiety in Pregnancy
If ever there is a time that anxiety can surface, pregnancy is a biggie. All of sudden you have so many more things to worry about. Can you feel your baby move? Are you eating the right things for you and baby? Are you thinking the right things? Are you getting enough exercise and of […]
Acupuncture and IVF
Acupuncture and IVF aren’t always uttered in the same sentence. When you think of IVF, you don’t necessarily think of acupuncture, and yet acupuncture and IVF often go hand in hand. IVF is a process most couples don’t want to go through if they can help it. Having said that, many couples are profoundly grateful […]
How To Conceive A Healthy Baby
You might have never considered that there are things you can do to conceive a healthy baby. Your body knows what to do, right? There’s just the small matter of some hanky panky and the rest is out of your hands? Wrong. Here are some important things to consider to give your body the best […]
3 Hot Tips for Birth Prep
I have seen many pregnant women come through our clinic who I have helped prepare for birth. It is in the thousands by now! I’ve given birth thrice myself and I’ve been to two births. I’m incredibly passionate about birth for reasons that would take another blog post entirely to explain (and I just might […]
Acupuncture and Acupressure for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome can be painful and it can stop you from doing so much. From a Chinese medical point of view, carpal tunnel is caused by increased heat and damp in the wrist region, which we commonly know as inflammation and swelling. This can irritate and compress the median nerve that runs through the […]