I met Akemi only a week before she gave birth but her birth was one of the most transformative births I have attended as a doula. Here’s her story from my perspective as her [...]
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Women put themselves last in the birthroom. They can be made to feel like they are the poor cousins visiting the luxury mansion of distant relatives. The message is loud and clear: “This is our turf. Don’t even think about running a bath without our say so, but you are more than welcome to partake of our smorgasbord of interventions that may or may not be evidence-based.” Most midwives seem to spend the vast majority of their time doing paperwork and don’t even try to connect with the birthing woman. Some may think this sounds harsh but when you understand what makes it easy for a woman to birth, it seems like nothing short of [...] One of the reasons I started Mumatopia as a social enterprise was because I can see the wisdom behind the saying “gentle birth heals mother earth” (coined by humanitarian and midwife Robin Lim from Gentle Birth Bali). My birth experiences and my experience of losing a much wanted baby and nearly losing my life in the process, have taught me how gentle beginnings can nurture a mother’s love for her baby, can create a sense of empathy and patience and a strong sense of [...] We are delighted to be partnering with Chef Leith James from Hospitality1 to offer mums home-delivered, nutritious family meals. I am still cooking for clients as part of postnatal and mumma nurture packages. However, an increasing number of clients have been asking for food to be prepared and delivered rather than prepared on-site. [...] Today I am celebrating Mumatopia’s first birthday by offering up a week of pampering and nurturing to a lucky mum via a blog [...] Moving your body in labour is also part of the process of moving into and accepting the labour journey. It’s an amazing transition, that moment where a woman walks up and down stairs in early labour and notices that the activity makes the contractions longer and more intense. She may resist doing this knowing what it brings, but then I gently remind her that the longer the contraction, the more effectively it is working to open her up to give birth to her baby. She has a moment where she realises that she has to move through and into the intensity in order to meet her baby. Avoiding that intensity or distracting oneself from it, can make labour longer and [...] Julie Williams (from Live Organic Health), Janette Adams (from Precious Packages) and I had the arduous task of having to taste-test some of the entries to our Mother’s Day Recipe Comp last night. We had about 11 entries to the competition, all with fabulous fresh ingredients. If you’d like to try out any of the recipes, just like the Mumatopia Facebook page and go to the discussion thread titled [...] Mumatopia is excited to announce our Mother’s Day recipe competition. The challenge? Create a recipe new mums would love, with real ingredients (no commercially processed food). Simply “like” Mumatopia on Facebook and post your recipe in the “Recipes” discussion tab on the Mumatopia Facebook Page for your chance to [...] I could call myself a baby planner, I guess, but my vision for Mumatopia is so much bigger than that. I don’t want to just offer a service which is a quick fix to busy mothers, I want to offer a service which makes a difference to their physical and emotional wellbeing in the long-term. As someone who suffered from postnatal depression and anxiety following childbirth, I know how important it is to have a support network around you during this [...] In April only when you book a combined package with Mumatopia and Live Organic Health we are also offering the following bonus [...] |
   
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