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 [...]
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Well, it has been a tough week of deliberating but we have finally chosen a winner! I have to say this has been one of the toughest competitions I have run. How do you choose who is more deserving of a week of nurturing? The truth is, we all deserve it! So, in the end we chose based on the best written entry, which in our opinion was this one by mum of six, Rachel [...] 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 [...] Yesterday I invited a lovely 19 year old girl into my home to give me a hand with the kids as I’m pretty snowed under. We don’t use regular daycare so it really helps to have someone available from time to time and when I have a client to attend to. Below is a guest blog post by a fellow WAHM, Kate Christie who runs Babysitters & More that I thought would be useful for [...] 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 [...] As a mother I see that it is such a gift to be able to give your child unconditional love, to let them know they are okay, just the way they are. If they can move forward into adulthood with a strong sense of themselves, with self-confidence and joy, then that is worth more than all math, spelling, and trivial facts they’ll learn along the way. I am so grateful for the loving people I have in my life right now, for the honest conversations that guide our [...] |
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