If you are starting out breastfeeding your baby there are lots of things it is helpful to know. Often new parents find themselves surrounded by family and friends with more experience of formula feeding than breastmilk, and this can lead to some confusion because babies fed with formula can behave quite differently to breast fed babies. If you aren’t aware of these difference it can lead to more doubts and worries about whether you are producing enough milk or getting feeding

It might feel like a big question – what on earth has happened to your stomach? Your body is absolutely amazing during pregnancy. There are so many visible and invisible changes happening as your baby grows. Some are more obvious – the bump is usually pretty apparent – but others you can’t see. Your heart works harder, your blood volume increases and there is a big rearrangement of everything inside your abdomen. In order to accommodate your growing baby your abdominal musc

Most of the women I speak to find such a difference between a first and a subsequent pregnancy. Not so much the symptoms and niggles (although they can be very different too!) but the mindset, the juggling and, frankly, remembering you are pregnant. In your first pregnancy you are usually really focused on the pregnancy. You know how many days and weeks you are, when your next appointment is coming up, what size your baby is this week, and how they are developing. You ar

When you have your first baby it often takes you by surprise how much your life can be disrupted. You might be fully expecting lots of...