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Your body can sometimes send little clues before a pregnancy test confirms what’s going on. Hormonal shifts in early pregnancy can show up in different ways, and noticing those changes is often the first hint that something might be beginning. International Women’s Day feels like the perfect moment to honour some of the incredible women shaping the world of birth. The researchers asking better questions. The educators sharing knowledge. The advocates standing up for women’s ri Your pelvis isn't static - it's dynamic. And when you move in labour, you're not just staying comfortable, you're actively creating space for your baby. This is why movement matters. Yep, I almost skipped getting a TENS machine for my first birth, which still makes me laugh now. My sister had used an @elletensau for her birth, so naturally she was the one saying I should get one. At the time, I very much brushed it off with a &l Okay, we need to talk about your vagina after birth. Because an entire human exited the building from there. It’s 2am. You’re bleeding, swollen, tired, leaking, standing in front of the mirror thinking…..“Is this normal? Is Hello lovely, I’m Gemma. I’ve been so fortunate to be in birth for over a decade now. Teaching, supporting, learning, connecting, and sitting alongside families during some of the biggest moments of their lives. I’ve supported 400 Feeling dramatic, irrational, teary or feral? Congrats. That’s your hormones doing their job. Labour hormones aren’t here to make you calm, logical, or emotionally contained. They’re here to shut down overthinking and let instinct Let’s talk about acupuncture in pregnancy. I see a lot of pregnant women who are coping… but only just. Sleeping like crap. Achy everywhere. Nervous system fried. Mind racing at night. Doing all the things and still feeling uncomfortabl You can read the books, listen to the podcasts, hire the doula, do the class and feel very organised about birth. On paper, you’re ready. But birth doesn’t ask you what you know. In fact, it doesn’t give a shit. It meets you in ho Your baby’s microbiome, is a biological foundation for lifelong health. It shapes immune health, digestion, allergy risk and so much more, right from birth. Here are four evidence-based ways to support it early on. 1. VAGINAL SEEDING (for ca There’s a long-standing belief in maternity care that when birth feels distressing, it’s because women expected too much. But Australian research published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth in 2023 challenges that idea. The study followed Early labour is where the real work begins. It’s often quieter and less predictable than people expect. It can be stop–start, it can feel underwhelming, or it can feel intense and confusing. None of that means it isn’t working. Th

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