Some days are lonely – you might be wandering the streets on your own to get your baby to sleep or sitting among a group of mums who are talking about how well their baby sleeps when yours doesn’t. And it’s not about finding your tribe, it can be about accepting that feeling lonely is real and okay sometimes and getting some support to talk through any challenges or how you are feeling can make a huge difference. Through this website and my social media accounts you can read practical articles and posts along with different experiences and comment about all things pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Working with parents since 2002 Say hello…Instagram | Facebook Group | Linkedin Copyright: Janine Smith 2022

This is a words that comes up in a lot of conversations with mums. Having a baby is such a personal and unique experience because no two babies or families are the same and, while, there are similarities, it is your experience. It can be isolating if you are experiencing challenges with feeding, weight-gain, health, sleep and some days are just tough. What helps? Good support, knowing you aren’t doing anything wrong, trying to look after yourself, talking through how you are feeling and working with me if you are experiencing some challenges or need to talk it all through. Through this website and my social media accounts you can read practical articles and posts along with different experiences and comment about all things pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Working with parents since 2002 Say hello…Instagram | Facebook Group | Linkedin Copyright: Janine Smith

So many women comment on how primal and raw labour and birth can feel, how instinctive it can be to do what feels right, how much we do that we don’t have to think about. When a woman is well informed and well supported, she will be able to respond to her body’s needs with movement, sounds and breathing as she needs to. This can encourage effective and manageable contractions, while also providing calm and focus. Through this website and my social media accounts you can read practical articles and posts along with different experiences and comment about all things pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Working with parents since 2002 Say hello…Instagram | Facebook Group | Linkedin Copyright: Janine Smith

There’s often an intensity to labour and birth that means you may need to dig deep, to use strategies to manage it and have good support to keep going. Intensity isn’t bad, it isn’t to be feared but it makes a difference to be better prepared for it. And it can mean different things to each labouring woman. For some it could be early labour, the speed of labour or birth, it could be transition, it could be exhaustion or it could come from interventions. What helps? Knowing more about how labour and birth works, what it can look and feel like, what could be helpful for you and what might not be, as well as a toolkit of coping strategies to work through the challenges. Through this website and my social media accounts you can read practical articles and posts along with different experiences and comment about all things pregnancy, birth and early parenting. Working with parents since 2002 Say hello…Instagram | Facebook Group | Linkedin Copyright: Janine Smith