7 must have essential oils for your baby

7 must have essential oils for your baby

Have a look at the ingredients on the back of your baby products. I dare you. Yep, I don’t know what half of them are either! But I do know that some of them can cause skin irritations and can be quite harmful to our precious bubbas! Such as the unnecessary...
My journey with anxiety – part three

My journey with anxiety – part three

Haha, 9 months later and I’m writing part three!! Having a baby will do that to you :/ So I’ll just jump right in where I left off… Having anxiety is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I honestly deep down believe that now. I used to...
What on earth is Hypnobirthing?

What on earth is Hypnobirthing?

What on earth is Hypnobirthing? I just googled it, and it came up with this, “HypnoBirthing is a unique antenatal program that teaches simple but specific self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques for an easier, more gentle birth that is often accompanied by a...
My Second Trimester

My Second Trimester

I am 28 weeks today… at the end of my second trimester… Yipee!! Not long now little Cletus 🙂 I’m another 6 kilos up in weight (so a total of 12 kilos now), and you know what, I am TOTALLY OK with that. Ladies who are stressed about how much weight you’re putting on...
Falling Pregnant and My First Trimester

Falling Pregnant and My First Trimester

With our wedding planned for January 2016, I decided to go off the pill in around September or October 2015. I had been on it since I was 16 years old… so 17 years in total! To say I was scared shitless to come off it, is a total understatement. I didn’t...
My journey with anxiety – part two

My journey with anxiety – part two

It has taken me a couple of weeks to write this, as I knew it would be hard for me to write. But here it goes… My first memory of having anxiety, was when I was working as a Beauty Therapist. I must have been around 18. I remember I had just performed a...
CANKLES! How to combat fluid retention

CANKLES! How to combat fluid retention

Hi, my name is Erin, I am 22 weeks pregnant, and I have cankles. Actually, they’re not that bad, and sometimes I don’t have them. But at night time… there they are with a vengeance! Bastards! Haha I have always held a lot of fluid, particularly in my...
What Meditation Won’t Do

What Meditation Won’t Do

I have been asked a couple of times, “if you meditate, and do all this “holistic stuff”, how come you’re not always calm?” I think that is a good question. Just because people meditate, do yoga, eat well and do all that other “holistic stuff” does...