by Trish Martin | Mar 1, 2019 | Breast-feeding, Breastmilk, Colic, Feeding, Lactation, Milk Supply
Prolactin? This hormone has a lot to do with how successful you will be with breastfeeding. It’s around in small doses when your are pregnant and slowly increases as your pregnancy progresses. Towards the end of pregnancy the prolactin levels are...
by Trish Martin | Feb 7, 2019 | Anxiety, postnatal depression
Baby blues ??? Oh how underestimating those first 3-4 days are. I can still vividly remember when I was feeling so underwhelmed, lonely and depressed on day 3 after my first baby was born. To top it off it was my birthday. My milk was coming in. And I truely thought...
by Trish Martin | Jan 22, 2019 | Breast-feeding, Breastmilk, Feeding, Lactation, Milk Supply, Reflux
Does your baby suffer from reflux? Reflux – A diagnoses that is so common among babies these days that I have started to look into how easily doctors are giving antacids to babies as young as 2-3 weeks old. Absolutely babies do suffer from reflux however...
by Trish Martin | Nov 19, 2018 | Anxiety, postnatal depression
Mental Health or Illness Not defined by religion, culture, age or any other sociology. So how do we as a society help our friends, family, work colleagues or the wider community deal with depression and anxiety. Medication is often the first port of call, that has...
by Trish Martin | Oct 4, 2018 | baby sleep, self settling, self soothing, Sleep
Sleep Training Myths ? Myth 1️⃣ It isn’t normal for babies to sleep through the night. First of all this means my own babies and my clients babies are all abnormal? Sleeping through the night isn’t really what it seems. Adults don’t sleep through night either. Sleep...
