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04/09/2023

🔥 Hot tip 🔥

Set up a feeding station with everything you may need whilst you're feeding bub or naptrapped.

It could include:

🌸 Water bottle
🌸 Snacks
🌸 TV remote
🌸 Phone & portable charger
🌸 Burp cloth
🌸 Nursing pads
🌸 Books or magazines
..Have I forgotten anything? Let me know below.

And remember to save this for post for later!

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01/09/2023

Please share in your story to grow The Nurture Revolution 💜

Learn more in my new workshop 💜 NURTURING INFANT STRESS on Sept 29 🧠 https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/workshops

Learn more in my book The Nurture Revolution 🫶 https://www.nurture-neuroscience.com/the-nurture-revolution

01/09/2023

Returning to work after parental leave can be challenging, especially if you have experienced perinatal mental illness.

There are a range of strategies you can put in place to manage your mental health and ease the transition.

It’s normal to feel complex emotions about returning to work outside the home after you have a baby.

You may find yourself looking forward to:

✅Returning to your work identity.
✅Enjoying work that you are comfortable and familiar with.
✅Catching up with work colleagues.
✅Having more money.

Yet at the same time, you might feel uncertain about:

❌How you will manage the juggle.
❌The impact work will have on your mental health.
❌If your baby will cope in someone else’s care.
❌How you will tell people about your mental health.

For some new parents, adjusting to work after parental leave can be stressful and difficult. For others, it can feel easy compared to looking after a baby full time.

For practical tips, tools and strategies to manage the transition back to work outside the home, visit: https://panda.org.au/articles/balancing-work-and-wellbeing-as-a-new-parent/

23/08/2023

New parents need holding just as much as babies do ❤️

They need to be nurtured and nourished while they adjust to their new role as parents, recover from the birth and care for their baby.

This support may look like:

🌸 Delivering meals and snacks
🌸 Doing housework
🌸 Helping with older children or pets
🌸 Checking in on how they are doing
🌸 Contributing towards a postpartum doula
🌸 Offering company
🌸 Gifting a postpartum massage

Often the most simple gestures make a huge difference to this important time of healing and transition.

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pinkmoondoula

13/08/2023

Postpartum gift hampers now available! 🎁

I am so excited to be able to share these with you! ✨️

Each box is lovingly filled with beautiful hand-selected products for early postpartum, designed to provide some much needed nourishment.

A perfect gift for yourself or any loved one who is newly postpartum!

The hamper includes:
🌸Postpartum Healing Herbs
🌸Babymoon Bliss Tea
🌸Soothing Salve
🌸Fluffy Socks
🌸Eye Mask (colour may vary)
🌸Peri Bottle

Special thanks to & ❤️

$129 each including FREE shipping Australia wide.

Order yours now at my online shop! Link in bio or head to www.pinkmoondoula.com.au

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pinkmoondoula

19/07/2023

Gift hampers coming soon! 🎁

The first round of hampers will be jam packed with nourishing products specially selected to encourage rest and healing during early postpartum ✨️

Sign up to my mailing list to be the first to hear about my latest offerings! Link in bio ❤️

18/07/2023

🟡 Birth Trauma Awareness Week 🟡

What is birth trauma?

There is no one definition of a "traumatic birth". What matters is how YOU felt- during the experience, and in the days, months and years afterwards.

You know your body, your own heart, mind and your baby best. If the birth felt in any way distressing for you, for any reason, you may be experiencing birth trauma. No-one else can tell you ‘how’ your birth was, when you’re the one who lived through that experience.

The way you feel about your birth experience can deeply affect your emotional wellbeing and mental health, attachment and bonding with your baby, and how you feel about being a parent.

Signs you may be experiencing birth trauma include:
🔺 Distress or anxiety when you think about your birth experience
🔺 Flashbacks or intrusive thoughts about your birth
🔺 Nightmares
🔺 Hyper-vigilance about your baby's health and safety
🔺 Difficulty sleeping
🔺 General feelings of panic or anxiety, being "on edge".

If you think you might be experiencing birth trauma, or have complicated feelings about your birth experience, PANDA is here to listen.

PANDA National Helpline (Monday to Saturday) 1300 726 306 ✨

Find out more https://loom.ly/cXGb4II

18/07/2023

18/07/2023

Can you see your maternity records?

Sometimes people find it helpful to see their maternity records to understand what happened during their care. You have a right to see your own health records. You do not need a reason. It can be useful to request your records if you want to make a complaint about your care.

You can ask your GP, midwife, doctor or health visitor to obtain your records so that you can see them. You do not need a form to do this but can simply ask them at any time. You will need to go in person to the hospital or GP surgery to see your records in that way.

You can also make a formal email request to see your records. This is called a subject access request, and you make it in writing.

If you would like to find out more about how to see your maternity records or if you want to make a complaint about your care, see the link in our bio for our range of helpful advice factsheets. You can also contact us directly for advice and support via the contact form on our website or email at [email protected]

10/07/2023

Dads or birthing partners play a vital role during labour and delivery, and it is not uncommon to experience birth trauma themselves. 💙

During a difficult birth, Mum may be in a confused or semi-conscious state, however the birthing partner is generally fully aware. Dads or birthing partners often don’t acknowledge their trauma because they weren’t the ones to physically birth and feel as though they should be strong.

Symptoms of birth trauma may include flashbacks, nightmares, triggers (smell or noises), feeling angry, confused or depressed. You may have a preoccupation with your baby’s health and regularly check on them or worry something bad will happen.

There are many supports that offer a safe place for you to navigate these thoughts and feelings:
🔹 Australasian Birth Trauma Association
🔹 ForWhen on 1300 24 23 22
🔹 Visiting your GP
🔹 Men’s Line – 1300 78 99 78

10/07/2023

Pregnant or have a new bub? Got a lot going on?

Yarn with PANDA to stay safe and strong.

It’s good for you and for bub when you feel strong, and connected with your family, community and culture.

Download PANDA's flyer to find out more about how we can support you https://loom.ly/6yNBX-w ⚫🟡🔴

10/07/2023

Check out this article exploring how swaddling babies can hinder breast/chest feeding...

American Journal of Human Biology
American Journal of Human Biology
REVIEW
Open Access
The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review
Allison Dixley, Helen L. Ball
First published: 14 February 2023
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23878

Another tip is not to swaddle baby; when they are wrapped up like a burrito, babies cannot use their natural instincts to find the breast.As much skin to skin as possible for as long as possible. Google laid-back breast feeding;it works really well.🥰🤱

03/07/2023

Positive birth affirmations now available at my online store! ✨️

Affirmations can be a great reminder of your inner power and strength; helping you to cultivate self trust and connect with your instincts.

They make a great gift for yourself or pregnant friends. Get yours today! 🌸

Click on the link in my bio or head to
www.pinkmoondoula.com.au

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26/06/2023

When you're feeling overwhelmed and lost

When you feel like nothing you do is working

And every other parent seems to have it together

When you're feeling broken

When you're feeling alone

Remember

You are perfect in your baby's eyes

You are everything they need

You are more than enough.

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👇 Tag a friend below who needs to hear this!

26/06/2023

“In a study of newborn infants immediately after birth, where one group slept skin-to-skin on their biological mother and the other group slept in a bassinet beside her bed, sleep patterns and physiology were altered.

Babies sleeping without contact took longer to get into quiet sleep, had less time in quiet sleep, and had heart rate variability consistent with high stress.

But babies sleeping touching their mothers entered quiet sleep faster, had more time in quiet sleep, and had more REM sleep and less active sleep – suggesting a lot more time in restorative sleep patterns that build the brain.”

- Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum of

📣 TLDR: Letting your baby sleep skin-to-skin with you helps build their brain!

For a deep dive on how you can (quite easily) help your baby grow a strong, resilient brain, get Greer’s new book The Nurture Revolution. I’m finding it mind-blowing and validating, and I recommend you get yourself a copy ASAP!

And my fave tool for safe skin-to-skin is the . Look through my “skin-to-skin” highlight for photos, all the details, and our special Cosleepy discount code!

Keep up the good work, my friend! 👊