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For Māmā Your guide to pregnancy, labour & birth and postpartum
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Your guide to pregnancy, labour & birth and postpartum

NZ$30.00

This 90-page booklet is your comprehensive guide to pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal care. My goal is to empower mamas on their journey by providing essential information, because I truly believe that being informed is key. Countless hours have gone into creating this resource, ensuring that all the evidence is current and reliable.

While this booklet serves as a valuable guide, it’s important to also consult with your midwife or obstetrician if any concerns arise.

Inside, you'll find information on:

  • Screening tests and scans

  • Supplements and vaccinations

  • Baby movements and side sleeping

  • Breech position and low-lying placenta

  • Anti-D and common pregnancy symptoms

  • Preeclampsia and preparing for labour

  • Stages of labour, water birth, and monitoring baby

  • Perineal tearing and pain relief options

  • Induction of labour, c-sections, and instrumental births

  • Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding

  • Vitamin K, full checks, and birth plans

  • Formula feeding, postnatal bleeding, and newborn weight gain & loss

  • Lactation support, mastitis, and nipple damage

  • Common newborn issues, mood changes, and safe sleep

  • Jaundice, screening tests, physiotherapy, exercise, contraception, and intimacy

And so much more!

I hope this booklet becomes a trusted companion as you navigate this incredible journey.

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This 90-page booklet is your comprehensive guide to pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal care. My goal is to empower mamas on their journey by providing essential information, because I truly believe that being informed is key. Countless hours have gone into creating this resource, ensuring that all the evidence is current and reliable.

While this booklet serves as a valuable guide, it’s important to also consult with your midwife or obstetrician if any concerns arise.

Inside, you'll find information on:

  • Screening tests and scans

  • Supplements and vaccinations

  • Baby movements and side sleeping

  • Breech position and low-lying placenta

  • Anti-D and common pregnancy symptoms

  • Preeclampsia and preparing for labour

  • Stages of labour, water birth, and monitoring baby

  • Perineal tearing and pain relief options

  • Induction of labour, c-sections, and instrumental births

  • Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding

  • Vitamin K, full checks, and birth plans

  • Formula feeding, postnatal bleeding, and newborn weight gain & loss

  • Lactation support, mastitis, and nipple damage

  • Common newborn issues, mood changes, and safe sleep

  • Jaundice, screening tests, physiotherapy, exercise, contraception, and intimacy

And so much more!

I hope this booklet becomes a trusted companion as you navigate this incredible journey.

This 90-page booklet is your comprehensive guide to pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal care. My goal is to empower mamas on their journey by providing essential information, because I truly believe that being informed is key. Countless hours have gone into creating this resource, ensuring that all the evidence is current and reliable.

While this booklet serves as a valuable guide, it’s important to also consult with your midwife or obstetrician if any concerns arise.

Inside, you'll find information on:

  • Screening tests and scans

  • Supplements and vaccinations

  • Baby movements and side sleeping

  • Breech position and low-lying placenta

  • Anti-D and common pregnancy symptoms

  • Preeclampsia and preparing for labour

  • Stages of labour, water birth, and monitoring baby

  • Perineal tearing and pain relief options

  • Induction of labour, c-sections, and instrumental births

  • Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding

  • Vitamin K, full checks, and birth plans

  • Formula feeding, postnatal bleeding, and newborn weight gain & loss

  • Lactation support, mastitis, and nipple damage

  • Common newborn issues, mood changes, and safe sleep

  • Jaundice, screening tests, physiotherapy, exercise, contraception, and intimacy

And so much more!

I hope this booklet becomes a trusted companion as you navigate this incredible journey.

🌿 Placenta Anatomy 🌿

Learn all about 

Placenta shape & size
Two surfaces
Umbilical cord
Membranes
Placenta circulation
Placenta variations

 

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🌿 The Placenta 🌿

Did you know the placenta is like your pepi’s home while they’re in the womb? 🏠💖
The placenta is an incredible organ that a mama grows only during pregnancy and acts as a life-sustaining connection between mama and p
✨ Traditional birthing practices in aoeteroa ✨

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Place of birth
Karakia
Muka tie
Burying of the whenua
Wahakura 
Cultural framework in midwifery

 

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✨ Homebirth ✨

When becoming pregnant it is important to do your research and figure out where your ideal place of birth is. 

If a mama has a low risk pregnancy then the safest place to give birth is at home or in a primary birthing unit. However th
✨ PLACENTA ACRETA ✨

Placenta accreta spectrum is a serious but rare complication in pregnancy.
It occurs when the placenta invades deeply into the muscle layer of the uterus (womb).
There are three categories:
* Placenta accreta
* Placenta increta
*
✨ Acupuncture ✨

Acupuncture can be used in many settings for pregnancy & labour and birth, and the postnatal period. 
 
 Acupuncture during pregnancy has been proven to be effective in helping mama relieve common conditions such as:
* Nausea
* M
✨ Hands and Knees ✨

One of my favourite position to be adapted in labour and birth and I love catching a pēpi in this position. 

* Gravity can help bring the baby down and out
* The uterus can contract more strongly and efficiently
* The pēpi can g
Group B strep✨ ✨
Group B Streptococcus is a bacteria that can be present in the vagina without causing any symptoms.
It is found in 15-25% of mama and is typically harmless.
This screening test is optional due to the low risk of infection, with about
✨ Peanut Ball ✨

What is a peanut ball used for???

During labour a peanut ball is placed between the knees or ankles to help open the pelvis which can allow the pēpi to find a more favourable position. 

I suggest using this when the baby is in a po