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Apr 3, 2022 09:50am

By Anna Cusack

Under Birth, Post-partum, Partners, Food, Sleep, Parenting, Breastfeeding, Education & Motherhood

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Why do I talk birth when I'm a postpartum doula?

Why do I spend so much time banging on about birth info when I’m actually a postpartum doula? Because, quite simply, we can’t pretend birth doesn’t influence postpartum.

The impact, as any mother or person whose experienced a traumatic or amazing birth will tell you, is massive. As such, preparing for birth is, in a way, preparing for postpartum, but we can’t end our efforts at birth affirmations.

My tips are:

Get independent birth AND lactation education. You can’t re…

Apr 3, 2022 09:50am

By Anna Cusack

Under Birth, Post-partum, Partners, Food, Sleep, Parenting, Breastfeeding, Education & Motherhood

2 min read

Jan 12, 2022 05:14pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum, Breastfeeding, Sleep, Food, Partners, Parenting, Education, Children, gentle parenting, parenthood & village

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Hey Partners! Here's How to Get Us Hot Under The Collar

You know those calendars where sexy men are doing housework? I can do one better, and it’s not just men doing the housework in real life.

Sure, people with and without appendages can cook and clean, and in most cisgender opposite-sex couple households, it’d be long overdue for men to do more of these things.

Yet to me these are the minimum of adulting, not what’s going to get me hot under the collar.

So what does?

When I hear my giggling child say “s…

Jan 12, 2022 05:14pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum, Breastfeeding, Sleep, Food, Partners, Parenting, Education, Children, gentle parenting, parenthood & village

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Jun 9, 2020 03:23pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum, Sleep, Breastfeeding & Food

3 min read

How to Set Boundaries On Visitors (Without Sounding Ungrateful)

When you have a baby, visitors can be a blessing or a curse. Here are some ideas on how to set boundaries around visitors during the time when your needs are just as high as your baby's. This is an area where your partner or support person is vital in enforcing your agreed rules - healing post-birth, feeding a baby and maintaining any kind of adult conversation is hard enough without having to get up the courage to tell your mother-in-law it's getting late and time to leave.

Set up a time for…

Jun 9, 2020 03:23pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum, Sleep, Breastfeeding & Food

3 min read

May 9, 2020 09:43am

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

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How to not have a baby shower (and feel even more loved)

Isolation era means no face-to-face baby showers for now. Some mums will need to grieve that loss of rite of passage, and others will be thankful to skip the expected yet unwanted hoo-haa. From where I sit, this is another opportunity to rethink how we celebrate newborn motherhood and surround families with love.

The options of what to do instead of a shower with cupcakes and bunting are endless. One is to skip the whole thing and make a gift registry on some big store like Baby Bunting. This…

May 9, 2020 09:43am

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

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Apr 30, 2020 04:33pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

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Essential Autumn - Warming Mums from the Inside Out

The mornings are crisp, the leaves on our maple are turning yellow and the pumpkin vines are dying off - it must be Autumn! In many non-western cultures, Autumn is considered a time of letting go of what we don’t need and turning inward so we can work on hibernation and consolidation over winter. At a time when westerners intuitively turn to nourishing soups and stews over crunchy salads, we are wise to recognise the ancient knowledge systems that encourage this transition. The ancient Indian Ay…

Apr 30, 2020 04:33pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

5 min read

Apr 19, 2020 07:07pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

3 min read

Lunch - the forgotten hero of newborn motherhood.

Meals in the newborn period can, like most things, be pretty topsy turvy. When the sun comes up, we remember to eat something that resembles breakfast. The sun sets, and we are cued to eat dinner. Poor old lunch is our often-forgotten friend, and despite his many great qualities, might get missed in the monotony of a day spent feeding, changing and comforting a newborn. Add "home alone" to the daily schedule, or his challenging colleague "home alone with newborn and his siblings under six" to th…

Apr 19, 2020 07:07pm

By Anna Cusack

Under Post-partum & Food

3 min read

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Why do I talk birth when I'm a postpartum doula?

Hey Partners! Here's How to Get Us Hot Under The Collar

How to Set Boundaries On Visitors (Without Sounding Ungrateful)

How to not have a baby shower (and feel even more loved)

Essential Autumn - Warming Mums from the Inside Out

Lunch - the forgotten hero of newborn motherhood.

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