You’ve done it. Your baby is here. You’ve had the skin-to-skin, you’ve cried the happy tears, and now someone is handing you this tiny person, pointing you toward the car park, and sending you home. And somewhere on that drive, it usually hits: nobody is coming with us. The first two weeks at home with a newborn are, in my experience, unlike anything else. They are extraordinary and exhausting and overwhelming and beautiful, often all within the same hour. And I think the rea

Here’s something I say to every family I work with: there is no such thing as finding new parenthood easy. Not really. Not if you’re being honest about it. There are moments of absolute magic — the kind that stop your heart — and then there are the moments at 3am when you’ve been awake for what feels like several lifetimes and you genuinely cannot remember who you were before this baby arrived. Both things are true at the same time. But sometimes what feels like normal new-pa

If you've started researching postnatal support — first of all, well done you, because thinking ahead about this stuff is genuinely one of the best things you can do for yourself — you may have come across two different options: a postnatal doula and a night nurse. They sound similar. They're actually quite different. And knowing which one you need could make a real difference to your experience in those early weeks. What is a night nurse? A night nurse (sometimes called a ma

If I had to pick one thing I wish more people talked about honestly before having a baby, it would be the fourth trimester. Everyone talks about the first three. The apps, the books, the weekly email updates comparing your baby to a piece of fruit. But then your baby actually arrives — and suddenly nobody seems to know quite what to say about what comes next. So let's talk about it. What actually is the fourth trimester? The fourth trimester is the first twelve weeks of your

Understanding the Fourth Trimester You’ve spent months preparing for your birth. You’ve packed the hospital bag, written your birth preferences, completed the hypnobirthing course, and bought approximately 47 different baby gadgets. Then, your baby arrives, and suddenly it hits you: nobody really told me about this bit. The postnatal period — often called the fourth trimester — is one of the most important, intense, and under-supported phases of new parenthood. And it’s somet

We've all been there — baby is sleeping happily but if she continues she won't sleep tonight. Let me help.