On Sunday morning at about 2am I woke up from what felt like a contraction. I had never had a contraction before so I didn't really know if it was one. It felt like sharp period pain, I laid in bed waiting to see if it would happen again and it did, about every 7 minutes I had one. After the 4th one I woke my husband up and told him, I was so excited that it was finally happening, but he quickly burst my bubble - he didn't believe me! He finally got on board that it was happe

Like so many I believed that the best care during pregnancy and birth was only with an obstetrician. I had paid the crazy amount to up my health insurance to cover a private hospital but I got pregnant sooner than I expected and fell just 2 weeks short of the 12 month waiting period - my insurance wasn’t going to cover it! So I started to look into my options. Even with my cover I had to still pay out of pocket the obstetrician which was about $6,000. Now with no cover, I w

As a woman, you understand that miscarriages are possible but beyond that it’s not something you overly consider or really know anyone...

Image source: http://www.whatoliviadid.com/2016/10/interview-with-lizzie-evans-smug.html If you have not really had indoor plants before...

I am known in my family as the ‘worrier’, I wasn’t always like this, as a small kid I remember been hugely confident and outgoing, I...

We all love to take pictures, it is of course the easiest way to capture a moment these days. We rely on sight a lot to trigger memories,...

I have always been terrible at public speaking, interviews, running sessions and meetings, anything where all eyes are on me and I am...

People are aware on different levels about what foods are not very good for you, from common knowledge that sweets and chocolates 'are bad' to a deep understanding about hidden added chemicals, hormones, artificial sweeteners and the like and what impact these make on your body and mind. No matter where you sit on the scale about understanding what's in the foods you eat and what effect they are having to your body, I urge you to watch the two following documentaries if you

A couple of years back one of my very close friends went on huge trip around Europe to then live in England for a while. She was told of...

Ever since I moved out of home I have been living in apartments, so I am yet to have a garden to truly call my own. Unit living however hasn't stopped me from having plants, plants just make me feel happier and literally bring life to a balcony! I am one of those people that love the idea of plants but end up watching most of them die from neglect! Work and life gets in the way and I forget to look after them or bugs and animals destroy them. Over the years I have learnt to

For so many years I struggled to stick to regular exercise because I would be sitting at my desk at work ready to leave for the gym and think things like...'there is no way I can exercise now I am so tired', 'I have had such a big day I need to just go home tonight, I will go tomorrow instead'. I would visualise how hard the class would be, all the sweating and exhaustion and it would always put me off going to my workout. However I would somehow end up going home feeling go