Flying with Small Children: Logistics, Patience and Earplugs. I recently sat behind a couple flying long-haul with a toddler and nine-month-old twins. Three small (and very mobile!) children. Twelve hours. One aeroplane. I watched the comings and goings, the screams, the wails and the grunts with a mix of deep [...]
You did know this, didn’t you? Your baby has not read the baby book to Developmental Mildestones. Somewhere along the way, with all the books and apps available to us, we seem to have acquired the extraordinary idea that babies are supposed to follow a timetable. Their feeding and sleep [...]
“Hi mum, meet your new grandson!” is a modern-day phrase heard all too often by the older modern women. In this chapter we consider the role grandparents play these days in helping with the enormous task of raising a little human? The world is full of opinions on so many [...]
The Changes That Happen to the Brain in Pregnancy I am a gynaecologist, and patients seldom ask me about how the brain changes during pregnancy. Over the years, I’ve answered endless questions about stretch marks, pelvic floors, and hormones. Questions about the brain? Almost never. And yet the brain goes [...]
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The Second Trimester – A Survival Guide Is the second trimester of pregnancy really about survival? Do I really need a Second Trimester Survival Guide? What should I expect? An “Amazing Race” type experience? Will I manage? How hard can this trimester be? These are some of the multiple questions [...]
I have looked after so many women in pregnancy and in labour and at caesarean section (C/S). It is such an important discussion to have. I make a disclaimer up front, that I think a safe vaginal birth is first prize for every baby and every mother. I say this because any operation [...]
The Pressure is Real We’ve all felt it, the weight of the “perfect mom” image. The perfectly packed lunchboxes, the spotless house, the organic snacks, the 5 AM workouts, the endless patience. Somewhere between sleepless nights and school runs, the idea crept in that good moms are supposed to be [...]
Because motherhood doesn’t come with a manual — but it does come with us. Motherhood is one of life’s most transformative journeys — full of joy, exhaustion, laughter, self-doubt, and questions that never seem to end. At MotherSaid, we’re here to make that journey a little simpler, a little softer, [...]