Both of my babies have been hungry feeders, eating excitedly and gaining rolls by the day! Although Louie scared us with reduced feeding for a short while but more on that later... After a diminished appetite during pregnancy due to nausea, lack of space and a general disinterest in food, I’m relishing my new breastfeeding appetite! Demand feeding a newborn a second time around has made me absolutely ravenous and with the added sleep deprivation and busyness that comes with c

Coming to the end of my second trimester, I’ve been reflecting on the differences I’ve experienced between pregnancy number one and pregnancy number two. The one thing that appears dramatically different is how I have felt for taking the time to look after myself and this growing bebe…when I have had the time! This one major difference for me has been guilt. When I was pregnant with Isabella I didn’t feel guilty at all for going on long walks, taking an evening yoga class, go

#WorldIronWeek This week is World Iron Awareness Week with the focus of this year’s campaign being the importance of iron during pregnancy. Having recently had our first baby, I know first-hand how tiring growing a human can be and how much you need to focus on fueling yourself with nutrient-dense foods. Because after-all, everything you eat is passed onto your developing baby and as a mum you want to offer the best possible start in life to your baby. A recent New Zealand st

I’ve spied a few different recipes for breastfeeding cookies/lactation biscuits/booby biccies online by both Nadia Lim and Petite Kitchen. However, traditionally all of the recipes contain oats which aren’t gluten-free so I set about creating a gluten-free version that I could stash away in the freezer for when I felt like something to nibble on that would also help with milk production! Galactologues are generally herbs or foods that are thought to naturally promote breast m

Holy moly, where has the time gone? I’m now at 37 weeks and FULL-TERM! Whoop! It is now less than three weeks to go until I meet this happy-feet-wee-thing that’s been growing inside my belly for the last eight and a bit months. It’s actually made itself quite comfortable and enjoys night-time prancing that’s for sure! We may have a wee diva on our hands?! Over the last few weeks, I’ve definitely started to feel really, really pregnant. Rolling over in bed is a total effort a

I’m sure I’m not the only one to have noticed this and surely I won’t be the last, but for some reason over the last few weeks of this pregnancy (less than five weeks to go!), I have begun a great love affair with traditional homemade baked goods. The kind of baking that is creamed with butter and sugar, gently piled with sifted flours and folded with chunks of nuts and pieces of richly decadent dark chocolate. The kind of baking that Nana used to make. While there is nothing

I’m all for carrying snacks and having something stashed away in my handbag that’s healthy and delicious for when hunger strikes. This has become more important for me as my belly has grown with this wee bundle and there is less room for food, especially at meal times. I’ve learnt the hard way that eating little and often whilst pregnant is the way to go! Even if you’re not pregnant, this style of eating smaller meals more frequently throughout the day is often a good strateg

While growing a baby, your body is going through a time of immense physical change while your baby is developing bones, organs and brain matter it will have for the rest of its life. Did you know that what you feed your baby now in-utero will affect its taste preferences and food choices once it’s born into the real world? There are a number of environmental factors that can influence your baby’s health, however the good news is that nutrition is certainly an environmental fa

While afternoon naps, cheese and bread were lifesavers during my first trimester, there are a few things that have become staples as my belly grows along with our little bundle of joy… Swimming The water is so lovely and cool on tired, sore (not to mention heat swollen) feet. The major bonus is that you feel absolutely weightless - not like that land feeling of your rapidly growing belly that now won’t fit into any of your clothes. You can just splash about and feel delightfu

So by now the body I’ve had my entire life has well and truly changed and taken on a role all of its own. Growing a wee human will do that to you! And at 21 weeks there’s definitely no confusion about whether I’ve been over indulging in all things edible or whether in fact I am growing a baby. Thank goodness it’s the latter! But I’ll be honest and say those first few months were hard work. Between the all-day nausea and watery mouth feeling that left me unable to eat or enjoy