A Beginners Guide To Prenatal Yoga
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years for its uniquely healing and calming potential. Yoga puts you more in touch with your body and your mind, giving you time to unwind, relax, stretch, and strengthen the connection between what’s going on in your head and what’s going on in your body. Yoga can be…
10 Questions To Ask During Your First Doula Appointment
Many parents to be are turning to doulas as a crucial component of their birthing plans. A birth doula is essentially a birth support worker who provides constant physical, emotional, and mental support just before, during, and just after labour. Postpartum doulas provide the same support, but for after your baby is born. Unlike a…
Random Acts Of Pastel’s Ultimate Guide To Preparing For Birth
Preparing to become a new mom can be a daunting and challenging undertaking. Not only are mamas prepping for their labour and delivery, the stroller purchase (that’s always a hot topic around here), and then thinking about postpartum care and recovery, but there’s also the reality that bodies change so much – and so quickly!…
What Is Sleep Training And Is It Right For Your Family?
Perhaps one of the most controversial and contentious parenting issues around is the topic of sleep training. There are so many arguments for and against the practice, with supporters on both sides becoming very passionate about what they believe is best for their children. It doesn’t help that the science has remained relatively inconclusive on…
Exercising During Pregnancy: Our Top Do’s and Don’ts
A hot topic of discussion for many moms to be is whether they should be doing any physical exercise during their pregnancy. The general scientific consensus is that moderate physical activity throughout your pregnancy can be beneficial for both your body and mind, and can also reduce pregnancy complications. Pregnancy brings a range of weird and wonderful…
Top 10 Tips For A Successful Breastfeeding Journey
Something that many moms-to-be and new mothers worry about is how breastfeeding will work for them and their newborn. Surely, something as natural as feeding your baby at your breast should come naturally, right? In fact, mastering breastfeeding is a challenge almost every breastfeeding mother has struggled with, with issues ranging from latch issues to…
To Kegel Or Not To Kegel – That Is The Question
Many women, and especially expectant moms, will probably have heard of a kegel exercise. These somehow mysterious but well known exercises are touted as a cure all technique for managing a range of unfortunate side effects of childbirth, including incontinence, weakened pelvic floor, and hernia. However, there has been recent controversy surrounding kegel exercises for…
Posture Makes Perfect Pelvic Floor Muscles
Don’t slouch! Sit upright! Did anyone ever tell you this when you were a kid at the dinner table? Well, they weren’t wrong in doing so. To be honest, they were just looking out for your pelvic floor! That’s right. Your posture can absolutely influence the activity of your pelvic floor. As more and more…
What is Gestational Diabetes?
Did you know that Gestational Diabetes is a thing? Many of us have never heard of it, until we go for our GDM (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus) testing at around week 28 of our pregnancy. In this blog post, we’ll give you a little overview of what Gestational Diabetes is, what it isn’t, and how we work…
Postpartum Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Ever wonder why pelvic floor physiotherapy has stirred up some great conversation topics amongst friends and family with little ones? After giving birth a woman’s body, in particular her pelvic floor, has gone through an array of changes. Whether you’ve had a vaginal or cesarean birth, the pelvic floor and other soft tissue structures surrounding it have…
Have you seen a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist? What are you waiting for!
Here are the top 5 reasons to seek Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy: 1. You’re pregnant! Congratulations! Seeing a pelvic floor physiotherapist at this time can be beneficial for a number of reasons. Physiotherapists can educate you on what to expect during your pregnancy, give you some tips and tricks to help prevent pain and discomfort with the…
