c-section recovery

“Your current situation isn’t your final destination” Gemma Atkinson is urging new mum’s recovering from C-section’t to ‘keep going’. The 38-year-old continues to recover from her own caesarean section after giving birth to her second child, a son name Thiago, earlier this year in July. The presenter also shares her four-year-old daughter Mia with her […]

3 years ago

Thousands of babies are born via C-section in Ireland every year. In fact, the rate of women requiring a section during labour has increased close to 50 percent since the year 2000, and this trend is not showing any sign of slowing down. And while C-sections can be a life-saving intervention for women and newborns […]

4 years ago

Honestly, how is this a thing?! We are all well aware of the concept of ‘mum shaming.’ Bizarre as it is, mums have been known to shame each other over different parenting methods, whether or not you go out to work once you are a mother or even when it comes to what type of […]

5 years ago

Let’s not forget one thing: C-sections are actually a major surgery. And yet, in comparison to most other surgeries, you are expected to be on your feet and tending to a newborn baby pretty soon afterwards. But don’t hesitate in asking for help, mamas – rely on your partner, family and tribe these days, that […]

5 years ago

The easy way out? Hold my drink… It’s rarely anyone’s first choice and often involves a certain amount of labouring anyway, if it’s an emergency cesarean. So the notion that it’s the easy option has thankfully been put to rest for the most part. But in case anyone was still in any doubt about how […]

7 years ago

You’ll wonder why no-one has thought of this before. Being pregnant and giving birth is a huge undertaking for a women’s body – much as it is just doing a job it was designed to do. Anyone who has ever given birth, no matter what way that baby made his or her entrance to the […]

8 years ago