Tonight I taught a Pre-natal Yoga class where the theme was ‘Creating Space’. The focus creating space physically in the body, especially opening through the chest, the top of the shoulders and sides where things tend to get all bunched up and busy as pregnancy progresses. 

When we’re pregnant, the...

After a long gap, this is my final blog as Mamabox owner as I hand the reins over to the lovely Heidi.

I have only known Heidi for a short time but what comes across is how passionate she is about supporting other women, how she strives to balance family and business and has a great eye for...

In a teeny tiny kitchen in the heart of Dorset, Laura-Jane decided to combine her nutrition qualifications with her culinary experience to create something delicious and nutritious. A food product that could help women to feel good about snacking during preconception, pregnancy and post partum....

We often have all of these thoughts, ideas and images when expecting our first child. We might imagine how it will feel to be a ‘family’, who baby might take after, how our life may be changed. Often we look to our friends, siblings, even social media icons and celebs to get a sense of what life may...

Excerpt from Chapter: Labor Day …. My baby girl was placed on my deflated belly for warmth while Dr. Gayle clamped the umbilical cord. Exhausted and disoriented, finally seeing my baby was not the happily ever after I had imagined. She was messy. Really messy, as newborns are, and often times, funny...

Yesterday the Royal Family celebrated the safe arrival of their new baby and the extension of The Duke and Duchess' family from four to five. As with their previous two births, we were allowed a brief glimpse of the couple only hours after the event. The usual comments and congratulations ensue incl...