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New mum Suzanne (forum id Soozi) shares with us her journey through breastfeeding her new born baby India… Soozi also runs Lush Tush and is WAHM… Work At Home Mama!
“India was born at 14.27 on …
I had to visit A&E with my 8 year old on Monday evening. When asked if I had given him paracetamol I replied that I don’t give any of the young children paracetamol. The nurse …
I had a terrible pregnancy and birth with Bella, to the extent that I was terrified of doing it again. It was also revealed to me that I had pre-eclampsia with Bella’s …
The members of Mama Packs have all voted and it has been agreed that REFUGE will be our charity of the year… We would love to raise at least £1,000 during the next 12 months …
Demoralised, powerless, overworked, scared and ignored……. Five words one should never need to hear from Midwives.
So why is it that more and more Midwives in the UK are feeling this way?
In the UK the role …
I went in on the thursday 26th July for my induction and had my first prostin gel that morning, then i had 2 more 6 hrs apart on the friday. Then on the saturday morning …
Sebastian Daniel Peter, born at 8.45, 15th Dec 07.
I woke at 2.30am on Saturday morning, with contractions. I had been having them on and off for about 3 weeks, but those ones were just gearing …
Baby still has no name lol
Ok I will skip all the boring prelabour for weeks and weeks and then early labour since saturday evening cos we all know about that!
Anyway, pick up where I left …
Where to begin…
Firstly, my little boy wasn’t due until the 18th of November! At 31 weeks gestation, a Friday, I realised that I was having contractions, and had had them for a few days, steadily …
Sunday Morning 2am
I woke up with pains… having had a few false starts I didn;t want to get my hopes up but really couldn;t get comfortable. Pains seemed fairly regular – every 5 mins – …
On the 26th feb i had a baby boy at 7:05am weighing 8lb 12.5oz. we have called him ollie isaac was having mild contractions from around midnihgtish on the 25th but wasnt sure, …
On wednesday 7th oct I was one fed up preggie mummy!remember saying to my mum that day that I never thought my baby was ever going to arrive!!after dinner, we decided to go …
Is what you will soon hear if we don’t all do SOMETHING!
It’s crunch time and we really need your help if independent midwives are going to be able to practise in the UK in future. …
The NHS would like to have Mama Packs…. We know, as each time we call a maternity ward they jump at it. Then a few hours later ‘that’ phonecall comes…. “Sorry, we will have to …
When I was a lass, I wasn’t slapped all over with sun cream, there was no factor 50, we were just plonked on the beach to bake. When I was a teenager, I wasn’t provided …
If you love the products created by Work At Home Mamas then you will be amazed at this years SMS event…. A chance for everyone to join the virtual market place for a WHOLE …
A collection of random videos we and members thought visitors would enjoy.
Videos our members have shared of their bonding, nursing time… If you have a video you would liek to share then contact us and let us know !!
It’s amazing to sit back and think that Mama Pack have been running long enough for us to be able to write a ‘History Of’ article!
In March 2000 Mama Pack founder Yzzy Howell set up …
As a female who almost daily wears a traditional head covering I find it repulsive that anyone, anywhere could or would want to have control over my CHOICES.
I am half Czech, I spent a good …
Louise left school at 18 and went to work for her local weekly broadsheet newspaper in a small market town in the North of England. Covering everything from cat shows to coroner’s courts, …
Aww look, congratulations to Robyn for being voted the Spring Baby of 2010…. More ‘just for fun’ contests coming soon!
Rob and Yzzy would like to introduce you all to Tiger Indigo Howell our most beautiful and very first grandchild. She was born on our wedding anniversary on the 17th March 2010 [also St Patricks …
People are always asking us for demographics… there seems to be an obsession about them. Now ‘certain’ natal packs might feel it is their business to know how old their members are, where they work …
The team and members of Mama Packs are passionate about making positive changes in not only their own local community but across the global community. Just as a Mother and Father may need support and …
One of the most common questions during a woman’s pregnancy is “Is this safe to take?” when speaking about medicines. Where as pre pregnancy you wouldn’t have given much thought to grabbing an antihistamine or …
Are you trying to conceive and need to estimate when your next fertile date is? Or perhaps you already know you are pregnant and would like to know your estimated due date?
Hopefully this calculator will …
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