My Postpartum Story
When your newborn baby is placed in your arms for the first time, there is truly nothing that can prepare you. No matter how many books...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Miscarriage - You are not just a statistic
My Story #breakthestimga #miscarriage #earlypregnancyloss The statistics are 1 in 4. 1 in 4 of us will suffer a miscarriage or lose our...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Jan 14
- 2 min
Born to be mothers or a societal expectation? The Maternal Mandate.
A few months ago I came across this Podcast: Ep #161 - The Maternal Mandate and the Assumptions of Motherhood - Amy Taylor-Kabbaz...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Yoga of Motherhood
I have been inspired to write this blog post today after feeling frustrations arise over the fact that I can’t “do it all”. I don’t have...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Healing from Birth Trauma - What you can do to support yourself
Birth Trauma- we’ve all heard of it, we all hope it doesn’t happen to us, but to be honest, the majority of us come away from our births...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
Sydney companies that help to support new mothers during lockdown (and are still operating)
Hello Mumma, You may be currently in lockdown and wondering how you can better support yourself through this time of sleep-deprivation,...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Baby Massage and the Healing Power of Touch
“In the weeks and months following birth, parents can use the flowing rhythms of the art of baby massage to communicate love and strength...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
Why it's important to adjust your yoga practice during pregnancy.
Moving through pregnancy, labour, birth and the postpartum period takes preparation. Just as we prepare for anything really, whether it...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
Mumma Burnout is common, but it shouldn't be the norm...
I have moments in my motherhood journey where I feel quite depleted. Do any Mumma's out there relate? I am really happy, probably the...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
When ‘just being a mother’ is more than enough.
When are you going back to work? When is your Mat leave finished? What are your plans to go back to work? When will you go back to...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Mindful Caesarean Recovery
When we go from being active and independent to recovering from surgery and looking after a brand-new human, our confidence can really...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
Caesarean Section Awareness Month
Grateful, empowered, calm, at peace. This is how I would describe my Caesarean. I know this isn’t the case for everyone. I know that...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
All Birth is Sacred
In the natural birth world there is so much talk of trying to avoid interventions to have the calmest birth possible, but what if having...
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Annalisa Gardiner
- Feb 17, 2021
- 5 min
My Birth Story
Hello and welcome to my Blog. My name is Annalisa and I am a postpartum doula, prenatal yoga teacher and hold Mums and Bubs Yoga classes...
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