I had the privilege of attending the Michael Mol Show yesterday. The show focused on post natal depression and the guest who spoke about her experience with PND shared a very honest- but very comment account of the thoughts and emotions that take over when PND is left untreated. PND FACTS VIA PNDSA: Between 10 [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Gone are the days when expectant mothers are expected to stay home and focus 100 percent of their time and energy on their pregnancy. Today, we’re movers and multi-taskers. Sometimes we hold multiple jobs, take on multiple projects, and care for multiple children, all with soon-to-be baby in tow. Chances are, [Read More...]
News that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their first child threatened to break the internet late Sunday and early Monday morning, throwing those who are easily distracted from the festive season’s death toll reports and inspiring everyone with a smartphone to slap together some pithy joke for their Twitter followers and Facebook fans. [Read More...]
move over, Baby New Year, and make way for Kimye Jr. Yes, indeed, Kim Kardashian is pregnant with Kanye West’s baby! E! News has confirmed with the Kardashian family that Kim is expecting her first child with the rapper. But it was West who already spilled the exciting news to a few hundred concertgoers. During [Read More...]
BY ERIN SCHLIEBS If you’re a girl who’s grown up in the western world chances are you just assumed when you “grew up” you’d be able to have a baby. Of course you did, why wouldn’t you? After my second miscarriage a good friend said to me, “Why don’t they tell us this stuff?” Well, [Read More...]
BY TARYN MULLER A room filled with dudes gathered under one room at a burger joint talking babies …. Seriously? I was once told that any boy can make a child but a real man becomes a father. Having been part of the background organising of this event got me thinking, dudes can be become [Read More...]
BY SETH ROTHERHAM Are you about to become a dad for the first time? Next week will see the launch of the very first Dudes to Dads evening in Cape Town, and if you’re soon to become a dad, this is probably something you want to attend. Dudes to Dads is going to be an [Read More...]
If you think you are ready for children, perhaps this hilarious new parent test taking mummy blogs by storm MIGHT just put you off… Most broody mothers see having a child as a wonderful gift from God but one blogger has set about putting paid to that ideal. A candid parent test highlighting the high [Read More...]
BY ANGELIQUE CLAASEN Please don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that I’m pregnant again, especially after trying for such a long time. But, now that I’m finally pregnant I constantly feel guilty because I’m not as hyped up about this pregnancy as I was with my first. I remember when I first found [Read More...]
DADDY BLOGGER: I’ve been debating with myself all weekend whether I should write this blog or not, because it’s so difficult to verbalise how I feel about this…. Can a dad really be envious of the woman carrying his baby? First, let’s set the scene… I’m a very, very excited dad to be, and I’m [Read More...]