by Ruth Dennison | Sep 15, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth
This breastfeeding affirmation video can be a powerful tool to help you change your mood, state of mind, and manifest positivity in your breastfeeding journey. Affirmations work best if you can first identify the unwholesome belief that is opposing them. When watching...
by Ruth Dennison | Aug 21, 2018 | Baby Loss, Black child, Black mother, Breastfeeding, culture, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy
Black Breastfeeding Week starts 25th – 31st August, we will celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week for the first time in the UK. There has been a look into what has been happening in the breastfeeding community of black families. It has been documented in the UK...
by Ruth Dennison | Jun 1, 2018 | Birth, Breastfeeding, fit pregnancy, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy, Womens health
Summer is here and we are all getting very hot. Temperatures are rising to higher levels and as much as we all like the idea of having a summer baby, being pregnant in the summer is no joke. In pregnancy our bodies go through many changes as we grow our baby, the...
by Ruth Dennison | May 26, 2018 | Baby Massage, Birth, Breastfeeding, Dancehall Doula Workshop, Doula, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy, Reproductive health, Womens health
1-2-1 Doula has been awarded as one of the Top 10 UK Doula blogs and websites to follow for 2018. In this video I read out the top 10 doula blog list and share my response with...
by Ruth Dennison | May 11, 2018 | Birth, Black child, Black mother, culture, Doula, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy, Recovery
I will share with you today my culture background around pregnancy, birth and post-birth. My family is from Jamaica, my culture is inherited from Jamaica, I was born in the UK, which is why some of my ways are very British. My mums knowledge in Jamaican cultural...
by Ruth Dennison | Feb 2, 2018 | Birth, Doula, fit pregnancy, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy, Recovery, Reproductive health, Womens health
Do you know what a husband stitch is?…..it is when repairing episiotomies or tearing from birth, some providers put in an extra stitch “for daddy,” with painful consequences for women. This practice is truly happening and new parents are not being informed about...