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Advice when traveling with your child from the experts at Annerley
Annerley’s team of maternity and early childhood experts share their knowledge and experience so you can travel safely and happily with your family. Check out the full article on traveling with your...
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Going potty: potty training your child – tips and advice
There is so much confusing information about potty training, when and how to start. The answer though is so simple: When your child is ready! So what is the big deal? How do you work out when is the...
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How to get pregnant, and fertility issues
Good things come to those that mate! Most people – this is a statistic – will get pregnant within a year if they have regular unprotected sex, and so long as they are not too old. In...
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The Best 10 Breastfeeding Tips from our Lactation Experts
Breastfeeding is supposed to be natural – and it is – but sometimes nature needs a little support. Annerley’s midwives give their best recommendations: Feed as often as the baby wants in the first few...
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Annerley Midwives’ Best Tips For Mothers-To-Be!
Best Tips For Mothers-To-Be! Be an active participant in your own pregnancy and birth. Respond to signals you get as you know your body best, not the doctor or the midwife. Do a tour of the maternity...
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Happy International Homebirth Day
6 June: The purpose of the day is to educate woman that birth is not a medical procedure and solely the domain of doctors; in most cases birth can happen quite naturally – with support rather than...
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Becoming a Dad
“Finding a role in the new family unit isn’t always easy for Dad” While expectant fathers might be able to visualise themselves chasing a toddler, taking a pre-schooler out for bike rides or coaching...
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Blooming Bellies – A Natural Birth – Event photos and Review
Thank you all – guests, speakers, sponsors – for helping us create yet another wonderful Blooming Bellies evening on the 18th June. Thank you to the guests Thank you for coming to the evening and we...
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Being a natural mother: Postnatal depression and the baby blues
Our culture sets the bar high when it comes to being a natural mother, but the truth is that most mothers struggle a little bit, and some mothers – some research puts the number as high as 1 in 5 –...
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Exercise during pregnancy
Feeling great and staying safe It was not so long ago that pregnant women were encouraged to cut back on exercise, if not stop altogether. We now know, of course, that the right sort of physical...
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Understanding why your domestic helper may do things the way she does
By Conchita Amende – Published in SassyMama – 17 July 2013 Good communication skills are essential for a fulfilling relationship or a successful career, and many of us dedicate quite some time to...
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Antenatal care in Hong Kong
By Oláfia Aradottir – Published on Geobaby.com – 25 July, 2013 In Hong Kong, as in much of the rest of the westernised world, when you learn you are pregnant, you take it for granted that you will...
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The marathon of birth – and other marathons
Many say that birth has nothing in common with a marathon. While I appreciate that births are a very different experience from one person to the next, I feel that there are many things that marathons...
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Three in the Bed
Not everyone is talking about it, but co-sleeping is giving plenty of parents and babies a good night’s rest. Marie Teather investigates. Hulda shares her personal experiences: Hulda Thorey, a...
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Mother of light
I have been in Hong Kong for almost 13 years now. For that whole time, I have struggled to explain what I do. Strange as that may seem. But many people here have no idea what a midwife does. Yet...
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Sleeping in Cool Weather – Tips by Conchita
As winter approaches in Hong Kong, there may be a change in the temperature in your baby’s bedroom and also what your baby will feel comfortable wearing whilst sleeping.Help your baby to sleep safe...
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Rough cut – reduce your chance of an episiotomy
An episiotomy is one of the most common medical interventions during childbirth, and it’s also one that concerns most mothers-to-be. There are steps you can take to reduce your chance of an episiotomy...
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Putting kids to sleep
Recently my girls have been sick so I have spent more time at home with them. This is of course a little sad, that they have to be sick for me to stay at home more, but such is sometimes the life of...
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A great woman – Ann Illingworth RIP
When I came to Hong Kong in 2001 I was greeted by a wonderful woman. Someone who had an amazing life behind her, and ahead of her, and someone I was to cross paths with many times in the years to...
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Homemade toys and games
We have all been there, in Toys´R´Us and our kids begging for more. And we even want to give it to them, we get excited too. My helper regularly comes home from playdates and tells me about all...
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