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In this 2-part series, I chat with Halifax's one and only Sex and Intimacy Coach, Serena Haines.

Serena shares a TON of helpful tips... so many that we had to split this up into two episodes!

So, for this first episode, we're talking about sex during pregnancy. 'Nuff said, am I right?

Part two on sex post-baby coming next!

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Postpartum sexual health is such an important topic that we're just not talking enough about, am I right?!

Meet, Dr. Rachel Ollivier. She's  a maternal and women’s health researcher and practicing Registered Nurse. She currently works as a travel nurse on various acute medical-surgical units across British Columbia and Nova Scotia and is also employed as a nurse on the women’s surgical unit at the IWK Health Centre. 

She has also completed nursing work in both Zambia and Tanzania. Some of her previous awards include being named a Vanier Scholar and being recognized as one of Optimyz magazine’s Top 100 Health Care Leaders for 2021. 

In March of this year, she completed her PhD in Nursing at Dalhousie University, where her research focused on exploring sexual health after birth using feminist poststructuralism.

Rachel and I dove into what her research is all about and some pretty significant findings. Take a listen and let me know what you think on Insta or Facebook @birth_baby_sleep.

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One of the most googled searches for new parents or parents of young ones is HOW TO GET MY BABY TO SLEEP. And when you google this, A LOT is going to come up.

But what you’ll probably end up focussing on are these two things right here: sleep cues and wake windows.

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This show is all about normalizing seeking help.

Psychologist Madeleine Stobbe and I are talking about what it's like to struggle with mood or anxiety issues during the perinatal period (pregnancy and postpartum), also referred to as Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). 

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Edwena Kennedy of My Little Eater and I had a chance to reconnect recently for the Bringing Up Baby Community Membership (more info on that HERE) and I wanted to share a really detailed and helpful conversation we had around introducing solids to Baby.

Specifically, Edwena gives us some insight into the top allergenic foods and if/when/why/how to introduce them to your Baby. She also give us some concrete and practical examples of what to feed Baby along their journey of solid food introduction - so you don't want to miss it!

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What I’m bringing to you today is a little discussion on INFERTILITY. 

I know this doesn’t seem like the typical thing you’d find on a podcast called Bringing Up Baby - but I know there are a lot of you out there who, like me, struggled to start or grow their family. 

Whether or not you have, I can almost bet you know someone that has or maybe is currently (and you might not even know). 

My husband and I were in the “trying but not trying” phase for a little while shortly after we got married, but then after a while thought, hmm we maybe should try a bit harder? We really want this!

So we did…

In the end, we’re very fortunate to have these three healthy girls - and while it both scares and excites me to watch them grow up, it’s not lost on me that it’s an absolute privilege to get to do so.

I know many women who have struggled to have a baby, some I’ve known for years, and others are new friends. One such friend, is the lovely Jessica Palmquist of Turquoise Compass Wellness. She’s a Doula living in Halifax, NS but she’s invested in helping families all over Canada along their journey through infertility. 

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When it's time for Baby to go to Daycare and/or you're going back to work, it can feel like a daunting transition. You might have some questions around how breastfeeding will continue (if you want it to) and how your little one's sleep may change...

This episode will help you understand what is really common at this stage and I'll share some ways you can make it as smooth a transition as possible.

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• When babies typically get teeth and what's happening at their first Dentist appointment.
• What we should do to protect those teeth.
• How feeding your baby milk (formula or breastmilk) and solid food can affect their growing teeth.
• How a soother or thumb sucking affects their teeth and what to do if your baby/child does this!

So, to help us navigate the world of Baby teeth, I connected with my dentist - Dr. Trish Brady. - she also see’s our daughters and we were all in recently for cleanings and check-ups … even little miss Mabel who’s just 3.5yrs old!

Take a listen for our chat!

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Our little show here has been around for one whole trip around the sun, which means that some of your babies aren’t just little babies anymore!

Some of you might be expecting baby #2 or #3 and some of you are new here, either getting ready to have your baby or they’re already here but still nice and fresh ;) 

No matter your situation, this episode is one for the books. 

Because we’re actually getting into some really helpful strategies for supporting the bigger kids - the older siblings or other toddlers/preschoolers that your little ones will be eventually.

And to help us navigate this journey, I’ve enlisted the help of Caron Irwin, owner of Roo Family in Toronto, Canada. 

Caron and I had a chat the other day about how to help your toddler or preschooler navigate big changes, like when a new baby brother or sister is expected.

We also had a chat about how to help them transition from one activity to the next - especially when the next activity isn’t necessarily something they want to do, but have to do! You know what I mean? 

Lastly, we got into a really common situation or phase that almost all kids tend to go through at some point that I bet you’ve all gone through or are about to at some point… when your child seems to “prefer” one parent over the other… This is some very developmentally appropriate behaviour in most cases but it can be frustrating or tough to navigate. Luckily Caron’s going to walk us through it… 

Questions I had for Caron:

• What can parents do to prevent or work through a sibling's potentially big feeling when Baby comes along?
• How can parents navigate when the sibling/child prefers one parent over the other? For instance, if one parent is primarily taking care of Baby/newborn so the other parent is up for putting the older sibling to bed, but the older sibling is not down for this. 
• One of my favourite posts of yours - you talked about the 3 C's for helping your child transition from one thing to the next. This is a big one because how many times are parents going to be trying to get baby ready and out of the house, but now we’re working with a toddler’s struggle with going from one thing to the next. Can you share these with us and how we can make them work in our homes?

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