Is Your Poo Normal?
MothersBabies Newsletter: Is Your Poo Normal? 21/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here What’s something we all do a lot, but almost never talk about? Poo has to be up pretty high on the ‘taboo topics for conversation’ list. It’s smelly, it can come at embarrassing times (first date, anyone?), and know one really wants […]
Is Your Poo Normal?
Is Your Poo Normal? Written by Clare Carrick ANutr BHSc (Nutrition and Health Promotion) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 13/06/2022 Poop, number two, turd, doodoo, crap, ca-ca, dookie, or ‘dropping the kids off at the pool’… whatever you like to call it, pooping is a fact of life. But, while your poo […]
Shaping our Gut Health through Diet
MothersBabies Newsletter: Shaping our Gut Health through Diet 13/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here If you’ve been following along for a while now, you’ll know how important our gut health is to so many aspects of our overall health as human beings… There are certain factors that shape our gut microbiome that we have […]
Shaping our Gut Health through diet
Shaping Our Gut Health Through Diet Written by Clare Carrick ANutr (BHSc) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 26/05/2022 It wasn’t that long ago, in the scheme of things, that we thought of all bacteria as ‘bad’…We now know that this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, although the concept can […]
The Surprising link between breastfeeding, BMI and Bacteria
MothersBabies Newsletter: The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI and Bacteria 06/06/2022 To view the newsletter, click here Did you know that overweight or obese women are much less likely to breastfeed their children? Or that the gut microbiome of children of obese and overweight women is different to the children of women in the healthy […]
The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI, & Bacteria
The Surprising Links Between Breastfeeding, BMI, & Bacteria Written by Clare Carrick ANutr (BHSc) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 26/05/2022 A Weighty Issue More kids than ever before are overweight or obese (1). Although trashy magazines and celebrities like Kim Kardashian may have us fooled into thinking being overweight is only an […]
The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode
MothersBabies Newsletter: The Lingering Impact of Birth Mode 30/5/2022 To view the newsletter, click here We say it time and time again here at MothersBabies: Knowledge is power. There are so many decisions to be made as you begin to consider the prospect of having a baby, and the more you know about the impact […]
Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility
MothersBabies Newsletter:Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility 23/5/2022 To view the newsletter, click here For so many of us, having babies is something we’ve dreamed about since we were young, and imagining our future selves has always involved a family of some description. It seems crazy then, to think that more information is not […]
Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility
Nurture Your Microbes to Fuel Your Fertility Written by Clare Carrick ANutr (BHSc) Scientifically reviewed by Dr Fathalla Ali, PHD Paediatrics 18/05/2022 We never think it will happen to us. We spend our 20s being paranoid about periods that show up one day late or sore boobs that threaten an unplanned pregnancy…We’re absolutely certain that […]
You are what you eat… and so are your babies
MothersBabies Newsletter:You are what you eat… and so are your babies 10/5/2022 To view the newsletter, click here When you’re pregnant, it may feel like countless advice is being thrown at you from all angles: ‘make sure you sleep’, ‘this is the best pram’ etc. But by far, one of the most common pieces of advice doled out is […]
