By Midwife Lily If you’ve been around me for more than five minutes, you’ve heard me talk about the " Golden Hour" . It’s that first hour (or so) right after your baby is born where your baby is placed on your chest in skin to skin. You both just need a minute (or an hour) to take in your brand-new world and your baby will be comforted by the sound and smell they already know best — you . I say it all the time: If you can have that hour, take it. Ask for it. Protect it. It's not just a “nice...

By Midwife Lily - your online midwife If you’ve been noticing some very strange tastes in your mouth lately—maybe everything tastes...

Hello, I’m Lily, a midwife with many years of supporting families on their feeding journeys. Today I want to talk about something I get...