Lucy Mendelssohn : Postnatal Support

Happy Fathers Day @timtambishop. Thank you for being our rock and for all you do for us. We are so proud of you for pursuing your dreams, we love you. Xxxx

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Join me for a free postnatal planning workshop for expecting and new parents
Find out why new mums feel exhausted and overwhelmed, and what you can do about it
Learn the secrets to getting sleep with a newborn baby (and what to do with a crying baby)
... Discover simple, practical ways to get the support, confidence, health and love that all new mums and parents need.
Workshops are for expecting and new parents.
I work with Sydney families during their first year after having a baby who want to avoid feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, and who want to find confidence, support, health and love in their transition into parenthood.
At the workshop, I’ll share the secrets I’ve learnt since becoming a mother with you and your family to ensure you have your perfect postnatal experience.
Interested? Register here to join the next workshop: https://www.lucymendelssohn.com/workshops /
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Happy NAIDOC week! This year the theme celebrates our First Nations Women in our communities ❤️💛🖤 📸 @watchmegrow.elc #naidoc2018 #NAIDOC18 #naidocweek #becauseofherwecan

Father wisdom from a seasoned Dad @vanderjames 💚 ・・・ A few things I forgot between babies four and five: Dads, when your #newborn has been fed, changed, and is still upset, swaddle them up and hold them. Check in with them. Feel their face on yours. Talk to them. Rub their back, sway gently, hum, make the “swishy” sound in their ear to replicate the sound of Mom’s heartbeat in utero. If they’re still crying and it breaks your heart... that’s fatherhood. If you move past... heartbreak into exasperation... that’s fatherhood. If they start screaming and you find yourself wanting to say “Oh, C’MON!” out loud... that’s fatherhood. If you feel helpless and inadequate and like you’re staring at a final exam full of questions you couldn’t possibly have known to study for... that’s fatherhood. And if you push through that... become more present than you’ve ever been, discover instincts you never knew you had, and summon up more love and patience than you’ve maybe ever shown anybody... and they either take it, or get tired, or finally work out that fart that was bothering them and fall asleep on your chest... and you suddenly feel like you beat the system, got nominated for a Nobel Prize and got told “I love you” by the first girl you ever loved... THAT’s fatherhood. Welcome... Glad you’re here. 💙 . . . #postpartum #postnatal #postnatalsupport #postnatalsupportsydney #newbornmotherscollective #newbornmothers #doulasydney #fatherwisdom #dad #dadadvice
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Join me for a free postnatal planning workshop for expecting and new parents
Find out why new mums feel exhausted and overwhelmed, and what you can do about it
Learn the secrets to getting sleep with a newborn baby (and what to do with a crying baby)
... Discover simple, practical ways to get the support, confidence, health and love that all new mums and parents need.
Workshops are for expecting and new parents.
I work with Sydney families during their first year after having a baby who want to avoid feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, and who want to find confidence, support, health and love in their transition into parenthood.
At the workshop, I’ll share the secrets I’ve learnt since becoming a mother with you and your family to ensure you have your perfect postnatal experience.
Interested? Register here to join the next workshop: https://www.lucymendelssohn.com/…/free- postnatal-planning-w…
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Tuesday cuteness on a chilly morning 📸@tarongazoo ・・・ 🚨 Cuteness overload 🚨 The newest addition to the @tarongawesternplainszoo family is a one week old Asian Elephant, who is yet to be named. She is now on display each day from 10am - 2pm (weather pending) and with the school holidays just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to make the trip to meet her! #ForTheWild 📸 Rick Stevens . .... . #sydney #dubbo #postpartum #sydneydoula #newbornmotherscollective #oxyciton #cuteness #cutenessoverload #postnatalsupport
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This weeks vibes head cold has set in but there is always work to do! 📸 via @motherdownunder Image credit: Tyler Feder . . .... #workingfromhome #sydneydoula #postnatalsupportsydney #easternsuburbssydney #innerwestsydney #postpartum #postnatal #doula #winter #headcoldgoaway
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Monday mid winter vibes when it’s cold and wet outside... Oh how I miss those days you could just decide you want to hang an snuggle all day long 📸 @raylajacunda ・・・ Sleep when the baby sleeps!!! #zzz . .... . #monday #sleep #postnatal #postpartum #postnatalsupport #postparturmdoula #sydney #sydneydoula #newbornmothers #newbornmotherscollective
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Essential Saturday night viewing 🇦🇺 vs 🇫🇷⚽️🌍🏆📸@tim_cahil l ・・・ Keep chasing them dreams 🌏🏆🇦🇺 #FAMILY . .... . . #worldcup2018 #australia #soccorroos
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Because breastfeeding isn’t always possible 🧡💛❤️💚💙💜📸 @lindyklim ・・・ Time for a personal post on a beautiful and at times equally hard subject to face: breastfeeding. How liberating it is that we have come this far. That it is no longer a taboo topic of conversation and something to be discussed openly. If I am really being honest, it can be equally confronting for women who either by personal choice or need, decide to bottle-feed. I for one am one of those women, and whilst I... wasn’t able to breastfeed Goldie, I don’t feel any less connected to my daughter having gone down this path. It has taken me a while to get to this place, of not feeling judged or any less adequate. So I say to all new mothers, whatever your choice may be, don’t for a second allow yourself to feel judged. You are equal and worthy of any praise that comes your way. Embrace your journey of motherhood Xx 📷 @rowetimson #parenthood #babygirl #mumlife #postpartum #postnatal #postnatalsupport #bottlefedbaby #bottlefeeding #sydneydoula #innerwestsydney #easternsuburbssydney
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Ever wondered what breastfeeding support looks like? It’s making sure Mum is comfortable and well fed. And more often than not Mum and baby are hungry at the same time! 📸 @therock ・・・ I’ll handle this business 😉💪🏾 Mama @laurenhashianofficial has her hands full nursing/feeding Baby Tia, so I’m feedin’ mama her dinner. My pleasure. ... So much respect to her and all mamas out there holding it down and running things. Just landed and good to get all my girl’s settled in. Now, I gotta go satisfy my own appetite.. Iron Paradise, here I come. #EveryoneGetsFed #DaddysGottaGoToWork #ChivalryIsToughOnTheKnees #postpartum #postnatal #postnatalsupport #postpartumsupport #doula #sydneydoula #innerwestsydney #innerwestmums #easternsuburbssydney #easternsuburbsmums
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Already thinking about breakfast tomorrow 📸@matrescencelactation ・・・ OATS! My favorite galactogogue! A bowl of oatmeal, sprinkled with flax seed, and lightly sweetened with your choice of toppings (honey, berries, etc.) is a great way to start your mornings. 🥄 . .... . #postpartum #postnatal #breakfast #breakfastofchampions #breastfeeding #sydney #sydneydoula #innerwestsydney #easternsuburbssydney
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That new born magic 💫✨📸@rootsandarrows . . . #newborn #magic #postpartum #postnatal #doula #sydneydoula #easternsuburbs #innerwestsydney #postnatalsupport

I’ve found myself rewatching Offspring after feeling like watching something but not knowing what. I feel like I’ve grown into motherhood watching this show as Nina became a mother so did I. Cherie’s journey to motherhood flew over me the 1st time but last night she sang to me . . . .... #postpartum #postnatal #postnataldoula #postnataldoula #postnatalsupport #innerwestmums #easternsuburbsmums #innerwestsydney #easternsuburbssydney #offspring #offspringtvshow #newbornmothers #newbornmotherscollective
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Keeping it real and raw breastfeeding is a learnt skill for Mumma and Bub that requires time and space 📸 by @vincentferrane via @themabooks ・・・ “I tried to show in this series how breastfeeding appears as a pulse that gradually takes its part in the other cycles of life — such as those of nature, the seasons, and of days and nights,” Vincent explains. Milky Way begins with frozen landscapes and concludes in spring, portraying a systematic format with the consistent use of com...position and light throughout. The aesthetic of the pictures is determined by the feeding behaviour and its geometry of bodies. These images are characterized by family cohesion of classic icons as well as modern accents. This everyday moment emerges the force of exchanges between two human beings and the milk becomes, as in the Greek legend of the Milky Way, the vector of a world under construction.” - photographer @vincentferrane . . . . #postnatal #postpartum #postnataldoula #postparturmdoula #sydneydoula❤️💜 #innerwestmums #innerwestsydney #easternsuburbsmums #easternsuburbssydney #breastfeeding #newbornmothers #newbornmotherscollective
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This photo has been shared quite a bit, I ❤️ how real it is in all its postpartum glory. The 1st few months after a baby is most often like this walking around topless with stomach supported by either belly binding or big undies Thank You @chrissyteigen for keeping it real 📸 @chrissyteigen . . . .... #postnatal #postpartum #postnataldoula #postparturmdoula #postnatalsupport #newbornmothers #newbornmotherscollective #easternsuburbssydney #innerwestsydney #easternsuburbsmums #innerwestmums #sydney #sydneydoula❤️💜
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