BIRTH DAY

This month is a very exciting month with several babes due among my friends and family. All too often as mamas reach the end of their pregnancies the focus is on the baby, preparing the nursery and making sure you’ve got everything ready. So this month, we’re shifting the focus to mama to help her prepare for birth day with a selection of Australian Made products to support mama during labour.

So many mamas have birthed before us and passed on rich wisdom and learnings.

Jame, a proud Gumbaynggirr woman, mother and owner of Earth Jiinda draws on this wisdom passed down through generations to create products to support mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

For the mama preparing for a calm birth you can't go past Earth Jiinda's Birthing Kit.

This fabulous kit including 6 essential products to use leading up to birth, during labour and postpartum. My favourites include the Baby's Coming Roller to encourage contractions and Birthing Mist to calm and maintain focus.

Each product is cleansed and cleared while setting intentions with a beautiful ochre eucalyptus and paperbark burning bundle made from and on country.

All blends are natural, cruelty free and Australian made ethically sourced and packaged with as minimal waste as possible - good for mama, baby, community and earth.

Mére creates natural products designed to support new mothers to prepare for labour and empower mothers to birth their babies confidently.

All Mére products are hand-blended, made using certified organic ingredients.  Mére offers individual products and birth kits to support mamas to achieve their ideal birth.

There's a product for all mamas, including Labour Aid to fuel your body prior to birth, Postpartum Bath Salts to soothe and Stretch Mark Cream to moisturise that belly just to name a few.

We love Hanako Therapies Organic Aromatherapy Wheat Bags, they're just the thing to soothe a tired, labouring mamas back - and fantastic for sore shoulders after carrying baby all day.  Even the beautiful linen colour palette is soothing, and they're handcrafted in Australia.

There's nothing worse than hospital dispenser soap, so treat yourself to a handmade Hanako soap for a soothing and gentle first shower.

Once baby has arrived, you're going to want some super comfy undies and the higher the waist the better to tuck that tum in - because let's be real, it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Vege Threads tick all the boxes - comfy, sustainable and local! They're super stylish, so you still feel cute, ultra comfy in luxuriously soft modal. The Melbourne made fabric is dyed with Australian Certified Organic dyes before being made into garments locally in South Australia.

In their own words, Vege Threads do things a little bit differently and we love that.

Practical, beautiful and sustainable - winner!

In the first few days as a new mum you seem to spend a lot of time with your top off as baby (and mum) learn to feed or undressing for nurses to check all your bits.

Trust me, treat yourself to an Honest Studios Linen Duster Coat its the perfectly hospital bag staple that will keep you looking chic when visitors pop in and also totally practical.

Each Honest Studios garment is handmade by a mum and daughter duo out of their studio in Melbourne from high-end surplus fabrics.

Image Credits:  @derickray, @barefootwandering.photography, @earthjiinda, @mere.botanicals, @hanakotherapies, @vegethreads, @honeststudios