I am consistently asked about the safety of Anti-D injections. With this blog we have updated our previous post on this topic in an attempt to answer any lingering queries for parents and practitioners… Anti-D injections are offered to all pregnant women with an RhD negative blood group to prevent their baby developing the potential [...]

Discover this “secret weapon” to ensure good comfort and health for both you and your baby during pregnancy and birth… Please click here if you can’t see my video below: …and beyond Once you’ve birthed your baby, a whole new world opens up and you’ll want to be prepared for helping your child develop as [...]

Pollutants and toxic chemicals in our modern environment—for example pesticides, heavy metals, herbicides, fumigants and other everyday products — have been linked to an array of health issues — even when exposure is at so-called ‘harmless’ levels… Video courtesy of ABC News What You Can Do To minimise exposure to toxic chemicals in everyday products, [...]

Are you worried your genes will determine what diseases you’ll get or whether you will end up being fat? Many of us worry that we haven’t won the gene pool lottery. Fear not though — Epigenetics is a relatively new area of science and involves some of the most exciting and cutting edge concepts I’ve [...]

In a study on back pain and pregnancy half of the women reported having back pain at some point during their pregnancy. That’s a heck of a lot of women !! Back pain is thought to be due to multiple factors, which include: • shifting of the center of gravity caused by the enlarging uterus, [...]

How Can Fire Retardants and Pesticides Reach My Unborn Baby?   Is The Placenta a Protective Barrier? Not long ago scientists thought that the placenta shielded an unborn baby from most toxins a mother consumed and most of our mothers believed this wholeheartedly. What we now know though is; that the umbilical cord carries not only [...]

Anti-D injections are offered to all pregnant woman who have a rhesus-negative (RhD-negative) blood group to prevent the possibility of the blood disorder RhD haemolytic disease of the newborn. Please note: there is a newer article about Anti-D injections (click here to view). Understanding the medical terms and the details of this disorder and it’s [...]

Pregnant mums, let me share the following very good news with you… Chiropractic care has been shown as a way to significantly reduce labour time for women who have care throughout their pregnancy. In one study, Dr Joan Fallon found that first-time mums averaged a 24% shorter labour, while experienced mothers (those who had given [...]

Few couples are aware of the importance of encouraging their unborn baby to move into an ideal position within the uterus, prior to birth. Having experienced five very different births, let me share with you why this is a winning formula!! In order for a baby to navigate their way into the world with the [...]

Some of you maybe wondering what on earth I mean by safest ways to fly, surely the only risk with flying is the unlikely event of falling from the sky ?? Few of us consider the effects of COSMIC RADIATION FROM FREQUENT FLYING and the simple steps that may help to reduce our exposure. Cosmic [...]