Anxiety in motherhood – why you’re feeling anxious, and how to make friends with it
What is anxiety? What is its purpose? Anxiety organises our responses to threats to our life, health and wellbeing. Focuses on our escape...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 21, 20184 min read
Perinatal anxiety – what it is, and tips for how to manage it
Perinatal Anxiety Pregnancy The Naked Truth by Anya Hayes What is it, and why am I feeling it? We’ve all heard of ‘postnatal depression’...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 17, 20182 min read
What is “the postnatal period”? How long am I “postpartum”?
I’ve just finished writing Postnatal Pilates – I cannot wait for this to be available as a resource for mums to take ownership of their...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 16, 20183 min read
Abdominal Massage – why it’s so important for your postnatal recovery
If I could have known the power of JUST ONE THING postnatally first time round, it would have been the immensely healing and restorative...
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Anya Hayes
Nov 14, 20184 min read
Post birth healing tips
In the first few days and weeks after giving birth you’ll probably feel bruised and sore, whatever birth experience you’ve had. We’re...
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Anya Hayes
Sep 8, 20183 min read
Caesarean birth: tips for immediate after care
Caesarean birth (these tips are mostly all also applicable to vaginal birth, particularly if you’ve had surgery with episiotomy) after...
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Anya Hayes
Jul 4, 20182 min read
Birth Trauma Awareness Week
This week is birth trauma awareness week. Fittingly, it’s also my due date week of my first (rainbow) baby. I had no idea about birth...
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Anya Hayes
May 31, 20182 min read
Make Birth Better
Two years ago I birthed my my book Pregnancy: The Naked Truth. A doula in your pocket. Non-judgmental preparation for pregnancy and...
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Anya Hayes
May 30, 20186 min read
Once postnatal, always postnatal
There’s a general misconception about the “postnatal period” – differing opinions that it lasts from around 6 weeks…some say 9 months,...
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Anya Hayes
May 22, 20183 min read
You’ve just had a baby! What now?!
It’s a rollercoaster time, the newborn phase. It’s a watershed of all of the anticipation of the past nearly-year, finally holding your...
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Anya Hayes
May 4, 20182 min read
What I’d Give a New Mum
This week has been maternal mental health awareness week. The fact that there even IS a week dedicated to maternal mental health...
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Anya Hayes
Apr 11, 20184 min read
Rebirth post-caesarean
This month is Caesarean awareness month. First time round, I had that blissful naivety that as long as you “planned” your birth, in the...
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Anya Hayes
Feb 27, 20186 min read
The bounce back – postnatal fitness and health
This week I got together with an amazing group of women to have a very special meeting, with Baroness Cumberlege who is the Independent...
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Anya Hayes
Jan 5, 20189 min read
Birth Trauma – Trauma is not a normal part of birth
Today is Freddie’s birthday. This time 3 years ago I was lying in the postnatal ward, breastfeeding a newborn of two hours old. (Three...
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Anya Hayes
Aug 25, 20178 min read
Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 14 – Midwife Hannah Horne
Lovely Hannah, or @midwifehorne as she is to her many followers on Instagram, is a ray of sunshine on Instagram and writes a wonderful...
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Anya Hayes
Jul 11, 20177 min read
Keeping mum mighty – the importance of self care
There are some wonderful things going on on social media to champion the cause of self-care, encouraging us all to take a bit of...
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Anya Hayes
Jun 21, 20173 min read
Route 66 – setting intentions and the S word
It takes 66 repeated acts for the human brain to register a new habit. So, I’m on a 66-day mission to create positive body habits and...
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Anya Hayes
May 15, 20176 min read
Series: What’s in your toolkit? 4 – Suzy Reading: Part 1
I first connected with Suzy on Instagram last year, when I sensed a kindred spirit in her posts, an understanding of the relentless...
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Anya Hayes
May 8, 20175 min read
Series: What’s in your toolkit 3 – Emma Cannon
Emma Cannon is a fertility expert, author, natural conception and IVF support acupuncture practitioner, and has been supporting women in...
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Anya Hayes
May 4, 20178 min read
Series: What’s in your toolkit? 1 – @mumologist
New Series Klaxon! For the next few weeks I’ll be featuring a few of my favourite wellness, coaching, psychology experts asking them to...
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