Enlightened Mama

30/01/2026

17/01/2026

Maybe something will happen now the media is talking about something we have all known forever

23/11/2025

EDIT!!! Friends!! It's Thanksgiving week! That is what this post is referring to! Its one of the biggest weeks for inductions! I don't know who needs to hear this, but DO NOT go in for an induction today or tomorrow. Who cares if it is 'scheduled'. Let your baby come when they are ready....not when your OB is ready.

07/11/2025

Over the past few days, the discourse around freebirth and the role of doulas has been clouded by miscommunication, misplaced blame, and blatant misogyny. R ...

18/10/2025

“You can’t record in here.”
Why not?

That’s my baby.
My body.
My appointment.
And one of the most sacred moments of my life.

But somehow, a policy says I can’t capture it?
Be serious.

Some of us have prayed for that heartbeat.
Some of us are there alone because our partner had to work or stay home with the kids.
Some of us are holding our breath after loss, desperate for reassurance.
And some of us just want to relive that moment, the first flicker, the first sound, the first proof that it’s real.

These are moments you can’t get back.
You can’t redo that feeling.
You can’t recreate that heartbeat.

Let parents record their ultrasounds.
We’re not trying to do anything except capture moment we can’t get back.

©️Parenting On Empty