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Honest to god the first time I watched ‘Grease’ & the million times since I thought she was the most gorgeous thing I’d ever seen in my life. Multiple cancer survivor, voice of an angel, body of unending desire- rest east Olivia. You were and will always be the queen of cool ❤️

#Balance A huge amount of my work involves me givi

#Balance
A huge amount of my work involves me giving myself professionally & emotionally to the clients and families I’m lucky enough to care for. But, you cannot give or provide support unless you are also fulfilled in the other parts of your life. You cannot fill anyone else’s cup if your own is empty.

❤️A part of me getting older and more comfortable with who I am is recognising my need to dance in a field at a festival one weekend and then have the most glorious family centric time the next. Also need to thank the awesome @margaret0connor for my festival crown. It made me feel fab.

😜I am the crazy 40 year old in a field celebrating my beautiful friends birthday @instagramtk with all our mad friends , as well as the mum and wife having a holiday in France,-but working a good few hours every day.

🥇I’ve found that neglecting one part, negatively impacts on all the others. I can be all of the different parts of myself when I embrace them all as equally important. It’s taken all of my years to learn that and lean into each bit, without guilt or neglecting the other.- it makes me a better midwife and person.

😎As a passionate birth worker, advocate and committed festival fiend- I do better at all by balancing and finding time for each bit.

🤠I’m so grateful and aware of my privilege to do all and enjoy all the parts of my life that make me who I am, professionally and personally.

👾If there is any lesson in my life it’s to find your own balance and peace in whatever the parts that make you,you. Don’t be afraid if they don’t seem to mix. They are all vital parts of you- embrace, enjoy and do it. We get one twirl on the life roundabout-make sure you are fulfilling all of your own parts.

#grateful #atn #festival #mum #midwifelife

Thank you so much @irelandamvmtv @simondelaneyesq

Thank you so much @irelandamvmtv @simondelaneyesq @suzanne.fm and all the staff for being so lovely and allowing me on to talk all about #incontinence and #pelvicfloor health. I had a blast and it’s great to get a platform to talk about an issue that affects so many of us!! Thanks so much to @dee_btl_ireland for asking me to do the slot, and to the simply lovely @elainecrowleytv for suggesting me. Not forgetting my tv buddy Prof. Barry O’Reilly-I’m so grateful ❤️

🙏🏻One last thanks to @jenhoganjourno who I bumped into and is always so supportive and great to meet ❤️❤️

💦I had #emsellachair treatment in @rivermedical which worked brilliantly for me (see my highlights to find out more) but do your research , ask and get help & find the treatment that’s right for you. 1 in two women my age have issues- let’s start talking about it and support each other.

💧If nothing else I hope me talking about my journey might start a few conversations.

#midwifelife

Keeping you little people 😎 cool 😃Am I obse

Keeping you little people 😎 cool

😃Am I obsessed with my #niblings- you are goddamn right I am!!! Sure look at them 👀

It is always so lovely to be asked and trusted to care for other peoples little people - I am so lucky my sister @megelizfee_ and my other siblings have so many cuties for me to love❤️ being ‘auntie Abbey(my familys’ pet name for me)’ is my favourite thing …..

👀Looking after your little people in the next few days and during the impending heat can be a little challenging. A few simple tips can really help……..

- offer lots of boob or more frequent feeds; watch their nappies make sure they are good and wet and not darker coloured (this is a sign of dehydration)

- keep babies out of sun, under shade or inside during the hottest part of the day; or all day of its scorchio

- if they are outside light cotton clothing, hats and slathered in baby friendly sunscreen

- in 25-30 degree heat light skinned young kings can burn in a few mins- don’t take the chance

- cool or frozen fruit for weaned babies are great to help them cool down

- at night, watch room temp, open Windows and use fans.

-Keep the blinds or curtains closed during the day to stave off very warm room temps

- don’t be afraid to allow babies sleep in light clothing and watch the thickness of any sleeping bags or blankets or sheets

- if in doubt more boob or fluids

#keepingcool #babycare #midwifeadvice #niblinglove

Me this time 4 years ago ……….. 9 months preg

Me this time 4 years ago ………..
9 months pregnant!
It was the summer of 2018 and it was HOT. I was pretty miserable despite the smile in this picture ….

With all the lovely weather it’s so hard to be pregnant …..

A few tips to stay cool 😎
-heaps of cool drinks & light foods like salads
- avoid the sunniest part of the day 12-4
- make your own ice pops with frozen fruit: healthy and incredibly refreshing
- drink at least 3 1/2 litres of water , particularly if you are out and about
- take a leaf out of the Spanish book and take a long siesta
- keep the windows open at night and invest in a fan
-wear light breathable fabrics like cotton and linen
- take a cool bath or if you don’t have one , stick your feet in a bucket of cold water (works nearly as well)
- don’t forget your sunscreen. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the suns rays due to changes in your skin

& lastly moan as much and as loudly as you can. It is not fun having an inner hot water bottle stuck to you 24/7

#pregnancytips #stayingcool #midwifeadvice

Although I feared that the 50 year long campaign t

Although I feared that the 50 year long campaign to overturn Roe v Wade was nearing its terrifying conclusion with the Supreme Court in the USA filled with anti- choice conservatives - it still came as a bitter shock.

Hard fought rights are always under attack from those that wish to turn the clock back and keep women and pregnant people in their ‘box’. You don’t have to be pro-abortion but pro- personal autonomy. Forcing unwanted babies onto people is heinous & perpetuates dreadful consequences.

It utterly stinks, it is wrong legally, morally and shows that democracy in its very idea is disintegrating. Do not think that the heavily funded (from USA conservative donors)crew over this side of the pond will not see this as a ‘win’ and feel totally emboldened to attempt the same coup on womens health &peoples rights and freedoms. Complacency is the death knell of freedom. We should all be horrified and terrified. Be assured people will die as a direct result of this.

Where are the ‘pro-life’ brigade when it comes to gun safety , hungry and homeless women and children, people born into deprivation and poverty?? If they used their resources to actually help those already earthside far more good and caring for the actual living, could be achieved.

#mybodymychoice #abortionishealthcare #abortionisfreedom

Felix first Festival

Felix first Festival

❤️What a night!! Im only getting round to doin

❤️What a night!! Im only getting round to doing a proper post for my 40th birthday which I celebrated in the @thegraysondublin - It was supposed to be New Year’s Eve, then March but it was so worth the wait.

❤️‍🩹I have been through various periods of my life never imagining I’d see 40- but to be this age, to love getting older- it’s truly an honour. To be surrounded by so much fun and love- I just feel to utterly grateful. To anyone that’s feeling crap, or going through tough times- if I can get through it and be honestly happy and well then I PROMISE so can you.

⭐️Thank you to my other half @garretjflynn , my brilliant family and my spectacular friends. What an absolute cracker. You made me feel so much love.

#fortyandfabulous #1920sparty

Good omen for tomorrow ❤️

Good omen for tomorrow ❤️

#Postnatalbodies…… This was me day 2 after hav

#Postnatalbodies……
This was me day 2 after having Felix. Since then my figure has gone up and down so much. I found it really hard to accept and be proud of my new body and it’s taken me 4 years to be confident and comfortable again my own skin.

Our bodies grow humans- it’s awesome but it can be really hard to hear the totally false narrative of “getting back” your pre baby body. It’s just not possible. You need to embrace your new body and be proud. Weight is irrelevant it’s about how you feel in yourself.

So don’t believe the insta-mammies who look just as they did. Most of us struggle and look different after kids. That’s ok and no matter what your body looks like- you are beautiful ❤️❤️

#postnatal #bodyacceptance

❤️Thank you so much @my_expertmidwifeireland a

❤️Thank you so much @my_expertmidwifeireland and @harris_pr for inviting me to such a gorgeous lunch @pinkrestaurant_ie and meeting in person such a super group of women.

👩🏻‍🏫Leslie Gilchrist is a midwife and one of the genius midwives behind #myexpertmidwife. I’ve used the products myself and the range is expanding with women and birthing people and their at the centre of the constantly evolving innovation.

🦻Listening to Leslie talk with such passion about the company the products and just how much central the needs of pregnant and postnatal women and people are was just really cool.

Midwives working with the company will be in several pharmacies up and down. The country to talk about the products but also to answer any questions - I’ll stick the venues up in my stories.

#midwivesrock

Thrilled to be talking with one of midwifery heros

Thrilled to be talking with one of midwifery heros @sheena_byrom from the @the_practising_midwife_journal in association with @activeironworld .

We will be talking all thing pregnancy and nutrition ! Please come and join.

#nutrition #pregnancy #midwifelive

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