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Our Natural Ingredients

🌿 What's Inside: Our Ingredient Glossary

We use only high-quality ingredients chosen for their proven benefits — and all are safe to use during pregnancy. Here's a look at the natural goodness inside our products.

🌸 Essential Oils

Ingredient Benefits
🌿 Bergamot Eases stress and anxiety, soothes digestion, and helps relieve pain.
🌼 Calendula Calms red, dry, or itchy skin; supports healing and moisture.
🌱 Eucalyptus Reduces inflammation and boosts circulation for healthy, nourished skin.
🌾 Frankincense Known for its calming aroma; great for easing stress and tension, especially during labour.
🌺 Geranium Balances hormones and helps reduce anxiety — naturally uplifting.
🍊 Grapefruit Boosts mood and energy, improves circulation, and eases muscle tension.
💜 Lavender Soothing and relaxing; ideal for sleep, anxiety, and irritated skin.
🍋 Lemon Refreshes the mind, eases stress and settles upset stomachs.
🌸 Neroli From orange blossoms — reduces stress, calms headaches, and smells gorgeous.
🍊 Orange A relaxing oil with anti-inflammatory properties and a sunny scent.
🌿 Peppermint Helps with nausea, fatigue, and mental fog — perfect for pregnancy focus.
🌱 Tea Tree A powerhouse antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory oil.

 

🧴 Other Skin-Loving Ingredients

Ingredient Benefits
🌰 Argan Oil Rich and nourishing — soothes and restores even very dry skin.
🥑 Avocado Oil Contains omega 9 for strong, resilient skin.
🐝 Beeswax Locks in moisture and softens the skin’s surface.
🌿 Castor Oil Eases inflammation and helps with healing by reducing dryness and build-up.
🥥 Coconut Oil Deeply moisturising and calming for itchy or rash-prone skin.
🍇 Grapeseed Oil Packed with vitamin E to protect and strengthen skin cells.
🧴 Lanolin Creates a protective barrier to seal in hydration and reduce friction.
🌰 Sweet Almond Oil Lightweight and nourishing — smoothes and softens skin.
🧡 Vitamin E Helps maintain healthy skin, improve elasticity, and support healing.

 

New Mum Birth & Recovery Baby

The Fourth Trimester: Prioritising Recovery and Rest

Bringing a new life into the world is monumental, but so is the journey that follows. The fourth trimester, those first 12 weeks after birth, is often overshadowed by focus on the baby, yet it's a pivotal time for mum’s physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Here’s our top tips to help you navigate this gentle but essential recovery period. 

What Mums Really Need When They’re Expecting

When someone’s expecting, it’s easy to focus on the baby. But the truth is, mums need just as much attention. Support doesn’t have to be loud or expensive. Sometimes, it’s a soft pyjama set, a kind note, or a box of snacks left on the doorstep. 

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Matrescence: The Hidden Journey of Becoming a Mother.

When we think about motherhood, often the focus is on pregnancy, birth, and caring for a newborn. But there is a profound journey that begins long before your baby arrives, and it continues long after. This journey is called matrescence. 

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The Silent Shift: Navigating Loneliness, Isolation, and Changing Relationships in the Postnatal Period

Welcoming a new baby is often described as one of life’s most joyful experiences. But for many, the reality of the postnatal period can bring unexpected emotional challenges, including loneliness, isolation, and a profound shift in personal relationships. These experiences are incredibly common, yet often remain unspoken and can sadly leave new parents feeling even more alone.

How to prioritise my recovery

Prepare for your postnatal recovery with tips from our in-house midwives. Your body and mind need care after birth to support healing and wellbeing, whatever birth you’ve had.

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Everything you need to know about C-sections

Here is our one stop page for all things caesarean sections, whether you’re planning one, just had one, looking for advice or needing support for your recovery, we’re here to support you.

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Recovery After C-section

Take it easy, your body needs time to mend, so it needs rest and to have plenty of nourishment to do this. Eat healthily and arrange for help with normal day to day things, by asking your partner, family, older children, friends or hired help for extra assistance with daily chores and life.

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C-section Scar Massage: A Step-by-step Guide

A post c-section massage is one of the most important things for a women’s health after having a c-section. This step-by-step guide will provide you with the best knowledge you can use to massage your scar and help it heal.

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Vernix Caseosa: Baby’s first skincare

You might notice that your newborn is covered in a creamy, white, almost cheesy or waxy substance at birth, this is vernix caseosa, and pound for pound it is worth more than  any of the most expensive skincare products on the market, in fact it is invaluable when it comes to newborn skin. Comprising water, proteins, and lipids, vernix acts as a natural barrier, protecting your baby’s delicate skin whilst in the womb and immediately after birth.

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Nappy Care 101 Wee, Poo and more

Welcoming your newborn into the world comes with many firsts, and nappies, poos and wees are definitely some of them. As Midwives we are obsessed with your baby’s nappy habits, how often they poo and wee, what colour is their poo and what consistency is it – did you know you can even get apps that monitor them for you! In the early days, your baby’s nappy can tell you a lot about how they’re feeding and adjusting to life outside of the womb. At My Expert Midwife, we’re here to help you understand what’s normal (and what’s not) when it comes to nappy care, poo, and wee.

Embracing the Fourth Trimester: Self Care Essentials for New Parents

The period following the birth of your baby, often referred to as the Fourth Trimester, is a time of immense transition, not just for your baby but for you as a parent too. It introduces both profound joy and deep vulnerability, making self-care more essential than ever. 

Bathing Your Baby

Bathing a newborn can feel a little daunting at first, they’re so tiny, slippery, and new. But with a little practice (and preparation), it can become a lovely part of your baby’s routine and a special bonding moment for both of you.