Author Archives: Lucy Perry
Top 10 indicators your newborn baby is normal
Beer + Bubs Perth presenter Kristin Beckedahl is an experienced doula and mother of two. If anyone knows what a “normal” newborn looks like, it’s her! Here’s a guide, especially for fathers, on what to look for on the day your baby is born… Fixing your eyes on your long-awaited newborn baby for the first [...]
Top 5 mistakes the boys make during labour and birth
Just about every journo who has ever interviewed me about Beer + Bubs: childbirth education for dads at the pub or my book for the lads, Cheers to Childbirth, has asked me about the most common mistakes that men make when they support their partner through birth. Here are my top five, witnessed in the [...]
Becoming Dad to Charlie by guest blogger, Darren Mattock
Darren Mattock is the former CEO of the Fatherhood Project, an organisation that runs courses for men as they prepare for their role as fathers. Here he shares his personal story of how he made the transition from fatherhood idealist to the real deal of dads – a journey with his wife Lucy Sporne and [...]
Bonding with baby: a guide for the boys
At Beer + Bubs we bang on a lot about how important bonding is for newborn babies. Here, Carrina Bradbury, our Beer + Bubs Bunbury presenter, goes into more detail about exactly HOW dads can bond with their bubs. There is nothing more beautiful to a mum than the sight of her partner and baby [...]
Post natal depression: a dad’s guide
The Mental Health Association of NSW is behind Postnatal Awareness Week 13-19 November with a snappy post card campaign hitting the mailboxes of birth workers recently. The headline is EVERY SUPERMUM NEEDS A SIDEKICK. The “sidekick” they have in mind is a GP, midwife or child and family health nurse. These are such important resources [...]
How to get a woman in labour to hospital…when you don’t have a car
At my last Beer + Bubs session in Sydney, I was asked a question I have never been asked before. An expectant dad named Jeremy was wondering how best to transport his labouring partner to hospital on the big day when he doesn’t have a car. Another guy in the same group put his hand [...]
Should men attend the birth of their baby? Not if they would rather be at the dentist.
“What used to be the secret business of the women’s circle is now the expectant father’s job description.” Lucy Perry, Cheers to Childbirth: a dad’s guide to childbirth support, Pure Publishing 2010. Unlike their fathers, men in the twenty-first century are encouraged to be present at the births of their babies. In fact, it’s a [...]
Top tips for first time fathers: those first few weeks with your newborn
“Anyone who tells you that the first weeks of their baby’s life were a walk in the park was either residing in another country to said newborn or seriously embellishing the truth. It’s exhausting but it’s not permanent.” Lucy Perry, Cheers to Childbirth: A Dad’s Guide to Childbirth Support, Pure Publishing, 2010. I’m sometimes asked [...]
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