Found this while wasting time on youtube, it resonates a lot with my believes on birth and parenting, hope the pregnant women out there appreciate it. Just makes me want to be pregnant all over again…
know it’s not cool and a little embarrassing but yes I have to admit that I was a little too excited when I saw that Mothercare was opening a shop on Huaihai lu a few months ago. Mothercare has in fact started a joint venture with Goodbaby who already manufactures many of the nursery products sold through Mothercare world wide and is opening 2 stores in Shanghai and another in Beijing. Anyhow the Huaihai branch is now open, just by the intersection of Ruijing lu and I went to check it out with a couple of friends last week. We weren’t all that impressed to be honest, especially with the fact that they don’t even have a ramp!! It felt quite expensive especially since we were coming straight from Puan lu and it isn’t as big as I expected. That said it is really handy and does have things that aren’t available in other places, such as splash mats, maternity bras, on the go potty, nice muslins, and environmentally friendlier (not sure how) disposable nappies, washable swimming nappies, stroller, stroller bags, maternity clothes, and a lot more I can’t remember. I think it surely will make life easier to mamas to be and mamas in town.
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Kirsten just received a new delivery (Autumn/Winter 2007) from bellybutton stylish maternity wear made in Europe. The clothes are really wonderful! You can give her a call to arrange to go and have a look! Her address is:
Showroom bellybutton
Hongqiao Golf Villa 67
555 Hong Xu Lu (or opposite City Super)
Mobile 13817817954
Another place which sounds and smells rather tempting…. The staff is trained on how to deal with pregnancy so you only need to relax..
www.aroma-garden.com
Vert Bonbon stocks beautiful pregnancy, baby and children clothes.
Among their special designs are the very trendy long sleeve tshirt for pregnancy with ” made in shanghai” stamped at belly height and the super cute “born in Shanghai” tshirts for little ones.
Puxi showroom: Every Tuesday from 10:00 to 16:00 at Ladoll, Blk 19, Apt 701, 921 Xinzha Road, SH 200041
Tel Sophie: 135 8591 4884
Pudong showroon: Twice a month on Wednesday from 10:00 to 16:00 at Yanlord Garden, Blk 20, Apt 21 B, 99 Puming Road, SH 200120
Tel Ariane: 139 1899 6864
For Hongqiao showroom: please contact the company by email.
Contact info:
vert_bonbon@yahoo.fr
Natacha: 1381 7940 067/ Ariane: 1391 8996 864
This is another fashionable brand of maternity clothing I discovered at the last IMSG sale. This brands is from Germany and seems very stilish and colourful.
Kirsten Wachholz has a showroom every Thursday from 10.00 to 17.00 at this address:
Hongqiao Golf Villa, House 67, 555 Hongxu Road, 201103, Shanghai
By appointment only
T: 5422 1290
M: 1381 781 7954
E: bellybutton_showroomshanghai(at)yahoo.com
As the due date approaches there are likely to be a few last bits to take care of: the hospital bag needs to be packed, arguments on baby names must come to an end and the last bits of essential baby shopping need to be done (possibly involving more arguing in the middle of crowded Chinese shopping Malls ; ) ).
Most couples will have already attended a preparation for birth class which is offered by most of the international hospitals in town , however have you really gone through how you are going to interact with your darling partner during labour?
I personally had had quite a few chats with my husband about it but feel a lot more at ease with the whole thing now after attending a “Roleplay for labour” workshop last Saturday at Breeze yoga.
The session was taught by old friend and experience prenatal yoga teacher Sarah Manning, who draws from her personal experience during labour and as a mother of two to give tips on what to expect and how to make the journey through ”laborland” the most rewarding for mummy, daddy and baby.
After a brief introduction on the close relationship between mind, body and spirit, we were lead through different breathing techniques to help focus the mind and relax the body by extending exhalations and their natural relaxing effect.
Different positions for “riding” contractions and delivery were practiced and combined differnt types of breathing.
Some rather large ice cubes where introduced mid way through the class and boyfriends and husbands where asked to go through the sensations of a strong contraction by coping with the discomfort of having the cube placed on the wrist or behind the ear. Partners had to guide them through with breathing and comforting them by stroking them on the back.
Different kinds of relaxations were introduced and couples had a chance to exchange ideas on what felt good and what was simply irritating.
We then came to the real role play part when we were given a situation (back pain or back labour) and had to quickly decide how to ride the contraction, choose the breathing and then a suitably comfortable position for the short relaxation which follows. The pattern was based on the length of and between contractions at a given stage of labour (the one we practices was: one minute of contraction plus 4 minutes rest before the next contraction).
Both my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the experienced and felt more sure of ourselves about how to communicate and what to try out when the time comes. It made us both really excited about labour and I somehow feel comforted by the fact that labour is not just for me but also for him and that we can go through the journey together as two active participants.
Of course the sheets from the workshop were one of first things to go into the labour bag I’m getting ready…
Highly recommended to all those in their last trimester!
Classes are mainly organized on demand every couple of months so if you are interested contact Breeze.
EDIT MARCH 2009
Breeze yoga has recently shut down. Sarah however is still running the courses so please get in touch with her directly if you are interested in taking part: smanning(at)symys.com
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Haven’t tried it out but I most definetely like the sound of that!
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