Article 3: CARRYING A TINY HUMAN INSIDE PART 2 Here’s the thing about becoming a mother: it is all at once the most wonderful and the most terrifying and hardest role that a woman has had to carry. You are suddenly thrusted with the responsibility of bearing a tiny...
Photo by Eric Froehling on Unsplash Salaam! In our previous article, we touched on the mental, spiritual and financial preparation to consider BEFORE actually deciding to have a baby. If you have not read that yet, click the link here (insert link). In this article,...
Article 1: WHEN I STILL HAD TIME FOR ME Have you ever heard of other mothers telling first-time pregnant women, “Oh, enjoy your alone time while it lasts?” Sounds annoying, doesn’t it? I mean how much time can such a tiny human being take from your day? Unfortunately,...
"Amin! Amin! Wake up please!", called my mother in law trying to wake me up from my deep sleep. I was dead tired from taking care of my newborn for the past 12 hours. "What is in this plastic and why is there a bad smell coming out from it?", she asked pinching her...
A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER You have survived the 40 weeks of pregnancy together with your wife, you are exhausted from the whole ordeal of labour and the steady stream of hospital visitors, and now you are finally home, just the three of you (or four or five, if you’re...
Salaam! In our previous article, we have covered the importance of going for birth classes so that you can be better prepared to become a good birth partner. But for those of you who have not attended birth classes and the day when baby eventually pops out is looming...
Salaam! In our previous article, we touched on what a father-to-be should expect during every stage of pregnancy and what your wife would want to see you do or hear from you (if you have not read that, click on the link here – add link). In today’s article, we are...
Salaam! In our previous article, we touched on the different types of preparation that a man needs to see through BEFORE the baby is even conceived (if you have not read that, click the link here. Now, we are going to cover the next stage: the stage where both you and...
If you are reading this article, I am guessing you must fall into one of these categories: You are expecting baby number 1, and your wife is pestering you to read up as much as possible about parenting; You are not even married yet, but you yearn to find ‘the one’...