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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, INSPIRING, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedBREATHLESSLY MOTHERING
Rachel Clements has only 24% remaining lung function. This lists explores he un-expected path to Motherhood, the impact that has had on her health and a glimpse into what it is like to parent whilst on oxygen.…
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HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL‘HANG-XIETY’ AKA ALCOHOL INDUCED ANXIETY.
The dreaded 'morning after the night before'. Perhaps a banging headache or nausea? Both of which can be fixed with a good breakfast and a paracetamol. Same can't be said for the impact booze has on your head space, leaving some, including author Gail Buckley, with a terrible intrusive thoughts and paranoia. …
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS MY SURROGATE
"The fact that someone would care about us enough to offer something so enormous felt incredibly special. Whether it worked or not, what she had offered was indescribable. We went from feeling like the unluckiest couple in the world, to the luckiest! How many people have a sister in law that would offer to help you have a baby?! " Helen Loates shares her surrogacy experience.…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, INSPIRING, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGDAD’S GET POST NATAL DEPRESSION TOO
Post Natal Depression in Mums is now becoming more widely talked about, but something that less commonly discussed is how a new baby can impact t…
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One minute you going about your normal life, then next you collapse (after no previous symptoms), are rushed to hospital to be told you have a massive brain tumour. This is Cordelia of how everything she thought she knew changed in an instant.…
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HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, USEFULWHAT IS GROUP B STREP & WHY DON’T MORE OF US KNOW ABOUT IT?
Truthfully, Group B Strep was only vaguely on my radar, I knew it to be an illness that can affect…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGTWIN LOSS (AND TTTS)
This week is Baby Loss Awareness Week and to mark it I am very honoured and also sad to share…
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HEALTH, INSPIRING, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKINGBORN AT 24 WEEKS
Most lists are written as a retrospective but this special one by Sarah Kirker was written just after her son was born at only 24 weeks gestation, which makes uniquely raw and vulnerable.…