When it comes to morning sickness remedies, I can attest, I have literally tried everything possible. Having had Hyperemesis Gravidarum for all of my pregnancies, I was willing to try anything that could possibly work. Needless to say, medication was the only thing that actually helped and even then it wasn’t great. However, after the …
Pregnancy
Pregnancy is supposed to be such a magical and exciting time of your life. You should be glowing, radiant and thriving as you grow a tiny human. But what about when that’s not the case? What happens when this exciting time of your life actually becomes life-threatening, when you risk going into renal failure from …
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a fair amount of your pregnancy wondering what labour will actually feel like. Will I know when I’m in labour? Will my water break and gush everywhere like it does on the movies? Will I have to rush to hospital? I also spent a lot of time Googling …
If you’ve found yourself here, you’re probably ready to ‘get this kid out!’ If I was your Midwife, you’d be sitting in my office, maybe a bit teary, maybe with lots of questions, maybe a little bit in meltdown mode as you’re well and truly over it. I’d be listening to you, supporting you, motivating …
We spend so much time during pregnancy focusing on each trimester, counting the weeks as they go by, taking the photos of the growing belly and comparing your baby to what size fruit or vegetable they best represent. Then we spend time preparing for labour and birth… but what about after that? What about those …
Most pregnant Mamas loathe ‘the diabetes test’. No one in their right mind enjoys fasting before smashing 75gm of glucose. BUT, unfortunately the Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) is here to stay. Unless some genius comes up with a fool-proof cure for Gestational Diabetes. So we’ve laid out exactly what you need to do to make …
There’s no feeling like it. Seeing those two little lines show up on your pregnancy test can bring a whole rollercoaster of emotion, and it’s only natural to want to shout your news from the rooftops. But… you’ve been told for as long as you can remember that you have to wait until you’re through …
Pregnancy cravings strike when you least expect them. When you’re laying in bed at 2am, immediately after you’ve ordered something different for lunch, or when you’re stuck in traffic on the motorway. And you’d do anything to get what you’re craving – regardless of how obscure it is. Pregnancy cravings hit hard and fast. Despite …
Like most mums, I went a little crazy when I had my first baby. I bought just about everything anyone proclaimed I ‘needed’ or that promised to make life easier. For the record, that was a lot of ‘things’. It turns out, I barely used any of them (partially due to my son being in …
I have to admit… I’m quite the minimalist. Not the ‘all my furniture is white and if it doesn’t speak to me I throw it out’ kind of minimalist. But more the ‘do I actually need this’ kind. So when it came to pregnancy, I knew I needed to approach it with the same sort …