I’ve never dieted in my life – until now. This is how I decided to lose weight in a way that didn’t compromise my chronic illness. I have never been a dieter. As a slim teen and twenty-something, I ate whatever I liked and couldn’t […]
Cervical screening — or smear testing — is one of life’s necessary evils that leaves us feeling awkward, embarrassed and a little bit “ick”, and yet it’s potentially life saving because cancer doesn’t discriminate. But if your vagina is a no-go area, the pap test […]
No one goes through pregnancy expecting illness after childbirth – but I did. Having a baby is one of life’s beautiful experiences; incredibly rewarding but often hard work. My pregnancy was difficult and tinged with worry and although I looked forward to finally meeting my baby, I […]
We women aren’t so good with being kind to ourselves and body confidence isn’t something we’re that comfortable with. I’m guilty of it: I’ve lost count of the times I’ve moaned about my legs looking nasty, and the cellulite jiggle on my thighs. Feeling good about […]
Pain control is one of the biggest concerns of any birth plan. This was most certainly true for me, when throughout my own pregnancy I had this huge fear of not being able to cope with the overwhelming pain of childbirth. My extreme period pain experience, […]
Group B Strep is currently a hot topic in the pregnancy world. Earlier this month I wrote about the issue of this bacterium causing much chaos to the expectant mum, and I touched on the new test kits that have just come to market. With the NHS […]
If pregnancy doesn’t come with enough reasons to worry the whole nine months long, it turns out there’s another one to add to the list. Your midwife has probably never mentioned it, the NHS doesn’t routinely test you for it, but it’s one of the […]
Since the day we learned we lost our baby, it seems all we see is babies. When you’ve gone from being a first time expectant parent to grieving the premature loss of your baby, you notice all the adverts with babies in, every single passing pushchair and […]
It’s Rabbit Awareness Week! The official week for spamming your friends and family with proper bunny cuteness. (Now that’s a party I can back!) My rabbits play a huge part in my life. In fact, I see them as members of the family, who I […]
If I were to be judged by my Instagram, my life is all rabbits and lingerie. While that is vastly true, it’s only the aesthetically pleasing side to my life. But, real life isn’t neatly packaged and trimmed with a bow, and we’re all a little guilty […]
It’s just about the end of Winter yet we’re still bracing relatively arctic conditions. With an icy chill in the air and snow threatening to fall at every moment, it’s apt that February has been Raynaud’s Awareness Month. I’ve often spoken about my personal Raynaud’s experience and […]
Coppafeel! has been making serious waves in the media ever since founder Kris Hallenga was diagnosed with breast cancer at the ever so young age of 23. The reason for the charity’s birth: to eradicate the misleading belief that breast cancer only affects older women, and to spread […]
