Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Etiology, Diagnosis, Management

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is otherwise known as spastic colon, mucous colitis, and functional bowel disease, IBD or IBS. It is a disease or a disorder that causes distress and discomfort but it is only for temporary. It doesn’t cause a permanent threat to the person’s intestines and will not lead to disease that is serious such [...]

Is Body Contouring really worth it?

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Body contouring has been a sort of buzz word over the last few years, but the treatments vary massively in how invasive they are, price and most importantly effectiveness. These less invasive procedures can seem extra appealing when considered against the other options with the likes of liposuction. There are a few procedures that work [...]

I Nearly Lost My Baby on my mums birthday

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  2 weeks ago I had given birth to a beautiful baby girl, weighing 6lb 10z I was induced due to having oc,4 days later I was aloud home, things were going smoothly but Freya woke every hour for a feed as well as bringing back up a few feeds.I just put it to the back [...]

A mum shares her experience of a coloscopy

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This post is an anonymous guest post*   Recently I had to have a coloscopy. I asked on the mum’s group if any one had one with out reply. So I thought I’d share my experience so if any one else had one they will know what to expect. I’ll not lie to you the [...]

Terrified of having another baby

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I get married in May & we plan to try for baby 2 shortly after. I am terrified. I didn’t have a horrendous labour, infact all 25mins established it was a brilliant labour. It’s what happened afterwards. On the 25th July 11:07am, “You have a baby girl” said the midwife. And so, the rollercoaster started…

How Being Diabetic Effects My Life

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Today I decided to interview my very loving husband Matt. Matt is a diabetic, something that we as a family just accept like we do having to take a bath. Others will look when out in public and Matt sweats or starts shaking, if he needs to inject when have guests he hides in shame, [...]

Being a mum with Crohn’s

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After the birth of my daughter my crohn’s relapsed and the migraines started. The diarrhoea had started again and it was back with a vengeance, I was losing so much fluid that I was on the verge of dehydration. I started the Loperamide again and was given dioralyte sachets. My gastro nurse had warned me [...]

Why I Pull Out My Own Hair: Guest Post

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If like many people you’ve never heard off the official wording about it is  “Trichotillomania, which is classified as an impulse control disorder by DSM-IV, is the compulsive urge to pull out one’s own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment. It is often chronic and difficult to treat.”

Stop weaning your baby too early: A mum rants

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Why do some people insist on early weaning just to get a good night sleep at young ages such as 8 -10 weeks?  I understand in some cases it has to be done for medical issues,   I weaned my baby at 12 weeks but this was from the advice of the doctor.  I hate [...]

I was on the Liver unit and was the youngest one there: Guest Post

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My little boy Kenzie was now 8weeks & 4days old (7th January 2011) and stopping at his nanny’s for the night, so my fiance Mike thought we should have some friend’s over for a few drink’s considering it had been so long. I drank 3 cherry sours with coke, 2 glasses of wine & 3 shots of [...]

Top 10 Bizarre Fetishes!

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My Sister Said My Boyfriend Raped Her

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  My 14yr old sister moved in with me, my partner and 2 kids in December 2010, as she was having problems with my mum.  Things were going great till the 9th June when she accused my partner of raping her. Social services and the police got involved and my partner was only allowed to [...]

Breast Feeding Doll: Will your Daughter be getting one for Christmas?

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When I was breast feeding Lilli, Caitlyn Was absolutely obsessed with boobs and the fact her little sister got her dinner from them. I even caught her pretending to feed her own baby doll. I think I actually said to Dan ‘What a shame they don’t make a breast feeding doll, but it turns out [...]

Guest Post: Will I always watch mothers go by and hate myself?

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I’ll start by explaining 18months ago I was diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) this was found due to me being in severe pain for several months and finally convincing the doctor to give me a scan to find a problem after convincing myself something was wrong with me? What the doctor then told me has [...]

The things they never told you when you entered into Motherhood

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When I think back to when I was pregnant with my first. I was so oblivious to the real ‘joys’ of motherhood! If I knew then what I knew now, I may have waited a few more years before conceiving. But, to be fair, that’s a lie I tell myself, because even if we were [...]

My Introduction: Mummy Wallis

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Well it’s that time of day again where my brain stops working but I still try typing and the lovely Emma White has asked me to write an introduction; abit about myself. Here goes Most of you may know me from the supermums group as Emma ‘mummy’ Wallis. I’m at a young age of 22 [...]

Should it be illegal to breastfeed if the mother is HIV positive?

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There are a few viruses are  that are known to pass through breast milk. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of them. If the mother is HIV positive, should  she breastfeed?   Take the poll and let me know what you think…   [polldaddy poll=4998270]

I Had Vulva Cancer Not Thrush

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This time it was worse then ever. I stood in the queue at Superdrug waiting to be served, all I could think about was wanting to scratch. I just wanted to shove my hand down my knickers and give myself a good old itch. My Vag was on FIRE!! This was a regular thing for [...]