Bleeding during pregnany doesn’t always mean bad news.

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After several losses and bleeding through out many.I wanted to share why bleeding during pregnancy is not always a bad sign. It is only natural  for a mum-to-be to panic if they start to bleed while they are pregnant.It is quite common and about 1 in 10 women experience it for one of the following [...]

Sexual health and untrustworthy websites cause concern

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This news headline does not surprise me in the slightest.  I too have used Google to find information for medical diagnosis, be it when my daughter came out in a rash or when my sons testicle became enlarged, I reached for Google. Sexual health problems to many can be embarrassing so if we can Google it, we [...]

Being Pregnant, Giving Birth and Life after Birth with SPD

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I wrote a guest post about being pregnant and having severe synthesis pubis disorder, but I never followed up my story, so here it is. I was induced 2 weeks early because I had been put in a wheel chair. I was on a morphine patch, which Lilli became addicted to. They told me I’d [...]

Why My Son is My Favourite Child

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Ahh favouritism, a word Mums in general avoid like the plague. Of course we all love our children the same, but surely I’m not the only one who has a child who is extra special?

Woman Has 2 Abortions To Stop Morning Sickness

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I think we can all agree that morning sickness can leave us feeling fed up and drained. But would you go to the extreme of having 2 terminations to stop this? Then still try for another baby?

Why my placenta ended up in the freezer

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  I just read a blog post about a lovely lady and her equally lovely husband who decided to make a garlic and rosemary pate out of the placenta of their first born.  Now apparently her husband is a chef, so perhaps he has some tricks up his sleeve to make it palatable but I [...]

A sucessful vaginal birth after cesaerean

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I was 17 when I fell pregnant with my first child. I wasnt in a good relationship, but I refused to abort my unborn child. I was at college studying BTEC level 2 health and social care. Before I had even missed my peroid, I was having signs of pregnancy, so I spoke to my [...]

An unborn baby is put at risk due to untreated cholestasis & lack of care

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I have been granted full permission to post this storyon behalf of a mum, who wanted to share her birth story.   I did not enjoy my pregnancy, even from the very start. I suffered with sickness from day one,which was just getting worse. I was bleeding and even began passing out. I had to [...]