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Category: Pregnancy Health & Conditions
A Mum’s Experience: Back Labour
I hadn’t heard of ‘posterior fetal presentation’ until I went for a midwife check-up at around 36 weeks pregnant with[…]
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Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Do you know Raynaud’s? If you suffer from cold hands and feet you could be one of the 10 million[…]
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Ultimate Diet Plan for Healthy Pregnancy
Many changes accompany pregnancy; it affects various body organs and leads to fluctuations in hormone levels. To be able to[…]
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Pregnancy and private health insurance in the UK
Everything you need to know Feeling prepared when you decide to have a baby and knowing you have the right[…]
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A Quick Guide to the Struggles of Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be a life-altering journey and can sometimes be a struggle for other moms-to-be. As a new life starts[…]
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HCG in pregnancy
We hear the term a lot in pregnancy but what does it stand for and what is it? It stands[…]
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Breast Changes During Pregnancy
Along with the freedom to eat whatever you want (a fallacy by the way – depending on your pre pregnancy[…]
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A Mum’s Experience: Pregnancy with a stoma
Back in 2009 after having complained of severe pain, bleeding, constant infections, sickness, fatigue and losing weight. I was diagnosed[…]
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Fallopian tubes
The important work of the two fallopian tubes or uterine tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus which allows the[…]
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Gestational diabetes
Diabetes is a common and well-known health condition which means that a person has too much sugar – or glucose[…]
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Making Babies: Miscarriage/ Spontaneous Abortion
Miscarriage/ Spontaneous abortion Both terms are used to describe the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before the 24th week,[…]
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Pregnant and in Pain?
Around 1 in 5 women will experience mild discomfort during pregnancy. It is really important to look after yourself when[…]
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Spina Bifida
What is Spina Bifida? Spina Bifida basically means ‘Split Spine’. There are 33 vertebrae in the spine and if one[…]
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Zika Virus
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne infection. It can be transmitted to humans if they are bitten by infected mosquitoes, commonly[…]
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Varicose Veins
What are Varicose veins? Varicose veins can affect anybody although they are more common for women than men. Varicose veins[…]
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Stretch Marks
It is not only pregnant women who can get stretch marks as they can affect both men and women and[…]
Read moreStillbirth
Stillbirth is when the baby is born dead: showing no signs of life and not even taking their first breath after[…]
Read moreSlapped Cheek Disease
What is Slapped Cheek Disease? Slapped Cheek is a very common childhood particularly those aged between 3 and 15, although[…]
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Skin Changes during Pregnancy
Your body is changing on the inside so that you can grow your baby inside you and this can affect[…]
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