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March 4, 2019

Castor oil therapy for endometriosis (& fertility)

{Caveat: I’m not a medical or alternative therapy professional. Me doing castor oil therapy does not mean you should do it on a whim. I did research into lots of different things to help my endometriosis and settled on this as one of them, with a particular personal interest of mine on how it is also said to help fertility.} In line with Endometriosis Awareness…

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January 23, 2019

Finding out you have low AMH

I remember it so clearly. My husband and I were both taking a day out from work back in 2015 and were hanging out in East London at a cafe. Which incidentally, makes us sound much, MUCH cooler than we are. I mean he did have a beard then and everything mind you. Anyway, this was when I took a call from the doctors clinic…

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July 9, 2018

Looking back on my pregnancy; may I present Hip Bursitis

**BLOG UPDATED WITH TIPS AND PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW THAT HELPED ME A LITTLE BIT….** —————————————————————— This is a blog I wrote midway through my pregnancy as I was experiencing a very weird condition making it near impossible to sleep. Oh goody, sleep deprivation before the baby’s arrival. Anyway, wanted to share as I’d never heard of it and consequently didn’t find anyone else in my…

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June 27, 2018

Keep your tits about you new mums…it’s breastfeeding awareness week

Breastfeeding awareness week. If you’re a new mum, regardless of what side of the breastfeeding voyage you may be on, depending on who you follow on social media, it’s likely gonna get annoying. And ironically here I am adding to the plethora of personal accounts on the subject. A quick scroll through Instagram this morning and I’ve already been bombarded with photos of mums with…

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May 29, 2018

I had a baby

Wow. The title of this blog still blows my tiny, sleep deprived mind. But yes, I had a baby. 3 weeks ago. I got pregnant in Sept 2017 after round 3 of IVF. I carried a baby (almost) to term and now she’s out in the world, safe (I mean, ish…we’re new at this!) with me and her daddy. I purposefully kept the whole pregnancy…

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April 25, 2018

Relaxgate. Why ‘just relax’ should’ve been the start of the infertility and IVF conversation, not the end.

  “What I would say is, and this is probably the hardest thing to do, is just relax about it. There have been so many people that I’ve known who’ve gone through several rounds of IVF and nothing happens. And when they’ve given up, and gotten on with their lives, it miraculously happens naturally… Sometimes stress itself can have a very negative effect. So try…

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April 7, 2018

What the hell is ‘quality time’ please?

Sometimes life can be freakin’ overwhelming huh? Without divulging too much there’s what feels like a ton going on around me at the mo, from a mum with a condition i’d never even heard of to a house extension and I know some problems are great problems to have, like the latter which I wouldn’t even call a problem as it’s mega exciting and I’m…

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September 3, 2017

It takes bloody time to look after your bloody self properly…

Something I’ve struggled with this year is the reality that a full time office job (although I’m lucky to work one day a week from home) is a bit of a sedentary life. I’ve worked in an office set up for years now. Almost 10 years in TV, 2.5 years at a record label (amazing amazingness) and before I went to uni another couple of…

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August 13, 2017

What an 8 week course in Mindfulness has taught me

So last week the Government announced more commitment to mental health services. Good. It’ll probably still fall really short of what’s required. But it’s a start. It’s only really in the last year that I’ve been intrigued by my own mind. Just how much does it influence my body, health and confidence? Am I limiting my own potential by clinging on to the tail of…

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July 31, 2017

Acupuncture; much more than teeny tiny needles. A chat with Hannah Watson, fertility acupuncturist.

I’ve been meaning to press go on this post for a while now. So, acupuncture. One of those things many of us have no idea about how it works. Or if it works. Even those of us that have regular sessions and feel so much calmer and lighter afterwards don’t really know how to communicate the ‘how’ to our friends. I have read a lot…

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Hi! Thanks for swinging by…You’ll see posts about being a new mum after years of trying and fumbling through all that, some bits about wellbeing and likely a house extension project because are you even a blogger if you don’t do up a house? I live a little north of London with Mr G, Elodie Willow our precious bubs and Rupert the mini sausage dog.

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