When we decide to have a baby it’s a huge decision and our nutritional status from before we conceive right through our pregnancy and beyond will impact on our health and well-being as well as that of our baby, both short term and long term.

Folic acid, also known as folate or Vitamin B9 is a group of B Vitamins that is crucial during pregnancy. The need for folic acid is not only important during pregnancy but should also be taken in the months leading up to conception if you are actively trying to conceive.

Writing a blog that centres around health and well-being throughout pregnancy; I often draw from my own experiences – revealing the good, the bad and the darn right ugly. During previous posts I have made no secret of divulging the ugly side of the digestive […]

As I sit here at my desk at 6.am prepping and compiling this latest post, its dark, its dank and it is raining. Not quite the Monday morning start I had hoped for. Although yesterday we were incredibly lucky as we headed to Moors Country […]

My body is in desperate need of a digestive overhaul. A few weeks back I picked up the sickness bug that engulfed our house for almost two weeks and since then my digestive system has been shot to pieces and I’m not even pregnant!!  Constipation […]

I was contacted by Cells 4 Life the experts in stem cell processing a couple of months ago regarding an article on Cord Blood Banking.  As a writer, the general rule of thumb is to either write about what you know or write about something […]

I know we always moan when the sun doesn’t shine and every year we’re promised that this will be the hottest summer on record.  We wait in excited anticipation, plan our holidays and camping trips in the UK in the hope that this year its […]

The first time I had a cesarean birth, it was all very rushed and unexpected and I wasn’t prepared in any way. I hadn’t even contemplated that my daughter would be born any other way than vaginally. My son- four years later was also born […]