It’s tough to be pregnant at Christmas especially if you are a natural socialite. I asked veteran midwife and founder of My Expert Midwife, Lesley Gilchrist, to provide London Mums handy tips on how to cope and not get left out, when everyone around you is eating, drinking and not to mention partying heartily around you.
If you’re finding it hard to imagine festivities without a glass of…
It’s a big decision that a couple makes together when they decide they want to start trying for a baby – a decision that can go on to change their lives. While there are some things that you, as a couple, quite clearly need to be doing *ahem*, there are a number of natural ways that you can boost your chances of conceiving.
Prepare your body
It sounds obvious, but preparation before…
My 12 year son has always displayed a strong attitude for maths and science and I wondered where he got it from since I am not particularly scientifically orientated. Now I have might have an answer. Anew study published by Frontiers in Psychology today has found that the attitude of a woman during pregnancy could have an effect on the child’s ability in maths and science.
Using data…
Why would I store my baby’s cord blood?
There are so many products and services pushed to pregnant women nowadays. Everywhere you turn, there’s a new product being pushed that you’ve never heard of, that you just HAVE to have.
Cord blood banking is one of these things. It sounds like you should probably do it, but all the information out there is so scientific and for your everyday Mum…
The first IVF baby in the world was from a natural cycle in 1978 in UK. IVF (In vitro fertilisation) is a medical procedure where an egg (or eggs) is fertilised outside the body. It can be done to aid conception when couples or single women are having difficulties conceiving naturally.
There are many patients who have failed or are not candidates for stimulated IVF and have…
Lindsay O’Mahoney has made her name as the vocalist for country-tinged trio Honey Ryder, who are currently building to the release of their third studio album ‘Born In A Bottle’. Having balanced her career with motherhood, the songstress talks to Katherine Rippon about her first experience of childbirth was far from straightforward….
‘I started contractions on the…
To the excitement of the nation, Clarence House just announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child. And once again, the news had to come out because of Kate suffering with severe morning sickness and currently being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace. The complicated Latin name of this condition – Hyperemesis Gravidarum – makes it sound very…
Whether you’re completely new to yoga or consider yourself a master, during pregnancy is the perfect time to practice. Just this month, it has been proven by academics from Newcastle and Manchester Universities that pregnant women who attended a yoga class every week for eight weeks experienced less anxiety compared to those who received normal antenatal treatment, with a single yoga class…
I enjoy reading the stories published every week in the Science news digest published by the British Science Association. Recently they reported a piece of news that sounds like a pretty unlikely story. Apparently Jorge Odon, a car mechanic from Argentina, has developed one of the most important inventions for mothers and babies around the globe.
Odon, who has no connection with obstetrics, has…
A new support group launching in London later this month will focus on helping parents with fertility problems.
It’s a little known fact that around one in ten couples who have a child will have difficulty conceiving when they try for another baby. Most parents just expect that they’ll get pregnant again as easily as they did first time around, and it can come as a real shock if it…