Gestational diabetes is on the rise. With ageing parents and the lifestyles we lead, more and more women are being diagnosed. I had polycystic ovaries in my early 20s which is also more of a risk factor-something to do with how you produce insulin. I wasn’t particularly over weight when I got pregnant with Boo … [Read more…]
In what can only be described as Sod’s law, my weekly trip to the antenatal day unit on Christmas Eve was eventful. The consultant said my top was the best she had seen all week so I was quite pleased about that. My blood pressure was the best it’s been all pregnancy and my blood … [Read more…]
So here we are. The next four-weekly update in the saga pregnancy. After my 28 week scan four weeks ago, I stupidly uttered these famous last words to Hubster: “I’m sure they saw me more often at this point when I was pregnant with Boo”. BIG mistake. The very next day, a midwife rang … [Read more…]
Can I have a claxon please? I am officially into my third trimester. It is true ladies and gentlemen, I am 28 weeks pregnant and you know what that means? That’s right, my hormones are supersonic I only have 10 weeks left. Yes, ten little weeks until I will be induced. Yay. So this week … [Read more…]
We all eat to much salt and sugar. It is in the headlines every day. As a mum, it worries me on a daily basis. I watch the amount of sugar and salt Boo eats regularly and try and stick to fruit as the most sugar she eats. However she is three so ‘choc’ does … [Read more…]
Known as the “silent killer”, high blood pressure rarely has obvious symptoms. According to the NHS, around 30 per cent of people in England have high blood pressure but many don’t know it. If left untreated, high blood pressure increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke. The only way of knowing there is a … [Read more…]
