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Gestational Diabetes

November 25, 2016 by farmerswifeandmummy 4 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Pregnancy and Baby Tagged: diabetes, gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy, miscarriage, pregnancy

My pregnancy, week 33-when things turn upside down

December 30, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 9 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Pregnancy and Baby Tagged: birth, Breech baby, caesarean, diabetes, high risk pregnancy, pregnancy

Burning Bosoms and other delights-32 weeks pregnant

December 18, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 2 Comments

  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…]

Posted in: Pregnancy and Baby Tagged: diabetes, gestational diabetes, pregnancy

Hello third trimester-28 weeks pregnant

November 17, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 8 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Pregnancy and Baby Tagged: diabetes, high risk pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy

Worried about sugar and salt in breakfast cereals? Read this!

March 23, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 6 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Parenting..., Reviews Tagged: breakfast, chocolate, diabetes, fussy eaters, obesity, parenting, salt, sugar, toddlers

My trial of a home blood pressure monitor

March 12, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 1 Comment

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…]

Posted in: Reviews Tagged: blood pressure, blood pressure monitor, BP, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, pregnancy
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