I have been so excited about doing this series of blogs on all things eco friendly but it has taken me some time because I wanted to make sure that I had tried everything out and could give an honest opinion about them. The effects that we are having on our environment have never been […]
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DISCLAIMER: Before reading this, please note this is only what worked for me. It might not work for you but I hope you find it helpful. We are now nine weeks into our bundle of joy and I have realised that although I have been talking about Felicity, I haven’t really done a proper full
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I have been suffering with chronic pain for the past fourteen years. For a majority of that time, I have been drugged up on strong painkillers, ranging from opiates to analgesics that ended up messing my body up. The problem was, tethered was always a side effect to having medical pain relief. It started to
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There are so many different products out there to make our lives easier with our little babes. So much so, that I didn’t know where to start when looking to help comfort Felicity. Ordinarily, Felicity is not a clingy baby. She is ill at the moment so wants to be held all the time. This
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Ever since I knew that I was going to be having a baby, I knew I would need to try and find something that helped the baby to sleep. With M.E. and lack of sleep, it makes for pretty horrible cocktail. I mean it’s not like sleep actually makes me feel any better but without
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Felicity was taken straight from theatre to the Oliver Fisher Unit, which is a specialist baby unit. I had looked around the unit before I gave birth to her, as a practise that every new to be parents should see. I’m so glad that I did. It had scared me, seeing all the big machines
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On Tuesday 16th July 2019 I was admitted into hospital after there were signs that my body wasn’t really coping with the last part of the pregnancy. I had been in phenomenal amounts of pains and I was collapsing five times a day. This was as well as getting auras of seizures, which was strange
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As soon as I found out I was expecting, I did everything I could to get as much support as was humanely possible, to make sure the baby and I were going to be safe. Within minutes of finding out, I was on the ball, calling my doctor’s surgery, the midwife number, my M.E. doctor,
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There was an overwhelming response to my pregnancy news. Rightly so, despite being happy for me, there was a lot of concern as to how my M.E. would be affected. A lot of people were interested in what the journey of being pregnant and suffering from a chronic illness like M.E. would be like… so
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The weeks have been flying by and as of today, I am officially 20 weeks gone! It has been strange because my general M.E. has improved a little bit overall. I can walk around the downstairs of my house (with support) and have been able to play the piano. I even ventured for a walk
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