If there’s one thing I learnt while pregnant, it’s that however niche your question about your pregnancy, another mother-to-be will have already asked it. During my pregnancy, I searched dozens of increasingly obscure questions and never came up blanks. Granted, most of the resulting pages are chatroom/comment threads without actual […]
Pregnancy
‘Slowly Descending Into Madness’: The Truth About Living With Severe Pregnancy Sickness
At least one in every hundred people who get pregnant will experience Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). It is a debilitating and severe form of pregnancy sickness that can last anywhere from 12 to 40 weeks, so bad that research suggests that 25% of sufferers experience suicidal thoughts during their pregnancy. So […]
Shall We Talk About Pelvic Floor Health?
The pelvic floor isn’t something you really hear mentioned in day to day life. I don’t think I ever heart ANYONE say it until I got pregnant. And it wasn’t until after Jack’s birth that a midwife or doctor mentioned in passing that I should think about pelvic floor exercises […]
Can You Exercise When Pregnant? MAMAWELL’s Pre & Post-Birth Workout Tips
I don’t know about you – but exercise wasn’t top of my priority list in pregnancy. It placed several places below macaroni and cheese and was way below the daily warm bath and ‘One Born Every Minute’ routine (FYI I haven’t watched a single episode following the disaster zone that […]
Eating for Two: How Much Should You Eat During Pregnancy?
What should you eat during pregnancy? This might help… If you’re expecting, the chances are you’re probably not eating your usual diet. Either you’re feeling so sick you’re on a strict dry toast and ginger biscuits rotation, or you’re ‘eating for two’ and mainlining macaroni cheese at every meal time […]
HG Awareness Day: One Hyperemesis Gravidarum Sufferer’s Story
When I look back on my pregnancy I remember a range of emotions. I was scared, yes, but mostly excited. It felt like what I was doing was the most important thing I (or anyone else) had ever done. I watched endless hours of One Born Every Minute, I prepped […]
Preparing for Birth; Tips from Midwife Bridget Sheeran
In this Q&A for The Mother Edit, Bridget Sheeran, Midwife and author of Preparing for Birth: Colouring your Pregnancy Journey (Hammersmith Health Books) gives us her top tips on preparing for birth. In the early days of pregnancy how can expectant mothers prepare themselves for birth? The best way is […]
News: You Can’t Live off Maternity Pay
Just about to head off on maternity leave, thinking about starting a family, or a new mum cluster-feeding your baby at midnight who just stumbled upon this page in a haze of scrolling? Welcome all. And I hope you have some pennies in the bank, because this rather worrying email […]
3 actually useful things to buy a new mother
Because they’re knee-deep in baby-grows and have enough blankets to keep a small country warm. These three practical gifts will make you very popular. Ceramic travel mug, £10.99, Amazon – the chances of her actually getting to drink a cup of tea while its hot just increased A voucher for a […]
Things that make you cry in pregnancy
I’m now nearly 38 weeks. And I’m ready. Ready to meet the baba, yes, but SO so ready to stop being pregnant. On the whole, I’ve enjoyed pregnancy. The excitement of the growing bump and movements, seeing my little one on the scans and wondering what they will be like […]