The NHS has recommended that pulse oximetry testing, which can help save babies’ lives, should NOT be part of the mandatory newborn checks. Here’s why I’m supporting Tiny Tickers in trying to reverse that decision. Around 1 in 125 babies has congenital heart disease (CHD), and it’s one of the biggest causes of infant mortality…
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How to register for the NHS
Read moreThe NHS is a wonderful thing. Providing free healthcare at local doctors surgeries and hospitals. It’s fair to say that it’s been a vital part of my life since I was born! Throughout my childhood I’ve had many Accident and Emergency (A&E) trips for various breaks, trips, falls and allergies. Much like my doctors surgery…
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Weight Loss Update: Week 8
Read moreI hoped that I would be starting this post in a better frame of my mind. I’ve only got myself to blame and I should have seen it coming really. I haven’t exercised again this week. Yes, I still have a cough, but my cold has gone now. The first week…
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Weight Loss Update Week 6
Read moreTo read last weeks post please click here. This week has been a much better week compared with last week. Although I still have a cold which has meant I haven’t been able to exercise again this week as I’m quite wheezy, I have been pretty much on track food wise. Last week I…
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Weight Loss Update: Week One
Read moreIn this post I will detail my progress daily, but my next updates probably won’t include daily updates, more of a general update. I started on the NHS 12 week plan on Saturday, December 28th, weighing 11st1. Today is day seven and I now weigh 10st7. I’m quite surprised by my weight loss because I’ve been…
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On a mission to lose weight
Read moreOne of my new years resolutions is to loose weight. After doing some research online and looking at various types of diets I have decided that the one I’ll be following is the NHS Live Well 12 week plan. I used the NHS BMI healthy weight calculator to check my BMI and it came back as 25.64. This…
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Cancer
Read moreMum This post needs no other title than that of ‘Cancer’. No description or sub-heading is needed. Nothing more than that one word. That one upsetting, devasting word. Cancer When I was 12 years old, I remember my mum and dad sitting me and twin sister down. They wanted to talk to us about something.…
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C-section Aftercare: Is it all that it should be?
Read moreImage courtesy of arztsamui/freedigitialphotos.net A C-section is classed as a major operation and quite rightly so. During a C-section, the baby (or babies) is taken out through the mothers abdomen. Like any operation a C-section carries risks. Did you know that nearly 1 in 3 women have babies by C-section in this country compared to…
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Mary's Donor Egg Journey: Part 1
Read moreSat in a gloomy office in London, its grey outside and drizzling, the weather is matching my very melancholy mood today. So it’s probably a good day to reflect back on my TTC journey of the last 3 years. We initially went to our fantastic doctor, who referred us to the NHS sub-fertility unit in…