The postpartum diaries: thyroid control

Welcome to part four of our postpartum diaries series. Part one focused on hair loss, part two on weak nails and part three looked at skin changes. Over the course of this series we will be looking at a range of issues that can affect women in the postpartum period. This period is normally talked about as […]

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Giving hair the WOW factor

We all have bad hair days, but when you are a mummy the time you have to fix the bad hair day is limited. You might have the option of pulling a hat over it, one that certainly serves it’s purpose. You could enlist the help of some dry shampoo, something I do regularly. What […]

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Language barriers and midwifery

Many of us will have travelled to a country where we didn’t speak the language. How was it for you? How did you feel? I speak reasonable french, basic Spanish and basic Japanese but when I went to Germany I hated it. I hated it because I couldn’t understand anyone and I couldn’t ask anything. […]

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Take five

What do you do when you have five minutes? I normally whizz around like a lunatic and try to cram in far too many things that you can realistically achieve in five minutes. I am always way too optimistic and set impossible goals. I don’t do sitting down in fear that I may just fall […]

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