Happy new year lovely people. How are you all? I’m going to be trying to make quite a few changes with Southwarkbelle this year. More on that in a bit but, at risk of being a new year cliche, I’ve also got a few personal changes to make. The first of those is shifting some… Continue reading Meal Plan Monday – Getting Started On Weight Watchers
Category: Health
Healthy Eating – We Need Honest Information Not Expensive Ingredients
I am currently breast feeding a small baby. Which means two things: 1: I spend a lot of time idly scrolling through Facebook. 2: I am constantly hungry. So I was very happy for the random algorithms at face face to offer me a recipe for a “Healthy” chocolate dessert. I am not one… Continue reading Healthy Eating – We Need Honest Information Not Expensive Ingredients
Choosing A Caesarean, And Having that Choice Refused.
I seem to write endlessly about caesareans on here, it was never my intention with this blog, but hey that’s the joy of having one’s own little online vanity project. Often I’m writing in response to news articles on the subject and almost always those talk about the terrible rise in C sections, how unecessary… Continue reading Choosing A Caesarean, And Having that Choice Refused.
Would Women Be 50% Better Off Not Getting Their Health Facts From Jamie Oliver?
Celebrity chef turned healthy eating campaigner, Jamie Oliver, has been telling us all about the wonders of breastfeeding – Queue backlash and counter backlash but has he got a point and do his stats stack up? Embed from Getty Images //embed.gettyimages.com/embed/543731511?et=hZcAOr2zSqhJ-yDTmFmThQ&viewMoreLink=on&sig=cfSDW1KCjhnIXndtJmZYKsmaCYVUJqwctG_uAb6nqMM= I wasn’t going to, I really wasn’t, but then, yeah, stuff it, it’s my… Continue reading Would Women Be 50% Better Off Not Getting Their Health Facts From Jamie Oliver?
The National Maternity Review – What Does Choice Mean?
The NHS National Maternity Review has called for women to have more choice and greater continuity in their maternity care – yet it was very quiet on some of the choices many women want or need. So what does choice really mean for pregnant women and will the options recommended in the review ever be… Continue reading The National Maternity Review – What Does Choice Mean?
The Microbiome: Seeding Some Questions
The current next big thing in health news seems to be the Microbiome. According to a growing number of reports it could be involved in everything from Schizophrenia to Obesity. So there has been speculation about where it comes from and if how a baby is born, either vaginally or by C section, could determine… Continue reading The Microbiome: Seeding Some Questions
Don’t Fear Sunday’s Child – A Look At Today’s Headlines On Weekend Births
If I was pregnant at the moment I suspect I’d find today’s headlines pretty scary. They report that giving birth at the weekend, something most women can not control or predict, puts babies lives at risk. It would be great if we could dismiss this as yet another case of media hype, a rouge press… Continue reading Don’t Fear Sunday’s Child – A Look At Today’s Headlines On Weekend Births
