Category Archives: health

Judge Me By My Bottle, Do You?

Recently in the online world there has been a hell of a lot of talk of breastfeeding. The usual “breast is best” type messages and one particularly nasty blog about how the writer automatically judges those who bottle feed “by … Continue reading

Posted in 2016, Anxiety, baby Eden, baby girl, breastfeeding, bressure, child, children, common sense, family, first baby, formula feeding, happy, health, healthy, Lgbt, SIDS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 76 Comments

Relaxed Sundays

Just a quick one today. Today was about relaxing for us. This morning we went to a local woods for the first time with Loki. We’ve been there many times with Misty and Gzimo, but this was Loki’s first time. … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, health, healthy, Loki, London, Misty, Walking | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

I’m VERY Bad At Waiting

Four days post ovulation over here. Yup. Just four days! This two week wait seems to be dragging like a biiiiitch. I think it’s because I ovulated early and therefore know we are in with a good chance this cycle. … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, 2ww, Clomid, cycle days, doctor, health, infertility, nausea, opk, symptom, symptom spotting, symptoms, ttc, two week wait | Tagged | 15 Comments

Spearmint Helps PCOS? Sign me up!

Today a friend on a forum posted some interesting research about the effects of spearmint tea on testosterone levels and therefore symptoms of PCOS. I don’t suffer too badly with PCOS symptoms – I would say most of them are … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, diet, fair trade, health, healthy, healthy snacks, herbal, organic, PCOS, spearmint, Tea, weightloss | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Getting Healthy For Baby… Or For Me?

Since we went over twelve cycles, I class Amy and I as “Long Term Trying To Conceive”. I was thinking back today to how we were when we first started trying for a baby, all the things that we thought … Continue reading

Posted in baby, future, health, weightloss | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment