by MedicMum101 | Apr 19, 2021 | Health, Pregnancy and Birth
In some cultures, the practice of using postpartum abdominal binders or “belly wraps” has been around for centuries. Whether it is a scarf wrapped around the tummy or a more specific post-surgical binder, many women use one hoping that it will be of benefit – but do...
by MedicMum101 | Apr 5, 2021 | Health, Pregnancy and Birth
C-section recovery will vary from one person to the next and from C-section to C-section, for those of us who have had more than one (!). Recovery from an emergency C-section may be longer than if it were a planned C-section, and this is certainly true of my own...
by MedicMum101 | Mar 19, 2021 | Health, Pregnancy and Birth
I have to admit that as a paediatrician attending deliveries, I was a bit apprehensive about giving birth. That probably wasn’t helped by the fact that I was working on a NICU during the last trimester of my first pregnancy. The nature of my job meant that I was...
by MedicMum101 | Mar 2, 2021 | Health
I was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2014 after years of symptoms. I had severe period pains since I was a child and had been given a diagnosis of primary dysmenorrhoea which basically means period pains that are not the result of an underlying medical condition. In...
by MedicMum101 | Feb 12, 2021 | Health, Parenting
It wasn’t easy going dairy-free when my first son was diagnosed with CMPA. The options back then were far more limited than they are now and I was surprised at the number of times I was accidentally given dairy whilst trying to remain dairy-free. In one...
by MedicMum101 | Feb 3, 2021 | Health, Parenting, Wellness
Children’s Mental Health Week It’s Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme is Express Yourself. I wrote a short post on my Instagram previously, titled The Children Of The Pandemic, describing my son’s disappointment when he found out that his planned trip...
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