Health professionals love to give advice about ‘healthy eating’… We see the phrase everywhere. But they rarely say what they mean by it! And often when you are given advice, it’s overly simplistic, patronising, or not culturally aware. So I was delighted to happen across this recipe book for diabetes in pregnancy. It’s called “Tasty
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Yesterday, I was extremely privileged to be invited to an event INSIDE Parliament! Mothers for Mothers were celebrating their 45th birthday and the launch of their report: This Is Our Truth: A Grassroots Call to Reimagine Perinatal Mental Health Care. You might remember the adverts on here for it, or even have taken part in
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I started the BigBirthas website for a number of reasons. One was because I wanted to give birth in the local Midwifery Led Units (MLUs) and was denied both times. I ended up having a home birth with my second, which was AMAZING, and I’d recommend the experience to anyone. But… …would I choose home
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I often speak about the importance of people with lived experience being involved in all stages of research. We shouldn’t just be research subjects – we should be integral at every stage of the process, including having input in the design, wording, imagery etc! So I’m delighted that Plymouth Uni have asked me to publicise
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