Know Your Numbers – blood pressure!
High blood pressure has no symptoms – that’s why it’s called the silent killer, so the only way to know if you are at risk from a stroke or heart disease is to have a blood pressure check. Know Your [...]
Group B Strep Awareness Month
July is Group B Strep Awareness Month and national charity Group B Strep Support is urging new and expectant parents to find out more about group B Strep. Group B Strep is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in [...]
World Lupus Day – Lupus and pregnancy
Lupus is a disease where the immune system becomes over-active. It is a chronic disease which affects one or many tissues of the body; skin, joints, muscles, blood vessels, blood cells, brain and nerves etc. Inflammatory and immune responses account [...]
Sun Awareness Week 2017
Every year when Sun Awareness Week arrives it reminds us to be careful with our skin and to cream up... but every May often still has chilly winds and the thought of baring any skin is not appealing. However, it [...]
Depression will be the focus of World Health Day
During pregnancy you often hear the advice to manage your breathing, especially during labour. But generally good breathing can also help reduce anxiety and depression. World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the [...]
Child Safety Week – Safe children: sharing is caring
This year’s theme for Child Safety week is Safe children: sharing is caring. We all have a part to play when it comes to keeping our children safe, and nothing has more impact than the voice of experience; whether it’s [...]
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
February is 'International prenatal infection prevention' month. The aim is to raise awareness of prenatal infections, such as group B Strep, which is the UK’s most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies and of meningitis in babies up [...]
Kicks Count – Love Your Bump!
From 1-14 February the charity Kicks Count are on a mission to raise as much awareness as they can for pregnant women to understand their babies movements. As love is in the air during February, and as the lead up [...]
What’s in a hug? – National Hugging Day
Every day our own world might need a good hug, and with research revealing that we simply aren’t getting enough hugs, or hugging long enough to get all the benefits. What's in a hug? Hugs release oxytocin – a chemical which [...]
Have you got a portable carbon monoxide alarm?
Why would you need a portable carbon monoxide alarm? Well, why indeed... Dark nights = snuggly warm fires, as you sit and plan your escape. As Christmas songs begin to take over the radio, and you are turning to packing [...]