May 22, 2013

Have You Taken Your (Pregnancy) Vitamins?

Image of pregnant woman touching her belly with hands

    That’s right, there are now nutritional supplements available that are specially formulated to assist with conception and pregnancy. Approximately one in six couples who want to get pregnant and try to optimise their chances are not finding success. Many of them will eventually be declared unable to reproduce. They probably won’t talk about [...]

Special Gifts for a Baby Shower

Baby shower

    A good old fashioned baby shower is fun to have before the little one arrives. If you’re the mum-to-be you can organise the party yourself, or better still, get someone close to you to arrange everything. Picking a theme can be hard because there are so many good ones. You could have cute [...]

‘GBS almost killed my baby’ – A mother’s story

bellegbs Group B Strep baby photo Charlotte

    Charlotte was over the moon when her premature daughter, Isabelle, was discharged from hospital and allowed to go home.  It wasn’t long until she noticed that Belle was showing signs of illness.  Charlotte tells her heart-wrenching story of watching her daughter fight for her life – a terrifying experience that would have been [...]

Pregnant? Why you should know about and be tested for GBS

Image of pregnant woman touching her belly with hands

    February is International Prenatal Infection Awareness Month, the aim is to help women who are pregnant prevent infection and keep their unborn baby safe and health.  If you are pregnant or know someone who is pregnant, you should know about group B Streptococcus (GBS or group B Strep). Group B Streptococcus is a [...]

Sullivan Baby 12 is here! Introducing Isobel…

Sullivan family baby 12 introducing Isobel

    Well, here she is! Isobel Maria Sullivan, born on November 21st 2012 at 13:47 and weighing 8lbs 8oz arrived a little earlier than expected last week. Last Monday I posted what I thought would be our last pregnancy diary update until Baby 12′s scheduled delivery on the Thursday.  I mentioned that I had [...]

Cute baby feet

Newborn baby feet

    We’ve taken a couple of days to settle in and snuggle down with our new baby. To thank you for your patience, here is a pair of cute little baby feet to marvel over. The rest will be unveiled tomorrow. Be warned. It’s going to be photo-heavy! See you tomorrow! Blog this! Bookmark on [...]