Real Talk, Real Bodies
Expert advice, honest stories and everything you need to know about pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and menopause.
It fills some women with dread and others with sheer excitement. Whichever way you view it, returning to work after maternity leave is a time fraught with challenges. There’s the quandary of retu...
In the days, weeks and months post-partum, it’s important to be kind to yourself, after all you’ve just given birth to a tiny human and that’s no mean feat! Self-care is not a dirty word. After nin...
If Carrie Bradshaw ever had children, you can bet she’d have pondered the question ‘How soon is too soon to have sex after childbirth’. If you’re left wondering the same, you’re not alone. Being in...
Life can take you in many directions, some expected, others not. Baby making is one of those unpredictable areas in life that can take you by surprise. While one in seven couples will face fertilit...
It’s 4am and for some unknown reason you’re wide awake. Never mind the fact that you have an important meeting, or need to get through the working day pretending that pregnancy hasn’t rendered you ...
We speak again to the lovely mum Kate Meakin from https://mrsmeaks.com/ for the second part of her series. Last time Kate shared a very honest and heartfelt account of her personal journey with IVF...
Caesarean sections are on the rise. In some parts of the world, they accounts for up to half of all births, while in the UK, one in four of us will give birth this way. Dealing with a newborn and y...
In those magical few moments, when your baby locks lips with your nipple for the first time and you lovingly look down at them, you start to wonder ‘ouch, that bloody hurts!' 😲 Yes lady, you’re not...
Pregnancy can do strange things to your body. Some women suddenly get very thirsty, others have cravings for pickles. Some can’t sleep, others can’t stay awake. Some feel very emotional, others fee...