Category: SCIENCE

• May 8, 2020

  How I avoided stretch marks with pregnancy and got rid of old stretch marks too!

  

  I always thought this was a myth, and that it was impossible to avoid stretch marks or to get rid of stretch marks. My back is actually covered in stretch marks from when I used to be a professional ice skater, and my legs were, too, from all the stretching. But my tummy? No stretch […]
• April 18, 2020

  I had a maternal request elective C-section for tokophobia

  I’ve just posted this somewhere else but I wanted to mention it here too because I think there’s too much stigma surrounding Tokophobia (fear of childbirth) and maybe it will help someone else:   I have always had tokophobia and it put me off wanting children for years because I was so scared of childbirth. […]
• April 15, 2020

  Applying for Midwifery Science and Dietetics

  

  So I’m still thinking on this, but it’s something that I’ve been wondering about for a long time. Being a midwife over here isn’t the same as being one in America. Over here you’re part-obstetrician and part-obstetric nurse (we don’t have ob nurses over here at all, just midwives). In Northern Ireland, midwives do all […]
• April 13, 2020

  Look at this baby with Covid-19. Still want to travel?

  

  I honestly don’t know how anyone can look at this tiny 6-month-old baby in hospital, on a ventilator that’s too big for her so had to be taped over at the top, fighting to survive, and how, after seeing her, they can still contemplate making unnecessary journeys for stupid reasons. Her name is Erin Bates. […]
• April 8, 2020

  Changing things up

  So I got up at 10am this morning, which was an achievement. The flipside is, my eyes have been trying to close since about 11:30am. Baby Jellyfish is teething again, we found out last night. He already has his front lower two teeth, which came through at once. The dentist told me his top two […]
• March 27, 2020

  Joining the Front Line

  Yesterday, I ventured outside for the first time since the lockdown began. At first it felt like when you’re a child doing something naughty. I was heading to the doctor’s surgery to collect my prescription scripts and then going to the pharmacy to get them filled, but it still felt like I shouldn’t be out […]
• April 20, 2018

  Eat beautiful: food ideas and review

  Okay, so I got this book called Eat Beautiful by legendary makeup artist Wendy Rowe and it was packed full of tips on which foods are good for you and will nourish your skin from the inside. Spoiler alert: It’s totally awesome, BUT they’re mostly expensive and some of them are obscure and hard to […]
• January 28, 2016

  No-One Wants To Know The Real Truth About Parabens

  Parabens. It’s seen as a dirty word amongst the “natural beauty” movement and the “mainstream” cosmetics industry is trying its best to ignore it, right? Because of parabens, many people are spending more money than ever on cosmetics and personal care products to avoid those scary-sounding paraben ingredients. Today I want to step (mostly) aside […]
• January 18, 2016

  Ten ACTUAL uses of coconut oil as tested by me.

  Ten ACTUAL uses of coconut oil, as tested by me. After seeing a lot of articles about 101 uses of coconut oil (or more) I decided to write a list of what I’ve used coconut oil for. All of the things I mention here are things I’ve actually used coconut oil for, because there’s a […]
• January 7, 2016

  Can a whitening toothpaste really whiten your teeth?

  After being ill for so long, my teeth were in serious need of some whitening. Lack of nutrients coupled with vomiting millions of times a day means I look and feel like a train wreck at the moment (actually I’ve visually improved a lot over the last fortnight but I’m still not my usual self), […]