Monthly Archives: July 2011

Pregnancy Week 8

July 30, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Letters to Squidgy, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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(Week 10, by LMP) Hello Squidgy, After taking those pills all last weekend, I decided not to take them during the week, since I don’t know what they’re doing to you in there. By 11am on Monday morning, I had vomited 7 times, and all I could taste was bile. My stomach was hurting; I… more

Green To Grow Review

July 25, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products, Reviews
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I suppose because I’ve always breastfed Ameli, and known that if we’re ‘caught out’ somewhere without food, she has milk on tap, I’ve never been very good at planning and preparing snacks and drinks and carrying them with us. I find it a little embarrassing, sometimes, when we’re at a play centre or something and… more

Pregnancy Week 7

July 23, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Letters to Squidgy, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Dear Squidgy I’m a bit apprehensive of writing this letter today. Thing is, I don’t want you to carry any guilt, or any negative feelings about your conception or pregnancy, so it would be easier not to tell you how I’m doing right now.  The truth of the matter, however, is that your sister, and… more

Baby Mule Changing Bag Competition

July 18, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products, Reviews, Top Picks
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While going out these days usually entails just a change of nappies in a handbag or in the Smart Trike carry bag, I have really enjoyed trialling a couple of nappy bags we’ve been sent recently. My first thought on the Babymule changing bag was that it was too big for our purposes until I… more

Baby Sensory Nappy Balm Competition

July 18, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products, Reviews
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Regular readers will know I’m always on the lookout for natural, ethical and nice products to use on my daughter Ameli’s very sensitive skin.  We were sent a tub of Nappy Balm from Baby Sensory to try out, so here are our thoughts. more

Pregnancy Week 6 – All Stations Go

July 16, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Letters to Squidgy, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Hi Squidgy, Well, we ‘ve had some week, haven’t we? No sooner did I finish writing your letter last week saying thanks for the no sickness, than guess what? I had to do a runner for the toilet. It didn’t stop either and by Thursday I was vomiting bits of blood in the bile. I… more

Friday Favourites – Attached Mummy

July 15, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Friday Features
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I have written a bit about Hyperemesis Gravidarum this week, because, well, I’m living it right now. Apart from one commenter who ventured ‘everyone has morning sickness, just get plenty of rest’ before linking me to a spam site, everyone has been so supportive and I’m so grateful for that. more

Mourning Pregnancy

July 14, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pregnancy
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I spent a bit of time today surfing the ol’ world wide web, just catching up on reading that I’ve not been able to do for a few days due to extreme sickness, and read an article on actress Kate Hudson who had a successful VBAC this weekend. While that’s fantastic news, it was her… more

Pic Of The Week – Week 27

July 13, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pic Of The Week, Projects
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We had a beautiful day here last week (yes, they’re rare) so we went to a local “pick your own” farm to pick some fruit. more

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

July 12, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pregnancy
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Hyperemesis Gravidarum. No, I’m not swearing at you but if those are words you are familiar with, I won’t be surprised if you just flinched. Hyperemesis is Greek for “excessive vomiting’ and Gravida Latin for “pregnant” means just that: excessive vomiting in pregnancy. more


Hyperemesis Gravidarum. No, I’m not swearing at you but if those are words you are familiar with, I won’t be surprised if you just flinched.

Hyperemesis is Greek for “excessive vomiting’ and Gravida Latin for “pregnant” means just that: excessive vomiting in pregnancy.
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