This week we have another guest blogger, Eilish Saba who runs ‘The Baby Care Company’. Eilish has met many new mums who have been successful in their careers, but who became unstuck in those early weeks with their baby. Her mission is to make mums feel happy and confident in those first few months, giving pregnant women the knowledge, skills and wisdom to thrive. Today she talks to Natus Physiotherapy about feeding baby.  

 
Eilish, when should you feed a new baby?

The baby’s s...

This week we have a guest blogger, Emily Coyte. Emily graduated from the Unviersity of Bristol with a degree in Biochemistry and has a keen interest in the science behind vaccinations. Today, she talks about childhood vaccinations and the concerns some mothers have with immunisation.

Starting off life as a new mother is full of decisions. Which school do I plan to send him to? Am I feeding her the right amount of the right type of food? Should I vaccinate them?

A lot of people are concerned a...

Recommencing your sex life after having a baby can be a very apprehensive time.  Not only are you probably feeling tired, but there is the worry that things may be painful, or not feel like they use to ‘down there’ for you or your partner. The reality is that most of these concerns are unfounded. There are no hard and fast rules on how long you should wait following childbirth, although allowing time for some pelvic floor recovery after your baby is useful, and also dependant on what sort...

Last year a group of 5 friends and I were off on holiday. Sitting excitedly on the plane, I couldn’t help noticing my (usually) very composed friend wriggling in her seat, appearing very anxious and looking over her shoulder. 15 minutes later a ‘ping’ informed us the seat belt signs had come off, but before I could get up to see what was bothering my friend; she was off down the aisle of the plane, into the toilet. Upset stomach? Nerves? Nausea? No, it was a flare-up of cystitis.

Cyst...

With considerable focus on sports, health and fitness, especially in 2012 an interesting topic to briefly discuss is the ‘Female Athlete Triad’.

The ‘Female Athlete Triad’ is a recognised syndrome that has a predisposition to affect female athletes. It consists of three inter-related disorders; osteoporosis, disordered eating and menstrual disruption (Birch 2005). They link through not eating properly whilst over exercising. This can disrupt menstrual function and regularity, af...