Well, here we go with round 2 of our Christmas Madness on Madmums.com, and this time, you can win this gorgeous Christmas Teddy Bear! Massive thanks to Mum2Joshua and BHS in Bury for donating this fantastic prize! All you need to do to go into the draw for this bear is post [...]
Signs and Symptoms of Early Pregnancy Many women every day hope to discover they are pregnant. Many try for months, even years to conceive a child. There are many different signs that a woman may be pregnant. All the symptoms occur at different stages of pregnancy depending on the woman and some are fortunate enough [...]
Tonight I went to my local maternity in my newly appointed capacity as a “community mum”. Rhona and I have just gone through 8 weeks of training to become one, and what we do is help support women who want to breastfeed. It was lovely to see all those wee tiny babies (it fair makes [...]
To start our month of competition madness, here’s your chance to win some of our very own Madmums Merchandise! What more could you ask!! 1st Prize – ALL THIS! Madmums 2007 Calendar, featuring the artwork of our very own Lynie!, A Madmums Mug A Madmums Mousemat A Madmums fridge magnet A limited edition [...]
Reflux in babies and toddlers All three of my children had reflux, or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease to give it its proper title, in varying degrees. Basically, the sphincter at the top of the stomach is weak when babies are born, and sometimes it is not strong enough to hold the contents of the stomach in, [...]
Well the answers are in and our winner has been drawn so who is the lucky lady? Well, the question was – What materials are the Sloggi Little Hearts Shirt made from? and the answer is… Polyamide and Elastane. So well done if you got it right! There can be only one winner, and I’m delighted [...]
Early detection is key. Young women with ovarian cancer should not resign themselves to never being able to have children, a US study says. A Stanford University team found survival rates were significantly lower for the over-60s than those aged 30-60. Rates also remained relatively high among younger patients regardless of whether they [...]
Smoking may make the uterus unreceptive. Heavy smoking appears to cut the chances that an embryo will successfully imbed in the wall of the womb, research suggests. Fertility experts examined pregnancy rates in women who underwent a cycle of IVF using donated eggs. Researchers from Portugal and Spain, found 52.2% of light smokers became [...]
Its competition time again here on Madmums! This month, we have a truly fantastic prize to give away. Those generous people at NeedUndies.com are giving one lucky Madmum
Harrison (4) has always been boisterous and a little on the hyperactive side and we’ve always struggled with his behaviour to the point where we have had to get the GP involved. Anyway we took him to join a football club last week and he ended up picking a fight with two boys, who were [...]