Thank you to all who entered our Moonpig competition! I know a lot of you have said how fab the site is, so don’t forget that you can buy from Moonpig all the year round by following links from Madmums. The question was Who are the Moonpiglet cards designed for? The answer is….Kids! (I accepted Children!) I’ve put all the names into my [...]
I had a note from my GP asking me to make an appointment to discuss medication, so thinking it was for an asthma review, I went along yesterday. It was actually for my PND. I finished the tablets in December and although to start with, I was a bit concerned that I wasn’t totally there, [...]
I’m about to take Ella for her pneumococcal vaccination and wondered if anyone can tell me what the side effects might be and what sort of timescales they take to appear? Although I have a leaflet which explains what the pneumococcal vaccination is, it doesn’t mention side effects like the one about the MMR did. [...]
Its competition time again! This month we’re giving one lucky Madmum the chance to win a
You may recall a little while ago we asked for members to volunteer to be mentors in certain areas of Pregnancy and Parenting. Well, after a lot of blood, sweat and tears (nearly) we are pleased to be able to launch the Madmums Buddy Scheme! Obviously, we have the forums on this site to use [...]
I’ve noticed since being on Madmums just what a ‘postcode lottery’ pregnancy care can be! So I was wondering what your care was like? Did you have a designated midwife? And if so did you see her regually? Did you have 2 scans or just one and did you get any emergancy/extra care you needed? [...]
Yesterday I went for my first course of Prolotherapy injections to help my SPD. Getting there is a nightmare in itself because the nearest place that does it is an hour away! But never mind. I couldnt eat all morning so I was starving and very nervous. Esspecially when my consultant told me I’d probably [...]
Accidents are a leading cause of illness and death in children. The government’s record on preventing accidental injuries to children is a “disgrace”, watchdogs have said. Two million children a year visit A&E because they have been hurt in an accident, the Audit Commission said. And not enough has been done to tackle the [...]
Hiya, As most of you know, I have been suffering from DSP (the ‘big daddy’ of SPD) from 8wks into my second pregnancy (I had SPD with my first) and about six months after the birth I had the ‘plating’ operation. The consultant did say that the procedure only carried a 50% success rate but [...]
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