Pregnant? – Win a stem cell collection and storage package with the UK’s largest Stem Cell Bank worth over £2000

Stem cells are fast becoming the future of medicine, a way to fight disease and to repair damage in the human body. I’ve believed in their potential for a long time and have stem cells from umbilical cord blood of my eldest already stored, a no-brainer for me. In fact, it’s an insurance policy for both him and his brother and to a lesser extent, even myself and my husband. By storing stem cells from cord blood, you are giving your family the possibility of fighting future disease. Continue Reading

There is a specialist in the UK that many celebs turn to for fertility, pregnancy and beyond and her name is Zita West. A practicing midwife, acupuncturist and nutritional advisor, she has helped countless women and couples who have had little success elsewhere to conceive naturally and has coached many more through IVF or assisted fertility on to healthy pregnancies. She uses both mainstream and alternative techniques, to get the best outcomes. Continue Reading

There’s been a lot of talk recently about pregnancy scans. I’ve taken a keen interest because as you might already know, I’m pregnant. At forty-two, due to give birth at forty-three with two miscarriages behind me, you can imagine that I’m more anxious than most. Continue Reading

Are you pregnant? Or perhaps like me, pregnant and ‘older’. I’m going to be forty-three when I give birth to my second child and I’m not in the minority any longer. Women are leaving it later, rightly or wrongly, to start a family. Really, anyone over thirty-five is getting on a bit. You might not feel it and everyone is different, but fertility starts to wane much earlier than you’d think. I don’t want to scare you, most older women go on to have healthy babies but be aware, we aren’t as fertile as we think as we age! Continue Reading