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

Chinese medicine has been used for many decades to treat every sort of ailment and disease and it has been a long time coming in taking off in the UK but now every High Street worth its salt has a Chinese medical practitioner and so they should.
I am a big fan of conventional medicine, as where would we be without it? All the diseases we have cures for now and all the medicines that still work so effectively against many ailments and of course we are an ageing population which is proof in itself that conventional medicine is doing something right. I am a true believer in medical advancement and I do not know a single soul who hasn’t benefited from it. So there. The obvious has been stated. However, it’s the less obvious that I’m interested in. The things that are slow on the uptake for whatever reason. Complementary medicine for one has been slow because conventional doctors are often scared of the unknown and stuck in their ways, not always, of course, but often and more importantly drug companies would prefer to do a roaring trade than to be usurped by a plain and simple needle! It’s the way of world. Commercialism and resistance to change. but change happens. One way or another it forces its way. As time goes on and human disease becomes more resistant to new medicines, as scientists discover new ways and means and push to be heard- regenerative medicine for example – something that I am a big fan of and stem cell treatments. They are the future, whether they come sooner or later, they will eventually take over.
Looking back in history to Chinese medicine we have found a treatment of the future. Now researchers have found it can also boost fertility if used in combination with fertility treatments. Dr Levi-Ari and his team in Tel Aviv University in Israel, a country at the forefront of fertility treatment, found that when combining fertility treatment (IUI) with Chinese acupuncture 65.5% of their test group conceived compared to 39.4% who did not have the acupuncture alongside.
The test group also received Chinese herbal medicine alongside the acupuncture. Acupuncture is also supposed to release endorphins and other helpful chemical substances which can balance the body and stimulate its own healing power. Continue Reading