Bits and Boobs

The start of a new year can bring a lot of pressure, especially if you’ve had a baby recently. Everywhere you look, there’s messaging about “getting back to your pre-baby body,” feeling like yourself again, or being endlessly grateful. While well-meaning, these messages can leave new parents feeling stressed, inadequate, or like they’re “failing” at recovery.  As a midwife, I want to bust some of the most common myths that can make postpartum life harder than it needs to be: 

Becoming a parent is magical, exhausting, exhilarating and, let’s be honest, completely overwhelming. As a midwives, we’ve seen countless parents navigate the first weeks and months after birth, and there’s one thing we know for sure: no one prepares you for the real postpartum experience.  Here are the truths that every new parent should hear straight from a midwife’s perspective. 

The conception of a new baby is nothing short of a miracle! The chance of a sperm fertilising an egg is crazily low (apparently only about 3% with a single act of unprotected intercourse), and yet every year in the UK almost 600,000 babies are born and approximately 825,000 conceptions.

An excellent way of improving your chances of conceiving is to take a good quality supplement for fertility that supports your overall health.

About 1 in 7 couples face issues with fertility, and in approximately 50% of cases, these are due to problems with male fertility.

Pregnancy is a great time to invest in your wellbeing and help your body to provide your growing baby with all the necessary nutrients. Eating a well-balanced diet with plenty of fresh food, fruit and veg (especially green, leafy veg) is the basis of a healthy pregnancy. Read on to learn what vitamins to take when pregnant.