Heaps of invaluable childcare advice has been handed down through the generations. But butter on a burn? Think again. Turns out there are some seriously outdated healthcare myths still doing the rounds when it comes to sick children. Below, some of the old wives’ tales we need to put to rest: Myth 1. Plunge feverish children in […]
In those early days with your baby, you can be strolling through the sunshine one minute, and crying into a pillow the next. ‘Emotional rollercoaster’ doesn’t even begin to explain it. And the creeping doubts that follow all of us mothers around definitely don’t make life any easier. If you’re having one of those days […]
Giving birth is a pretty big deal, so you want to make sure you’ve got the right people in the room to provide the emotional and physical support you need. Here are five people who make the best birth partners and why.
Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) rash is an itchy, uncomfortable rash that appears during the late stages of pregnancy (and keeps many a pregnant lady up at night!) What is PUPPP rash? PUPPP rash generally appears in the third trimester, developing in the stretch marks on a pregnant woman’s belly. It can also […]