I am very happy to share that I delivered my second child the other day, managing to have the water birth I’d hoped for after a long and complicated pregnancy, with a high risk label attached until two weeks before…
I am very happy to share that I delivered my second child the other day, managing to have the water birth I’d hoped for after a long and complicated pregnancy, with a high risk label attached until two weeks before…
Originally published on 23rd March 2016 Last updated on 23rd May 2022 Before and after photos of switching thyroid medication from something that wasn’t working to something that does, are powerful and say volumes. The most common ‘before and after…
I’ve been looking forward to sharing Dr Chatterjee’s books with you all as he’s not only a UK doctor but he also combines both conventional and lifestyle medicine in the way that I aim to in my thyroid advocacy work…
A ‘Thyroid Flare’, ‘Flare Up’, or ‘Hashimoto’s Flare’ is defined as a short period of time in which thyroid symptoms are more intense and ‘flared up’. Flares are usually triggered by stress, illness, overexertion etc. Flares can be experienced both…
As someone who has travelled a lot since having a thyroid condition, I am often asked what I do to prepare for the trip and make sure that I am able to enjoy it without hypothyroidism getting in the way. …
This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT (Armour) alone for my first pregnancy. I am on a combination of…
This is the first children’s book I have reviewed and it’s a rather special one. Written for children born with congenital hypothyroidism, it explains what it means to have this diagnosis.
Read the last blog in this series. There has been a reason why I waited several months before writing another general update blog – you may have seen in my announcement blog post the other week – I’m currently pregnant…
Get The Positive Thyroid Pregnancy Book: Your Essential Guide to Navigating Fertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum Wellness With Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s which covers my full two pregnancies with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s, on Levothyroxine and Armour Thyroid NDT and everything YOU need…
Do you remember the moment you realised or found out that you had a thyroid condition? I remember it well.