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Oct 14
3 min

Working hard or hardly working?

Some women stop working at 26 weeks, some at full term, some at 36 weeks. The bottom line is all these times are legitimate.

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Prenatal anxiety and depression: continued (literally).

amyvreeke

Sep 21
3 min

Prenatal anxiety and depression: continued (literally).

The way pregnant women are portrayed is either ‘look at this beautiful, glowing, ecstatic woman’ or ‘look at this terrible mother.'

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amyvreeke

Sep 3
3 min

Count your eggs.

‘So, when do you think you’ll have your second?’ EH?

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amyvreeke

Aug 18
3 min

Sex, sparks and stretch marks.

There's pressure on women to be constantly sexy and ‘up for it.’ I thought I might get a break from that for a few months, but no such luck.

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amyvreeke

Jul 30
3 min

Eating for two.

I’m taking my vitamins, I’m not getting pissed, I’m not even having hot baths, so I am having a jumbo sausage roll as an afternoon snack.

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amyvreeke

Jul 17
3 min

Prenatal anxiety and depression

I’ve not chosen a snappy title for this blog because before I spoke to my midwife, I'd never seen the term pre-natal anxiety and depression.

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amyvreeke

Jun 29
2 min

Don't call me MAMA.

You do not have to remove your personality to fit a baby inside you.

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amyvreeke

Jun 15
3 min

When does the glowing start?

As many of you may know, I suffer from endometriosis, the leading cause of infertility in the UK, so when I took a pregnancy test two mon...

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amyvreeke

May 29
3 min

Chronic Lockdown

This uncertainty is a constant in the life of people living with unpredictable chronic illness.

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