Category: Health

Your first cervical smear screening at the age of 25 can be an incredible daunting thing. I was suffering from a severe anxiety disorder at the time of mine, so adequate preparation to keep my nerves in check was crucial …

I can’t look at myself in the mirror anymore. There was a time when I would spend minutes to hours staring at myself, pinching my skin, wrapping my fingers around my thighs and praying they could still meet in the …

Social media. It virtually rules some (inevitable) aspect of the modern woman’s life. It is seemingly inescapable. As a millennial woman myself, I have thought about how social media affects my mental health on a daily basis. Well, maybe a …

I have seen you lost it all. I have seen you confused in the brightest of days and how you wouldn’t ask anyone for the right way. I have seen you lost your petals, how those are blown away by …

If you enjoyed writing a diary while you were younger, to collect and capture all of your memories of wonderful experiences or simply mediocre things, you need to know that if you kept said diary, it would make a great …

About six weeks into my pregnancy, I started experiencing morning sickness.  Which is normal in pregnancy, obviously. I was throwing up a few times a day, and felt nauseous pretty much all day long.  I just thought that that was …

After pregnancy you expect to be living in this wonderful bubble where you just dote on your little bundle of joy and feel complete. You half expect to be surrounded by butterflies and singing birds and for rainbows to appear …

My story begins many years before it ever came into fruition, I had shit periods, I asked many a medical person to help me understand why this was the case which was met with mumbled answers of “it’s just the …

After 9 months of sweat, blood and tears (metaphorically speaking), I’m delighted to announce the birth of my daughter. She’s the most beautiful creature in the whole wide world and I feel like I’ve learnt the true meaning of love. …