My mum only had a runny nose that Sunday. She’d been at work, but as some of her colleagues had caught Covid-19 I told her she had to get a test. She and my dad went to the local test centre, and hers came back positive the next day. I told her to lay in bed
Mum Claire Taylor thought little of it when she caught herself on a car door and sustained a tiny cut to the corner of her left eye. But within 36 hours, the 47-year-old’s face had swollen dramatically and she had become delirious, drifting in and out of consciousness. The only other person at home with
A mum who has Crohn’s disease so severe that she became reliant on adult nappies has had surgery to remove several major digestive organs. Ashley Strickland, 34, was suddenly struck down by severe stomach pain in 2010, which tests showed was ulcerative colitis – a long-term condition where the bowel becomes inflamed. The network marketer
A mum has issued a warning after her son received horrific third-degree burns from hogweed – a parsley-like plant with thick bristly stems. Jayden Bird, nine, rubbed his leg against the weed, which is thriving thanks to lockdown. He was playing with his siblings while on a camping holiday with his family when he ran
If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety or sensory processing issues – or you know someone who has – you’ve probably heard people extolling the benefits of weighted blankets and pillows. Then you’ve likely eagerly searched online to get your own, only to discover those special weighted products tend to be pricey. One mum came up
Mayonnaise miracle! Couple who suffered three heartbreaking miscarriages and a failed course of IVF are expecting their second child after controversial jabs of egg yolk and oil Lucy, 32, and Craig Rose, 29, started to lose hope of raising their dream family Mrs Rose diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome after multiple heartbreaks Immune system was
A young mum’s candid snap of her post-baby body has gone viral – after it resonated with women everywhere. Emily Houlston, 19, became a mother to twin boys – Arthur and Finley – on Halloween 2017. Five months after their birth, Emily shared a photo of her caesarean scar to her Instagram page alongside a candid post, which
When’s the last time you called your mum? According to a new study, the more time you spend with your mum, the longer she will live. The study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found that there was a link between loneliness and functional decline which caused premature death in older people.
It’s never fun at the time, but it turns out having a mum with high expectations will make you more successful. What’s more – having a pushy parent also decreases your chances of falling pregnant as a teenager. The stats come from researchers at the University of Essex, who studied 15,500 girls aged between 13 and
Mother of four, Adrienne Osuna, showed off her 900g weight loss on Instagram 5 weeks ago but didn’t expect to get over 10,000 likes. Her side-by-side photos showed a loss of less than 1kg but she had completely transformed her body dropping 3 dress sizes. She captioned the post “I THANK GOD I didn’t let
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