A birthday blog! A year seizure free!
Today I am 31, nothing special just another year older... but today also marks 1 year completely seizure free. I still can't get my head around it as it was only 2 years ago that I came to terms with...
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Riley loves the water ~ and now she can really swim!
So proud of Riley - this term she swam 5 metres indepently (actually she can manage a width which is 7 metres). She just loves the water and next term will get to play with flippers and snorkels. We...
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Epilepsy and Pregnancy makes The Sunday Mail
Taking medication during pregnancy is always worrying but for some of us we have no choice which is why it is so important we have all the facts so we can make informed decisions.I feel lucky that I...
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Benji's first Christmas and the end of 2015
Benji's first Christmas turned out to be pretty great. Riley really got Christmas this year and it was just so magical to watch her face light up with all the magic of Christmas. We are starting to...
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Hello 2016 and the running shoes are back on!
Tomorrow Benji will be three months old, he's sleeping pretty well (giving me a good 4 hour stretch most nights followed by 3 hours) so what better time to start running again than New Years day!...
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Epilepsy Blog Relay!
So I am taking part in this months Epilepsy Blog Relay, but what does that mean? Well here's a bit of information about it and how you can get involved.Living Well With Epilepsy’s Epilepsy Blog Relay...
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Adapting to life with two children!
I can't believe I haven't posted since January, that's how quickly life with two children is flying by. So I feel I need to give a bit of an update on what has been going on over the next few months,...
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We're off to the midwife of the year awards tomorrow
I nominated our epilepsy midwife Kim for the Emma's Diary women's midwife of the year awards and I am so thrilled that she won for our region and tomorrow we get to attend the awards ceremony to find...
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Epilepsy shone at the RCM awards this week
As the previous blog explained we nominated Kim Morley the epilepsy midwife who helped to give us such a positive birth experience with Benji for Emma's Diary Mum's Midwife of the Year. Well Tuesday...
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Care in a perfect world ~ Epilepsy Blog Relay
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 through March 31. Follow along and add comments to posts that inspire you! I 've been thinking long and hard about what to...
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Purple Day 2016 ~ Epilepsy fighters
Today is purple day and a great chance to raise some awareness about epilepsy and what living with it really means.Epilepsy is so much more than just seizures and it's impact is not just on the person...
View ArticleAll Wales Epilepsy and Pregnancy Symposium, Cardiff~ Wednesday 20th April 2016
This looks like a fantastic event for health professionals and will hopefully help build understanding of epilepsy and pregnancy and what extra care women with epilepsy need on their journey.I also...
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It's National Epilepsy Week ~ let's get talking about epilepsy
So this week is National Epilepsy Week and a survey by Epilepsy Action shows many people with epilepsy still fear discrimination and are worried about talking about their epilepsy.So I was thinking...
View ArticleSUDEP ~ the other side of the Epilim debate
So a few weeks ago I was invited along to share my story at the Epilepsy Action pregnancy symposium in Wales. It was an amazing opportunity for me and I feel my story really helped highlight the need...
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My 2017 London Marathon Challenge really begins!
With my place confirmed on the Epilepsy Action London Marathon team 2017 now seems to be a good time a step up both my training and fundraising as both are a huge challenge but one I am looking forward...
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Update on life!
I haven’t written anything for a while and yet so much has been happening, and I guess that is the point of this blog. It’s been a very busy few weeks, I have returned to work, Benji has started...
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Medication in pregnancy ~ does the guilt ever go?
When you are pregnant you want to do everything you can to protect your unborn baby. You watch what you eat and drink, giving up things you loved before just in case it impacts on the life you are...
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Auction of Promises ~ Saturday 29th October 2016
Next year I am running the Virgin London Marathon to raise money for Epilepsy Action who help support the 600,000 people in the UK living with epilepsy. They have helped me immensely over the last 12...
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Review ~ Empatica Embrace
Two years ago my husband bought me the empatica embrace watch as a Christmas present. It was a sort of crowdfunding scheme so it wasn’t as straight forward as buy the item and receive it in the post a...
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Running safety month and epilepsy
The clocks have turned back, the leaves are falling from the trees, it’s dark when I leave work and I’m scrapping the ice off the car in the morning… that can only mean one thing autumn most...
View ArticleThe big secret about potty training!
When a child turns two suddenly the word on every parents lips is potty training… if you think the pressure for your child to walk or talk first was intense… you have experienced nothing until you...
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Dear Keppra
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from November 1 through November 30, 2016. Follow along! When you were first mentioned to me many years ago a quick google revealed your...
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Happy Purple Day 2017 - Don't fear the purple!
Happy Purple Day to all my fellow wonderful epilepsy warriors. To celebrate purple day and help spread epilepsy awareness around the world a few of us have decided to reflect on our epilepsy journeys...
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Epilepsy 0 Me 1 ~ finding my confidence again
This post is part of the Epilepsy BlogRelay™ which will run from June 1 through June 30. Follow along and add comments to posts that inspire you!6 weeks ago I achieved a lifelong goal I thought I would...
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Anxiety, Mindfulness and Me
This blog was written for the Living Well With Epilepsy Blog Relay, November 2017. So I have been battling another one of my demons recently, anxiety... I have always been quite an anxious person,...
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