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Support for Wellbeing, Awareness Week 2023
I was recently asked by a team of doctors in training: “What is one thing, you wish we as doctors could give?” And the truth is there isn’t just “one thing”. Babies with reflux don’t just have 1 thing. Families with reflux babies don’t need just 1 thing. I’m a Mum of 2 beautiful little girls. Both have a myriad of ‘things’. Ranging from laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia, obstructive apnoea, clefts, high arched palates…the list goes on. Naturally, their reflux has been more complicated than most, but that’s not uncommon for reflux babies. How could I possibly just ask “1 thing” Somehow, we got on the topic of babies being admitted to…
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Post Natal Depression: Bec’s Story. Awareness Week 2020
I sit in the comfortable leather chair, feet reclined, and try to count my blessings. A single salty tear runs down my cheek, and then another until my vision begins to blur. Through the baby monitor I can hear him crying again and I know that I must go to him. But I donāt want to. The tears begin to cascade down my face now, as I stand, trying to blink and compose myself. I grab some toilet paper and blow my nose, because we have run out of tissues. It feels scratchy but I donāt care. I go into his room and I pick him up, making gentle soothing…
