Pregnancy update Tomorrow I will be ten weeks. I had a scan today and we have a heartbeat and a little dancing embryo.  Cue a huge sigh of relief.  I don’t think I’ll feel confident about this pregnancy until this little Pickle is actually born. Pipkin was also fine and dancing at ten weeks, but […]
As a relatively new meat-eater, offal and liver have never really been on my list. I’ve tried pate a few times but found it either extremely fatty or quite bitter tasting. I can’t even imagine trying liver and onions! Adding liver to my diet So in order to add some liver to my diet
I spent most of my life skipping breakfast. I’m not much of a morning person, and dragging myself out of bed, into the shower, and out the door in time for work was always a challenge. When I do eat immediately after waking, I often feel weighed down, like there’s a lump of stone in
In the interests of upping my intake of dark leafy greens I re-visited a dish I used to make all the time in New Zealand. Basically it is greens in a cheese sauce with a potato top. It is total comfort food for me – like a vegetarian shepherds pie – my Mum used
Given my normal eating style is very close to the Weston Price dietary guidelines anyway, last time I was pregnant I looked into the Weston Price Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers and it made sense to me. Because of my age I’m at higher risk for pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes, placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia
Unhelpful thoughts I feel like the Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head. Yes,Â