Last week I wrote about the food groups and one of those groups are legumes. I wonder though, how often we actually do eat beans? Other than adding baked beans with your meal, which is boring, what can we do to spice them up? I have a solution. I've renamed it Mixed Beans Vegetable Lunch. The … [Read more...]
Fertility and Reflexology
Reflexology stimulates points on the feet to balance and relax your body as well as treat a range of disorders. Fertility and reflexology can be linked together and provide a beneficial outcome: if you find a good therapist. I guess I should have learnt by now, but it appears that I haven't, if … [Read more...]
Banting and Fertility
There seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there on the health and safety of the Banting / Low carb high fat / Tim Noakes diet for fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding. As we embark on this meal plan, I am looking for answers as much as I am savouring the food. At the end of the day, I … [Read more...]
Fertile Food Thoughts
I have had this post in my mind for quite a while now. I have been thinking about the role food plays in fertility, and in preparation for a baby. Undoubtedly there is a connection between eating nutritious food and paving the way forward for conception. I just have had some serious doubts as to how … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook
It was about six months ago, in the depths of depression after a failed IUI, that I received the news that I had won Cindy Bailey’s "The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook". It became a ray of hope in an otherwise dark situation. I had something to plan for. I’m embarrassed to say that the CD sat there on … [Read more...]
Aromatherapy for Fertility
A few days before my fertility treatment, I booked myself for a massage. She used aromatherapy oils and I felt fantastic afterwards. She used Rosemary and Lavender. In any case, since that experience I have been thinking about the oils more and more. I was getting something in a bookstore and a … [Read more...]