IODINE DEFICIENCY It’s one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies in the women I see in clinic. Here’s a few cool facts about iodine: > The breast tissue is the major storage organ of iodine in the body. So if you have recently had a baby AND...
I’m feeling inspired to write a blog on birth since a few of my friends and pregnant patients have had beautiful water births lately! What does birth mean to you? To me, birth is truly a passageway of no return. You set yourself on a journey and there’s no...
Group B Strep (GBS) is a transient infection commonly tested for in the third trimester of pregnancy. As much as 1/5 of women who are pregnant are silent carriers of this bacteria. It is often asymptomatic (no symptoms shown). If a woman tests positive, and births her...
Gestational Diabetes is becoming more common in the pregnant Australian population, affecting between 5-10% of women. No one truly knows why it develops, but there are heaps of ways you can prevent it from happening to you. What is it? High blood glucose during...
