pregnancy

We go to such great lengths to get our homes ready for baby, completing tasks like washing and folding baby clothes and cloth nappies, decorating the nursery, stocking the freezer with meals, installing safety latches on cupboards and safety gates on doors, that we tend to overlook one of the greatest hazards in the home, chemicals.

“Can you come and see me, pleeeease?”  Alison was sobbing down the phone. When I had seen her as an antenatal client she was strong, capable and pro-active about being prepared for becoming a mum. Now, she was vulnerable, teary and awash with post birth hormones. Being in hospital with ‘helpful’ people prodding her body was an experience…