As many of you should know by now, we are affiliated with Tommy’s, a charity which aims to end the heartache caused by premature birth, miscarriage and stillbirth. It has come to our attention that Tommy’s are having a couple of events soon and we thought we would let you know, so you can sign up […]

Guest post via Tommy’s Charity,  who are Amoralia‘s charity of choice, for #WorldPrematurityDay With thanks to Kylie Hodges (@kykaree) who is a keen supporter of Tommy’s and mother of Joseph who was born at 27 weeks. “You sit in the waiting room of your antenatal clinic like every other expectant mother. You look around the […]

UNICEF report reveals the cost of failing to support women to breastfeed New research by UNICEF has revealed the staggering cost, to women, to babies and to the NHS, of not supporting women who want to breastfeed. I was asked to be among the first to share these findings over on my blog Alexander Residence and […]

Ally Atkins, tells Amoralia.com about the event of the year at Milton Keynes Centre. Annabel Karmel, the leading expert and best-selling author on baby food & nutrition (as seen on CiTV) will be VIP guest at the UK’s Biggest Ultimate Baby Shower in support of ‘Little Lives‘ – MK Hospital’s Neo-Natal Unit. The Baby Shower […]

We just finished our NCT antenatal course last Saturday, and the Bean-maker and I were both really impressed at how good it was.  We thought it might be a bit ‘knit your own placenta’ (our teacher’s own words!) but it was informative, non-judgmental, practical, funny and really useful. And of course we met some really […]

It’s Remembrance Day, so all of us here at Amoralia are wearing our poppies.  No they’re not the gold plated ones which fetched £175 last week off  Ebay, but our own small token of thanks to the soldiers, past and present, who have served our country. With more than one thousand British troops wounded in […]

    All through October it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in British women under 35. Each year, 46,000 people are diagnosed, 300 of which are men and this, sadly, is on the increase. However, thanks to scientific research and greater awareness leading to earlier detection, survival rates […]

Today is Jeans for Genes Day, so all of us here at Amoralia HQ have donned our denim and donated to this fab charity. Now in its 15th year, the charity has raised a staggering £35 million! Genetic disorders are rare, but with more than 4,500 disorders currently recognised, 1 in 25 children born in […]

We were contacted this week by  a lovely lady called Michelle. In March this year her baby, Isabella, was stillborn. She’s since been receiving support from SANDs a national charity that does invaluable work to support families that have suffered such terrible losses. Michelle is now trying to give something back so they can keep up […]

All my pregnant friends have loved their NCT antenantal course. They’ve worried beforehand – will the other women be smug? and the leader Earth Mothery? or just plain weird? – but have ended up with a fab new set of understanding, supportive friends who are “just like me”. And they also happened to learn loads […]