Running a bit late with the post – too busy celebrating our 5th anniversary on March 6th.
Wow…. a lot has changed in that time, I wont bore you with the details suffice to say, as well as more grey hair, more children, staff, premises etc etc it has all been good.
Here’s to the next 5 years! Cheers!
You might have thought the dodo was extinct – oh no…. MumStuff have just added the fantastic and somewhat quirky Dodo – Book of the Big Bump Organiser to our range.
Taking a rather light view of pregnancy, but with the serious business of organising being its main feature, the Dodo – Book of the Big Bump is the ultimate gift for the pregnant gal who really thing she has everything. Full of useful (no really they are) sections and pockets and bits and bobs this is just perfect if you’re an organising and stationery nut like me.
Buy one today – before they’re extinct….. sorry… not funny….
MumStuff is proud to be supporting this year’s Sports Relief celebrity special ‘Bumps & Babies’ Mile starring Denise Van Outen, Natasha Kaplinsky, Carly Zucker, Kim Metcalfe (EastEnders), Olympian Gail Emms to name a few.
Having seen the lovely stuff at MumStuff, the Sports Relief team asked us to donate a gift for the celebrity mums completing the mile and raising money for this fabulous charity. We thought our beautiful Heart Shaped Mexican Bola Pendant would just be perfect.
Find out more about Sports Relief…
Denise Van Outen (c) Sports Relief
Finally, we are delighted to announce that we’ve moved to a new unit at the fabulous location of Pury Hill Business Park, Northamptonshire.
Set in gorgeous countryside not far from Towcester, our new home – The Maternity Unit – is going to be an exciting new venture for us. Lots more space to give you even more MumStuff…
We’ve got lots of innovative new ideas – so watch this space!
‘Don’t stop using contraception just because you’re over forty’ was the message from the Family Planning Association. In a campaign launched today called ‘Conceivable‘ women over 35 were being warned not to assume that as there has been so much talk of infertility in later life that they’re unlikely to get pregnant.
Did you know that in 2008 the abortion rate for women aged 40-44 was the same as for girls under 16?
Women aged 30 to 34 continue to have the highest fertility rate – 113.1 live births per 1,000 women. But the rate among women aged 40 and over has more than doubled since 1988, from 5.1 to 12.6 per 1,000 women, and there were more than 26,000 live births to women in this age group in 2008, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
According to Emily James of Marie Stopes International said: “Many older women facing an unplanned pregnancy are completely shocked to find themselves in this position – many assume that their irregular periods are due to menopause, and are surprised to learn that they are in fact pregnant.
“It is vital that women of all ages are provided with the information, support and advice they need when deciding whether or not to continue with an unplanned pregnancy.”
According to researchers in the British Journal of Psychiatry Pregnancy Brain is all a myth. Although, ask any pregnant lady who has spent nine months putting bowls in the fridge instead of the dishwasher or dropped plates galore and they will tell you otherwise!
Anyway, according to this research absentmindedness might be adaptive and caused by us shifting out attentions to the baby rather than being a ‘cognitive deficit’.
I suppose the reassuring element from this study is that we don’t actually lose our memory when we’re pregnant, it is just otherwise engaged. However, best not to tell your partner as preggy brain is always a great excuse for ‘forgetting’ to do the ironing 
We know it’s not always easy to find the perfect Valentine’s gift and having a pregnant partner only makes it harder! So here at MumStuff, we’ve put together a fabulous selection of our favourite goodies in one of gorgeous, slinky gift boxes to making giving just that bit easier!
Our Bump Love Large Gift Box contains, well, I’ll tell you what – why not have a look for yourself! A scrumptious, romantic treat for the bump (and lady) in your life at a very reasonable £38.95.
PS Customer’s have told us that this image doesn’t do the huge size of the gift box justice – it really is big!
OK, so we’re a bit late but it has been rather busy here at MumStuff Towers!
We hope you have a happy, healthy and fun 2010! We have lots going on here and we’ll be updating you with all our news as it happens!
The BBC ran an interesting article today on its website questioning whether or not it was beneficial to have a doula present during labour and birth. (A doula is a non-medically trained women, usually with her own children, who acts as a birthing assistant). Some medical professionals have doubted the effectiveness of having a non-medical person present who (may) interfere with medical procedures that are in the best interest of the mum to be.
It is an interesting debate, as are doulas are currently unregulated, and it has been argued that they play on women’s fears about intervention in childbirth and offer themselves as an alternative. Other argue that they play an invaluable role in supporting mum to be and that is something that some women are happy to pay for.
What do you think?
This week’s special offer for all festive bargain hunters has to be our beautiful solid silver double sided ‘Soon to be…’ Mummy tag. Reduced from £19.95 to £15.95 – grab youself an exclusive ‘tag of style’ say Practical Parenting Magazine.
We wanted to create a piece of jewellery that would be a perfect gift for mum to be to celebrate her pregnancy but also one that she would be able to wear and treasure forever. Our exclusive design allows you to wear the tag on the ‘Soon to be.. ‘ side during your pregnancy and once you’re a proud mummy flip it over and wear it on the ‘Mummy’ side! Perfect!
