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    How I lost Weight After Giving Birth

    19th January 2021 / 0 Comments

    I feel it’s important that I start this post by making it clear that I never had the intention of losing weight quickly after having Theo. It just wasn’t on my agenda. I have spent so much of my adult life trying to slim down, and have tried everything from detox teas (which I strongly advise against), laxatives (so dangerous) and of course the traditional and ONLY safe and effective methods – healthy eating and regular exercise. But I’m human. I love chocolate and I certainly don’t want to spend every single second of my free time in the gym. So, like most women, my weight has fluctuated in a…

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    Lou Locket

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    When I was roughly 28 weeks pregnant, my midwife told me that whilst I should make a birth plan, it wasn’t often that what a woman hopes for comes to fruition. In my case, I wanted as natural a birth as possible and my biggest fear was a csection. I will be writing about Teddy’s birth in more depth soon, but for now I will say that my labour and his birth were nothing like I’d hoped. I desperately wanted a natural birth, specifically a water birth, if a pool had been available. Yet after almost 20 hours in labour and finally making it to the pushing stage, I ended…

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Hello, I’m Lou. I’m the proud mama of two beautiful little people, a national women’s magazine editor, commercial audience editor, multiple award-winning journalist, children’s book author and blogger. I have a very serious problem with book and houseplant hoarding, and have an addiction to tea.

For journalism queries, please visit: https://www.lucyvarley.com/

Thanks for visiting my happy little place!

 

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