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“All was fine until I started to have really bad cramps at around 5 weeks. Little did I know I was soon to experience a silent miscarriage …“ I was and am happily married for more than a year. We had been living together for a few years. We knew that we were ready for kids and so we both did all necessary check-ups, focused on living a healthy lifestyle, and also excluded unhealthy habits from our life. Then we decided we were ready to try for a baby. Prior to this time, I had a very stressful time at work, I was quite emotionalRead More…

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“Listen, but don’t be afraid to do something that you are passionate about just because it deviates from “the norm”. If you follow your internal compass, life has a funny way of working out” – Laura Paris Laura Paris recently collaborated with Break the Taboo and Young Progressive Beings to put together a collection of women’s abortion experiences called Dear Decision Makers in the hope of persuading policy makers to listen to women and create debate around Malta’s total abortion ban. Wham caught up with Laura Paris to find out what drives this ambitious young dynamic woman who works as a disease control specialist inRead More…

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“Many started showing signs of anxiety and depression. Here are seven ways to manage anxiety that you can easily start applying right away” We’ve been going through some strange times. Our lives came to a sudden halt and everything’s been turned upside down. We’ve been expected to adapt quickly, continue with our daily activities under new conditions, as well as take on roles we’re not used to having. Families with children were suddenly told to take on the role of a 24/7 carer and teacher without any outside support. It’s challenging because we’ve always been told it takes a village to raise a child. ThoseRead More…

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It has been 4 days since I’ve left a toxic, violent, abusive relationship with a narcissist I thought I would spend the rest of my life with, and I am struggling. The narcissistic damage I have experienced has been traumatic to say the least. I have a massive knot in my stomach because while my entire life has been ripped apart thanks to the narcissistic damage he inflicted on me, he keeps enjoying his life as though he is just fine, as though HE was the martyr in the relationship. He gets to keep his friends, the friends he vetted for me because they wouldRead More…

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“After being locked in for over three months I felt like I needed a total makeover. So I headed to Alfie’s and then to People and Skin …“ After being locked in for over three months I felt like I needed a total makeover. I wanted to feel refreshed and revitalised and “alive” again. I started with a visit to my regular hairdresser Bianca at Alfie’s. There I got myself a cut, colour and blow-dry. I also snuck in a quick consultation for a moisturizer with beautician and makeup artist Bianca’s sister Francesca Scerri Rizzo who is always so kind and helpful and never pushyRead More…

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“And right then I knew I was screwed! I had failed in calculating ovulation well. I realised the very next day that I had gotten pregnant!“ Time changes, circumstances change. There’s a time for trying to conceive, and a time to avoid pregnancy altogether. Just over a decade ago I was anxiously trying to conceive for the second time, but was finding it really hard to do so! Later on, half a decade later, I was desperate to not get pregnant. But life sometimes doesn’t present us with what we want…  I will be sharing my experience with you – the struggles, the messing-up, theRead More…

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Article written by Dr. Michele MONTANARO-GAUCI MD. MSc. FRCOG – Specialist Gynaecologist A variety of contraceptive options should be available and easily accessible to women (and men) of all ages in Malta. Everyone has a right to access effective contraception, as this allows them to stay healthy, to avoid unintended pregnancies and have a safe and satisfying sexual life. A visit to a contraception clinic will include advice, information and discussion to help choose a suitable contraceptive method from all the many options available. It also offers initiation of the chosen method and can provide subsequent follow-up consultations if necessary. Consultations could cover topics suchRead More…