Why The Quit Smoking "Rules" Are Irrelevant

Too many rules create a big problem: failure. Quitting smoking is one of those situations where it's very easy to find yourself creating too many rules. You -must- set a date, get rid of everything to do with smoking the day before you quit, cram your calendar with activities that aren't smoking related and avoid caffeine, alcohol and any other situation that would make you crave a cigarette. Sound familiar?

Treating Vaginal Thrush With Yogurt

Super-cheap miracle treatment or old wives' tale?

Pregnancy and thrush, for me, go hand in hand. I got lucky with Goldilocks (either that or she just loved me a lot!) and didn't get it at all, but being pregnant with Little Bear more than made up for that - I had thrush almost constantly from the middle of the second trimester. The NHS must have kept Canesten afloat just from my own treatments!

This time when thrush began to plague me guilt led me down a different path. After all, if I can afford to treat an ailment myself (within reason) then isn't it only fair to give the NHS a break? After nearly fainting at the price of Canesten in my local Asda (£7+ for a pessary and cream I knew I'd end up buying several times by the end of this pregnancy 0_0) I decided to look up the less traditional method of using plain live yogurt as a treatment.

I was mortified when my mother informed me that I would most likely be putting the yogurt on my vulva and vagina - and found that the Internet did not give me the answer I was looking for.