The Highlight Issue 12 'Brighter Days Ahead'

- although I was showing no signs of it – and the results came back okay.” The term ‘geriatric’ is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as ‘an old person who is receiving special care’ and sometimes used to describe a woman who falls pregnant after 35 – one that irks Lucy: “I think it is horrendous. Does that mean a woman has a geriatric womb?!” she exclaims. “I did a poll on Instagram and 58 per cent of respondents admitted to being called a ‘geriatric mum’ when pregnant. Part of my message is to try to stop this term – it isn’t helpful, and actually makes women feel like they are doing something wrong.” Before Lucy announced her last pregnancy, she admits that fear of being judged because of her age played in the back of her mind: “I had a really mixed “I was put under consultant care because I was of ‘advanced maternal age’” So Divine Sensual Kegel Balls Training Set £29.99 MYVITAMI NS Hormone Ba lance Capsules 60 PCS / £10.99 MOT HER & BABY