Filomena Kaguako
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Writer at Irish Times
📰 Freelance journo 🌸 Health + Family @irishtimes 🌸 Health & Living @independent_ie Contact 📧: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Filomena Kaguako
I survived a stroke at 26, but three years on I still suffer from post-stroke fatigueChristopher Webb eventually regained his speech and mobility after suffering a bleed on the brain in 2022, but there’s a little known side-effect that continues to have a major impact on his lifeChristopher Webb says he is grateful he is 99pc the person he was before suffering a stroke in 2022. Photo: Mark CondrenOne of the biggest misconceptions around strokes is that they mainly affect the elderly.
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1 month ago |
independent.ie | Filomena Kaguako
‘There was never a boyfriend I saw myself having kids with, so I did it on my own’ – a single mum’s IVF journeyWhen Meath woman Siobhan Cookson (35) was in various relationships, she never pictured a future with children. This changed when she became single, she tells Filomena KaguakoSiobhan Cookson with her 17-month-old daughter Summer at their home in Navan. Photo: Steve HumphreysI haven’t been in the healthiest of relationships.
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Mar 25, 2025 |
independent.ie | Filomena Kaguako
A lack of adequate support after the birth of her son in 2019 encouraged mother-of-two Roberta Hynes to take matters into her own hands and train to become a doula, providing the caring, empathetic pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum help she wished she’d had herself“I’ve had five miscarriages – one before my first, and four between our first and our second child.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
independent.ie | Filomena Kaguako
‘My newborn died before his due date – I wouldn’t have survived without my tribe of bereaved mothers’ Despite the support of close family and friends, Sarah McNicholas felt numb for along time after the loss of her baby boy – until she met other mums who could relate Sarah McNicholas who lost her son Jack when he was just a few months old, pictured at the Butterfly Garden in Swinford Co Mayo (Photo Conor McKeown) When loss strikes in a way that is impossible to grasp, the mental impact can be...
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Feb 27, 2025 |
independent.ie | Filomena Kaguako
Research shows that engaging in different forms of dance for a short time every day can boost our fitness levels. Here, writer Filomena Kaguako puts science to the testThe findings of a 2024 study authored by Dr Aston McCullough in the National Library of Medicine would incentivise anyone with an affinity for dancing to get their tappers out.
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