Jenna Farmer

Hi all! Wow-doesn't time fly! It doesn't seem like five minutes since I was writing my first-trimester diary and now I am sitting down to write my 3rd trimester! However, it...

I've been having a lot of conversations with doctors recently and receiving many of those 'follow-up' letters through the post. I'm not sure if it's just an NHS thing but...

A few weeks ago, I shared my journey of navigating the tricky first trimester of pregnancy with IBD. Now I've managed to nudge my way into the second trimester, I...

We've all heard about being low in iron and perhaps B12, but actually, there are many more potential deficiencies at play with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. I've already blogged about my...

Is there ever a right time to have a baby? In honesty, probably not. For regular folk, trying to conceive is stressful enough, but add IBD into the mix and...

When it comes to describing our IBD symptoms, we tend to talk about our bowel habits a lot of the time. That's all well and good, but there are many...

Recently, I wrote about how beneficial being my own boss is for me and, by extension, my illness. Since leaving full-time employment as a teacher and transitioning to self-employed as a...

I am almost six months into my Humira journey now-and I thought I'd spend some time today sharing the things I wish I'd known before starting it. Beginning any biological...

It's time once again to reflect on the year gone by and set intentions for the one ahead. When it comes to new year's resolutions, many of us tend to...

If you're a fan of youtube or reading blogs then you might see 'morning routines' shared time and time again. Whether it's a spot of morning yoga or croissants on...

Way back in August, I blogged about my experiences of a Humira hangover. I shared how drowsy, foggy and fatigued I felt after my loading doses. Today, I thought it was...

Nausea. Constant toilet trips. No appetite. Gnawing stomach. There are many reasons why some days it just seems easier to avoid eating altogether. But we all know it is important...

There's no denying that pregnancy and looming motherhood is the most amazing thing in the world. But IBD and the first trimester may not always go hand in hand. As...

Am I the only one who's a bit of a phone addict? Perhaps it's the fact that so much of our support for the illness can be accessed on our...

Before I begin today's post, it's important to say that this post is a personal diary of my food choices and not in any way designed to be a model...

Not long ago, I shared my top tips for living with a fistula. This is still an area of IBD that is rarely written about. I wanted to shine the...

When I was first diagnosed with Crohn's disease, I never really thought of anything beyond my digestive symptoms. And, naively, that they would soon be resolved now I had a...

One of the most popular articles I've written for inflammatoryboweldisease.net is '5 Ways My Dogs Help Me Through an IBD Flare.' It got such a fantastic response from everybody that...

Usually, my posts on here are brimming with positivity-but today as I type, I can't help feeling despondent (indulge me please; I promise the next post will be more uplifting!)...

Mental health is something we're talking a lot about at the moment. Thankfully, we've come some way in banishing the stigma around mental health conditions and have begun to recognize...