Holly Syddall

“I can hardly even remember taking part in the initial SWS questionnaire when I was a young married woman who worked full-time and had no children. Since then I have had two sons, the oldest of whom is an ā€˜SWS babyā€™. Heā€™s not much of a baby anymore mind you, heā€™s just started secondary school! I remember that it was great to have his ultrasound scans carried out by the SWS team during my pregnancy and I remember the SWS nurse coming to visit us on the ward at Princess Anne hospital to measure him on the first day of his life! Since then weā€™ve taken part in several SWS follow-up studies, most recently the ten-year visit when he was fascinated to see his skeleton on the DXA scan print out! We are both looking forward to hearing from SWS for future follow-ups. Itā€™s great to have had detailed information collected about my son throughout his life and to know that it is part of a huge dataset that will help scientists to discover which lifestyles are best for childrenā€™s development and their health right through their lives!ā€