Jack had made a garbled phone call to my Mum to let her know what had happened. It was about 11pm and he could hear Thea very much awake and playing in the background. She had woken up when my Mum arrived and hadn’t re-settled on realising Mummy wasn’t there. It’s always me who comforts […]
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Birth Story – Part 1
Our second pregnancy wasn’t planned, but a lovely surprise and a welcome blessing, nonetheless. After the initial 12 weeks of feeling incredibly tired, sick & depressed, all whilst enduring a mammoth sleep regression from Thea and her month-long ear infection to boot, it was pretty much textbook. I knew I didn’t want more than 2 […]
How #MummaMakesItWork
I was adamant throughout my pregnancy that I would continue to live as close to my ‘normal’, ‘pre-pregnancy’ life as possible once the baby arrived. That I would not get ‘lost’ in Motherhood and become detached from the traits of my personality and the characteristics of my lifestyle that made me ‘me’. I called for […]
The End of the ‘Dummy Dash’
Isn’t it incredible how before they’re born, you can raise your hypothetical children in such a particular and methodical way until they’re actually here, and suddenly you begin to play back and cringe at all the times you have described this picture-perfect upbringing to other parents, who for the most part practise enough restraint to […]
“Nothing Changes, if Nothing Changes”
Normally my Saturday evenings are spent at home, in my jammies, usually horizontal, chilling with my husband and largely ignoring one another as we lay side by side, scrolling on our respective phones. Last Saturday was different. I was lucky enough to be invited along to an event at Brighton hidden gem Powder Beauty Boutique […]
“From One Mama, to My Own”
Where do I begin? Everyone always says their Mum is the best in the world, and that may well be true. But in the words of the super sickly Megan Trainor song that I came across when trawling YouTube for ‘Mummy’ songs, ‘you might have a Mom, she might be the bomb, but ain’t nobody […]
Thea’s 1st Birthday
I cannot quite believe our little girl is now one year old! We wanted to do something to celebrate, but since both our families and many of our friends do not live nearby, it meant few of our closest family members would have been unable to travel or to make the date, so we decided to […]
Sectioned Off
What if I told you my baby’s birth wasn’t ‘real’? By definition, my baby cannot exist. If my baby did not exit my body from between my legs like science tells us it was supposed to, was I ever even really pregnant?! I’ll grant you this little nugget for nothing…there is zero make-believe about 48 […]
Liebster Award 2018
Wahey…I’ve been nominated for an award! *Happy Dance* The Liebster Award is an internet-based award given to bloggers, by other bloggers. I would like to say thank you SO much to The Willow Tree for choosing me to nominate. It’s 4 weeks today that I first launched my blog, and it is beyond anything I could […]
Chronicles of the After-Birth #4 – Breast Laid Plans
When we found out we were expecting my darling little girl, I didn’t spend any time at all deliberating over whether or not I would choose to breastfeed, or worrying about if I would be able to. It’s not that I felt particularly strongly about it, I just assumed that I would breastfeed, and that […]
