Before having Bailey, I knew nothing about 'The Baby Blues'. I had heard of them, of course. I'd heard them mentioned in passing every now and then when people spoke about birth and babies and not paid it much mind. Honestly, I though the term 'Baby Blues' was a patronisingly 'cute' way of describing postpartum [...]
I've never been the most body confident person. As a small child I was outgoing enough, but that all seemed to change as I reached my pre-teens. I was incredibly slim as a youngster - which, wrongly, made a lot of people assume I must have had it easy in the self image stakes - [...]
Before I had Bailey I always thought of motherhood as some sort of club. Women all seemed to be divided into two camps to me - those with, and those without, children - and everywhere I turned I seemed to see those in the mummy camp. They were in the street, cooing at their adorable [...]
Last night we took down the Christmas decorations. This is hands down my least favourite part of the festive season and always has been. I know some people love the chance to get organised and tidy up and get back to normality, but for me it's always held a sense of melancholy. You see, I [...]
I can't quite believe I'm writing this, but my baby boy is now THREE MONTHS OLD!! How the eff did that happen? I feel like I gave birth to him yesterday, and yet somehow I no longer have a newborn. I now have a bonafide little child, all full of smiles and giggles and the [...]
So after easing you in with Bailey's Birth Story and my birth plan post, it's time we started getting down to the nitty gritty! Everything I've talked about up until this point has been kind of rose tinted and frankly far too pristine so far, and that just isn't the reality of giving birth. It's [...]
