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 … Continue reading At Home With a Newborn – Surviving the First Few Weeks
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 … Continue reading Labour & Delivery Tips Part 2 – The Advice I Wish I’d Had
I didn't plan on writing oodles of posts about giving birth. In fact, in the first few days following the event I felt very much that I never wanted to talk about it, or even think about it, ever again! But the more I've talked to other women about their experiences, the more I've come … Continue reading Labour & Delivery Tips Part 1 – My Birth Plan
It feels more than a little surreal, writing this post. That it's 2019 already. That I'm sat here reflecting on the past 12 months when it feels as though I've barely blinked since 2018 began. Yes, I say something along those lines every year, I'm sure. But this year it is more than just the … Continue reading 2018 Reflections
It's been a long time coming, this post. I can't count the times I've sat down to write it and not been able to find the words. Or rather, I can find the words - approximately 6 billion of them swirling around in my messy brain on a regular basis. I've just never been able … Continue reading Please Don’t Ask Me When I’m Going To Have Children
I never feared turning 30. 30 seems to be the age that pop culture defines as the point you become 'old', the point at which you should be married, own property, have procreated and then 'settled down' into some semblance of normal, adult life. We're all supposed to freak out as we approach 30, as … Continue reading Birthday Musings 2018
