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 - [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It never really occurred to me that my baby may come early. I mean, obviously I knew it was a possibility - I knew full well that only 4% of babies arrive on their due date - but for some reason that very loosely guestimated date stuck in my mind as the first likely day [...]
