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 [...]
So, it's been almost a whole year since I wrote a Ginspiration post. For good reason of course - my love for all things juniper had to take a backseat while I grew a little human. I loved being pregnant, I really did, but boy oh boy, did I miss my gin! And to make [...]
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 [...]
What with our little man joining us a little earlier than expected and the whirlwind that ensued afterwards, it just dawned on me that I never got around to filling you in on the third trimester! Now that he's here pregnancy feels like a distant memory - if I didn't have the little fella sleeping [...]
It is hard for me to admit this, but one of the first feelings I felt when I realised I was pregnant was regret. Not because I didn't want this baby, you understand. This is a very much wanted and planned for child. No, it was simply due to the overwhelming sense that I was [...]
I can hardly believe I'm writing this, but I am now into my final trimester! Baby will be with us at some point in the next three months and I can't lie - I'm starting to feel a little freaked by the whole thing! Everything seemed to go so slowly throughout the first trimester - [...]
