Growing up, I never really thought about how many kids I would have. As I got older I started to think that any children at all would be a blessing and I would be lucky to have one. I am the youngest of four siblings, so as you can imagine I grew up with lots […]
Below is a piece I wrote for the Miscarriage Association to share my experience of recurrent miscarriage and my mental health for Baby Loss Awareness week 2020: Recurrent miscarriage is one of the most isolating and lonely experiences I think a woman can go through. Between 2014 and 2016 I had 4 miscarriages. 3 of […]
When Skylar entered the world in the birthing pool 2 years ago, I still to this day believe I had a positive birth and everything I had wished for bringing our first child into the world. When the midwife said shortly after she was born that I will need whisking off to theatre immediately as […]
I write this blog as I wait in my car under the advice from my midwife for my own safety, for my antenatal appointment. I am 30 weeks pregnant with my second child and times are very strange. As I waited in my car and caught up on the news, various articles and generally had some […]
So here we are, Skylar turns one very soon and my return to work is imminent. How do I feel? Well, if you had asked me a few weeks ago, I would have said quite anxious, but I have had a good talking to myself recently and I am starting to feel better about going […]
Most people probably associate grieving when a loved one sadly passes away but I think grief can be when you experience the loss of someone and that can be a friendship, a marriage or even when a family member or friend moves away which is when I first experienced it. I remember the day when […]
I never intended to write a blog about our recent stay in Portugal, but I feel as though the place we stayed, Pine Cliffs deserves a little review. I have so many other blogs I want to publish but we have just had the most fabulous stay at Pine Cliffs that I wanted to share […]
Maybe this blog is another taboo subject. I seem to write a lot about taboo subjects. Women don’t often talk about the struggles of breastfeeding enough. I know some women have no issues and can breastfeed no problem, but for a lot of women, feeding does not come easy and we shouldn’t be afraid to […]
You might be thinking from my last blog that I spent the last five years searching very hard for any joy and struggling to find any…well actually there were ways that I did find joy. I searched high and low for help and didn’t feel afraid to show my vulnerability. I write this blog to […]
Where do I begin? I would like to share the story of my journey to motherhood. Miscarriage and pregnancy loss can often be a taboo subject, but I think it is important to keep talking about it to create awareness. Please bear with me, it’s been quite a journey, physically and emotionally, hence the length […]
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