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 […]
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 […]
Do your friends or family ever tell you some bad news and do you always struggle with what to say? Or you’re not sure what the right thing to say is? Especially if you can see the person you love or care about is hurting so much. My immediate reaction is to want to fix […]
Last week was a challenging one as I had two presentations at work that had me feeling quite anxious. However, today, I am sitting back thinking how well they went and how I utilised some of the tools and techniques I have learnt over the last couple of years that have helped me deal with […]
This week I started a brand new job in a completely different company. I cannot begin to describe how I felt last Sunday night. Although I tried to remain calm on the outside, on the inside I had an unsettled feeling, a feeling of “oh no, what have I done? I should have stayed in […]
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