Me as a child Looking back, I've always had mental health issues and various struggles with that, since childhood. I was no stranger to anxiety and depression, even self harm and suicide attempts as a teenager and young adult. I had a very unhealthy relationship with alcohol too, which I now understand was my way... Continue Reading →
Hopes of Healing dashed. I had hoped that, this time my birth experience would be healing. I had envisaged having a powerful, natural birth experience which would empower me and help me to heal from the trauma of my previous, enforced cesarean. Once I realised that this wasn't meant to be (although it had been... Continue Reading →
I have spoken before about my recipe cards. I've provided a link below where you can download and/or print a PDF of all of the slow cooker recipes I use. Recipes/Shopping list PDFDownload The numbers at the top indicate how many family meals (2 adults - and a picky toddler!) these quantities will make. I... Continue Reading →
After my plans for a homebirth ended in an emergency caesarean section I was, understandably, upset. I was so happy that my baby was here safely in my arms, but at the same time I was mourning the loss of the birth experience I had hoped for. Be careful with your words I had the... Continue Reading →
We had planned a homebirth, but as it turned out our baby had other ideas on how he'd like to be born! In it for the long haul! I knew from the very beginning of my pregnancy that I would go way over my assigned due date. I was still having long cycles due to... Continue Reading →
Bare with me. The next 4 blog posts are going to be long! This is the first in a series of 4 blog posts about my journey through my second pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. Also, these may be triggering, so decide now whether or not you'd like to read on. Here we go...... Almost... Continue Reading →
I love this from Conscionable Care. I don't stop parenting when the sun goes down. Scroll down and click the link at the bottom to see the original post. After 2 years of broken sleep I'm about to do it all over again, and you know what, I wouldn't do anything differently! My first born... Continue Reading →
For a long time after the birth of my son I couldn't even have contemplated having another child, let alone have been brave enough to think about the pregnancy and birth that I would have to face to make it possible, but slowly and surely a number of amazing things put themselves in my path... Continue Reading →
✨New year, New habits✨ I decided to start my blog in the new year to motivate me to make some big changes in 2019 (and that was before I even knew I'd be growing a new person inside of me!) So here we are, with the first 3 months of the year over us and... Continue Reading →
After Birth Looking at my cesearean from the outside in, you would probably have said it went really well, no reason for trauma. I had a healthy baby at the end of the day, what did I have to be upset about, let alone traumatised? I came home after 2 days and got on with... Continue Reading →
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