Today is international Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day. Never heard of it? Me either, until I was ambushed by it 5 weeks into both my pregnancies. It gets described a lot as ‘severe morning sickness’ ... and it is ... but it’s
I know I’m incredibly lucky to be able to celebrate Mother’s Day today, and it’s not something I take for granted. If you’ve suffered the loss of an important mum in your life, if you desperately want to be a mum - whether fo
Grandparents - can’t live with them can’t live without them 😂 We would have been absolutely screwed without the support of our parents the first six or so months of Harrison’s life. He started screaming and didn’t stop - wel
No, I haven’t had another baby. This is a picture from nearly three years ago, shortly after Harrison was born. It definitely wasn’t a happy time, and it took me a long time to recover from the postnatal PTSD that followed. BUT one of th
Obviously the face of a child who always does what he’s told ... yeah, right. I swear some parents must give me a big old mental 🖕🏻when I tell them (as gently as possible) that the listening issues they’re having with their child are b
I still can’t get a handle on mum guilt. Logically I know that leaving the house without a toddler in tow isn’t wrong, but when I leave the house to meet a friend for coffee, I’m always hit with guilt. For prioritising myself for ha