I was 42 weeks and 1 day pregnant and despite desperately wanting a spontaneous labour and a natural birth, I had resigned myself to the fact that I was going to have to be induced. I woke up with pains, the morning before my induction at 3:50 am. I didn’t get my hopes up, because I’d woken […]
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The Tinder Experiment: Dating as a single pregnant mum
Tinder is renowned for being probably THE most shallow dating network around. You glance at someone’s photo, make a 2 second judgement on that person based purely on their looks in that one specific photo and then swipe left to get rid of them if they don’t float your boat, or swipe right if you […]
Inappropriate places to breastfeed
As a mum who is currently breastfeeding her fourth baby, I have been wondering… are there any places which would be deemed inappropriate places to breastfeed? When Bunny was a baby, I only breastfed for 5 weeks, and whilst I did breastfeed in public, I generally confined myself to a discreet corner and felt […]
Introducing Baby Bear
After resigning myself to the fact that I was simply NOT going to go into labour naturally and that I would have to endure the hell of induction again, I woke up in labour at 3:50 am on 18th July 2016. I was 42 weeks and 1 day pregnant and scheduled for induction the very […]
How can I possibly love someone else this much?
I am a very gushy mum. I tell my children about a hundred times a day, that I love them, and I wonder if that’s often enough?! I tell them that they are perfect, beautiful, funny and clever, because to me, they are and because I want them to grow up confident and believing in […]