This post has been a long time coming. It has taken a long time for me to accept, and I’m still not sure if I have accepted it. I am blessed, with three incredible daughters, that I wouldn’t change for the world. But every mum, has that secret number. The secret number of how many […]
pregnancy complications
In Sickness and in Health : How do our partners feel after a traumatic birth or illness?
Jonny and I, got married in June 2011. In that time, I have thoroughly tested his staying power with the “In sickness and in health” wedding vow. First up, was a very complicated twin pregnancy, Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Symphis Pubis Dysfunction. But I couldn’t leave it there could I? No, I developed Pre-Eclampsia and then alongside haemorrhaging several times, I nearly […]
Is my daughter traumatised?
You all know that I had a very traumatic birth with the twins, and developed HELLP Syndrome which caused my organs to start failing and my needing to be in hospital for ten days after the birth. I told Bunny on that morning, before I went in to be induced, that I’d try my best […]
If the ring fits…
Around about the time I first started blogging (30 weeks pregnant with twins), I developed Pre-Eclampsia, which then developed into HELLP Syndrome. The first symptom I developed (which several doctors dismissed), was swelling in my hands and feet. I woke up one morning to my wedding finger hurting and looking a strange shade of purple. I […]