Welcome to Part 3… If you haven’t already, you can start HERE with part 1 or HERE with part 2! Don’t be scared to leave the house with the baby. It will really help you to shift the energy of being cooped up in the house for long periods of time. Even if you just…
Lesson #12 – What I wish I knew one year ago (A note to me ) – Part 2
In just a couple of weeks you are going to wake up just before midnight and it will be because your waters have broken (thank you induction!). When you call the Midwife and tell her that you felt a popping sensation in your belly, she is going to sound doubtful. That’s okay. Don’t be too perturbed,…
Lesson #12 – What I wish I knew one year ago (A note to me ) – Part 1
Welcome to being 37 weeks pregnant! Guess what preggo? Your life is about to change. Things will never ever be the same again, and that’s okay. In fact, it is pretty wonderful. Believe me, I know. Here’s a few things that you need to know about the last month of your pregnancy. Take more naps before…
Lesson #11 – Comparison is said to be the thief of joy (But how do I stop comparing?)
How dare she say that to my friend! Why would she say that? Why is it even important to her how that baby was born? Isn’t the main thing that the birth resulted in a health baby and mumma?
Lesson #10 – When you have a baby your motherly instincts will kick in right away (Unless you’re me)
So you’ve just had a baby, it’s finally time to leave the hospital and go home. You will be leaving with a new baby. That’s right. Medical professionals are going to let YOU take a new baby home. What the heck are you supposed to do once you get home? That’s when the fun really…
Lesson #9 – Just because it worked for you doesn’t mean it will work for me (and that’s okay)
Have you ever been in a situation where you were given advice, but all you heard was judgement? When you got home later, you thought of all the things that you could have said in reply. I had moments like this constantly for the first few months of Ollie’s life. I was often left feeling frustrated since…
Lesson #8 – Assumptions are always correct. (Unless you’re human and then this may on occasion be untrue)
So if you are thinking that I spent my life before Ollie being a judgemental so-and-so. You would be 100% correct. I was a big ol’ know it all who in reality knew not much at all. Suffice to say that things have changed just a wee bit since my ginger haired munchie joined us. In…
Lesson #7 – Some things are far worse than you had ever imagined, and then there’s labour.
I used to be an avid watcher of the TV show, One Born Every Minute. I loved that in the space of an hour (well with ads maybe 40ish minutes) the audience would be introduced to three different women, their journey and we would watch their bubs be born. I remember one particular episode where…
Lesson #6 – Not all compliments are good ones. Sometimes they are just a bit too keen.
“You should really get him into baby modelling and get him signed up with an agent.”
Lesson #5 – Saying that you are never going to do something when you have a child is pretty much a guarantee that you’re going to do it.
The other morning I was changing Ollie’s nappy and he was really cracking it. In my efforts to calm him down and distract him from being on the change table (which by the way used to be his favourite thing) I started singing. Now, I am by no means a decent singer but for some…
Lesson #4 – Sometimes things don’t go according to the plan and that’s okay (Unless you are a control freak who doesn’t cope well with change)
I’d lost sight (yet again) of why I started this all in the first place.
Lesson #3 – Please inundate me with your unsolicited advice and inappropriate questions (said no pregnant woman ever)!
When I announced that I was pregnant, I was absolutely overwhelmed by the advice and the questions that I received from not only my friends and family, but random people. My absolute fave thing was unsolicited advice on pregnancy and labour from people who had never been pregnant. Yes, please impart all of your wisdom…
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