To say that the last six months have been full-on and overwhelming would be an understatement to say the least. There has been so many occasions where I wanted to start writing again but it just hasn’t happened. I’ve missed having this as an outlet to not only express myself but also to clear my head. So, let me catch you up on what has been happening over the last six months.
Tag: mummy blog
Episode #21- Dreams do come true…
Minus a couple of specifics, I have the life that I always dreamed of having. The truth is that I’ve had that life for a while, but I just hadn’t acknowledged it.
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 #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…
Lesson #2 – You’re not crazy, it’s just the pregnancy hormones (Or are you?!)
My pregnancy was not announced at work until I was 12 weeks, and apart from my boss and one or two people our news was on the down low so it was business as usual (well, kind of!). I tried very hard to keep my shizz together and act like everything was normal but the…
