Tag: family
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The “M” Word – Part II
Note may contain triggers To back track, a little, again, we decided to finally pull the trigger in December. We were going without meds and using my natural cycle to time everything (which in itself is amazing scientifically). I was delighted as it meant little to no medications, and so off we went. And as…
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The ‘M’ Word – Part I
*Note may contain triggers I really didn’t ever think I would find myself in this situation, writing about the topic of a miscarriage with it having happened to me. I genuinely – and naively – thought that this is something that happens to “other women”, and I utterly empathised with them, while thinking “God, it…
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Glimmers and fairy dust
Recently, I had a day of simple, pure, and unadulterated joy of being a mother. It’s not that that doesn’t happen very often, it actually does happen at least once or twice on a daily basis, (with hugs, kisses, cuddles and tickle sessions) but it was so completely obvious to me that my daughter and…
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The Family Photobook
I recently read on an Instagram page I follow for women who have lost their mothers and while usually I tend to scroll past, vaguely acknowledging that that technically refers to me, I tend to distance myself from it and these women who are acutely grieving and can’t seem to ‘get over it’ – harsh…
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A New Chapter
When I was pregnant, I felt that I had something to prove. I could barely sit still and would have these meltdown phases of “having to get this imaginary checklist done.” Okay, so the checklist wasn’t all imaginary. There were, of course, a lot of things to prepare for having a baby, but they were…
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