Parenthood

The bad days…

All mum’s have bad days! I am fully aware of the perfect mum’s on social media, with perfectly clean houses. Not a dirty pot or toy in sight on any photo! … I’m guilty of it myself. Moving washing off the radiators, pot towels off the table, dirty pots from wherever they are in theContinueContinue reading “The bad days…”

When they tell you, “you wont have time”, but you don’t believe them!

I had so many plans for maternity leave, to study, to picnic, to walk, to get fit, to eat right. Everyone kept telling me that I wouldn’t have the time! Did I believe them? NO! I already worked full time, had a horse and ran a small beauty business on the side for some extraContinueContinue reading “When they tell you, “you wont have time”, but you don’t believe them!”

White Noise…

I found out today that some of my Mum friends DIDN’T KNOW about white noise! WHAT! So I have decided to write a short blog about it, hopefully it will help a few of my followers! White noise is the sound of lots of different sounds all played together at the same time but atContinueContinue reading “White Noise…”

The labour

It turns out I was right… something wasn’t quite right with my waters. The midwife did a bit of rushing backwards and forwards. I felt calm but clammy, my palms where sweating and I could feel my heart beating a little faster than normal but all in all on a scale of 1 – 10ContinueContinue reading “The labour”

Packing your maternity bag…

I know people are waiting for the follow on post to the last, but I also promised in the last that my next post would be a helpful one on packing that maternity bag. I did A LOT of over thinking when it came to this bag! I posted in the mum’s and bumps groupContinueContinue reading “Packing your maternity bag…”

Induction date…

So…the hospital bag was packed. All the last bits for the baby had been purchased. The hospital had confirmed my next appointment for the following Friday with a meeting with a consultant straight after. The mayhem of rushing my hospital bags! On Tuesday, Riley’s movements slowed down. I was frightened but I waited for RichardContinueContinue reading “Induction date…”

The scary bit…

So, I bit the bullet and left work. My first day of maternity leave was spent with my mum … I know she took me out so that I didn’t sit and wallow about it all. But we had a great day and went out for a massive breakfast at Trebaron Garden Centre. On aContinueContinue reading “The scary bit…”

Leaving work…

Leaving work was hard, probably the hardest thing to “admit” I needed to do. Riley’s due date was 20th October and my date for leaving work was 4 weeks before 28th September. September came around and my body was tired, so tired. I remember thinking, why? My bump wasn’t huge, I had given up myContinueContinue reading “Leaving work…”

Braxton Hicks…

I have spoken to lots of mum’s that have said they never experienced Braxton Hicks so no one could really give me advice when mine came along. Of course I got them … I got every single pregnancy symptom going atleast once! Braxton Hicks are basically false contractions. It is the feeling of your uterousContinueContinue reading “Braxton Hicks…”