My entire house has had a terrible flu for the last few weeks (and my baby has croup)… a mum’s worst nightmare. To make matters worse I also suffered a bad head injury after fainting and was bedridden for an entire week. Hell on toast? Yes it was. Here’s how I coped.
The time is ripe in the minutes and hours after your baby is born to tick quite a few boxes off the “firsts” and “standard procedure” lists. If you’re not quite sure what to expect post-birth, and you’re currently expecting (or someone you know is!) here’s the skinny on how things often pan out.
I have a confession. A few weeks after the birth of my first son, I started to quite like my new mummy body. But even saying this now feels a little taboo. Like I’m letting down the sisterhood just by admitting it. After all, the way we feel about our bodies once our beautiful babies […]
Motherhood is wonderful but it can also be a tired blur of nappies, screaming babies and endless cooking and cleaning. So what happens to the woman who was there before she became a mum? You don’t have to lose yourself in the parenting trenches, here is how you can hold onto your identity and still […]