I wanted to put together this little post just for me really, as a way to look back on our beautiful daughters first Christmas. I made sure not to put too much pressure on things. There’s so much “baby’s first Christmas” talk out there that it’s easy to get swept up in making it absolutely perfect - I’m sure we all know that pilling on the pressure to have the most fun at Christmas rarely makes things better!
Read MoreToday I wanted to share my absolutely incredible birth story, I would do it all over again if I could. Let me start this post with a bit of an introduction to how I felt about the prospect of birth before I discovered the amazing power of hypnobirthing.
Read MoreWell our daughter is here! Our little Peggy joined us on the 17th of June at 3:40 am, my labour actually started on my due date! I’ll be sharing my amazing birth story in a few weeks but for now it’s time for the final instalment of my pregnancy journey.
Read MoreI’ve been asked a few times over on Instagram to share what I’ve put together for myself and the baby for our stay in hospital. Simon and I are really hoping for a calm, natural water birth at our local birthing centre. We don’t like the idea of medicalised births but understand that sometimes interventions need to take place, with all that in mind here’s what I’ve packed for our calm birth.
Read MoreIt’s been three months since Simon and I packed up our lives and moved from London to my home city of Newcastle in the North East of England. As soon as we found out we were going to have a baby we knew that we would be leaving London, so how have we adjusted and why did we move in the first place?
Read MoreIt’s time for part three in my pregnancy diary, it’s time to chat all abut my second trimeter! Please click here to read all about my first trimester - it was hard let me tell you! My second trimester has been slightly easier, but to be honest it’s still been very very difficult.
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