Parenthood is a fucking rollercoaster. And sometimes, no matter how fun rollercoasters are, they make you feel sick

I need to write this down but my mind is so frazzled it probably going to come out messy. I’m starting to go back to work after maternity...

My last few blogs have been about dealing with what a huge shift in identity having a baby gives you. I am still me but a different kind...

When I was pregnant, I wrote about struggling with prenatal anxiety and depression. During pregnancy I managed to get into some really...

I can’t have it both ways though, can I? Well, why the fuck not?

People are always saying ‘a baby doesn’t come with a manual’ and they are correct. It doesn’t. It comes with about 789 manuals.

I am no longer a pregnancy blogger, I’m a mum blogger! My son was born on 06/12/2020 and we could not be prouder. It’s been 6 weeks and I...

Why has taken having another human being dependent on my health for me to prioritise it?

In 2020, where it’s been hard to achieve much at all, we have done the hardest most rewarding work, we’ve grown a human inside of us.

Some women stop working at 26 weeks, some at full term, some at 36 weeks. The bottom line is all these times are legitimate.

The way pregnant women are portrayed is either ‘look at this beautiful, glowing, ecstatic woman’ or ‘look at this terrible mother.'

‘So, when do you think you’ll have your second?’ EH?

There's pressure on women to be constantly sexy and ‘up for it.’ I thought I might get a break from that for a few months, but no such luck.

I’m taking my vitamins, I’m not getting pissed, I’m not even having hot baths, so I am having a jumbo sausage roll as an afternoon snack.

I’ve not chosen a snappy title for this blog because before I spoke to my midwife, I'd never seen the term pre-natal anxiety and depression.

You do not have to remove your personality to fit a baby inside you.

As many of you may know, I suffer from endometriosis, the leading cause of infertility in the UK, so when I took a pregnancy test two...

This uncertainty is a constant in the life of people living with unpredictable chronic illness.