My Breastfeeding Journey

Right from the very beginning my journey with breastfeeding looked promising. I was lucky enough to be leaking a teaspoon of colostrum in a day by 30 weeks which i was told was quite impressive. Once I hit the 36 week mark i got the all clear to start hand expressing. I was getting almost …

Motherhood. It’s only the beginning…

I know that it has been a really long time since I wrote something on this blog. I understand this little community I've built here gets let down every time I disappear for a long period of time. I now realise that it's like a garden that needs to be tended to in order to …

The moment it all changed

It felt like it took an age to meet my son. But when I finally did, the wait was well worth it. This is a long, long blog post that has a lot of TMI detail! A whole 10 months went by, and I tell you what... It feels like a lot longer when you …

When everything isn’t perfect Pt. 3

It feels like a bit of a dream... Well more accurately a nightmare. I was getting my head around everything that happened in that past week. The emotional roller coaster I was on was incredible, and to be honest all I needed was a reprieve. Unfortunately as I have learnt over the years life just …

When everything isn’t perfect Pt. 2

So Mum was recovering from major surgery, our loving pet Gig was gone and then there was everything else. I want to talk for a moment about my family... About the way we work and what we've been through. Most families have it, that unspoken dynamic . You know each family member inside and out. …