I’m 24 and currently 10 weeks pregnant, I’m sure most women are over the moon at this but me right now I can’t even smile at the thought of it. I had a missed miscarriage at 22 followed by a complete molar pregnancy last April which puts your life on hold for minimum 6 months […]
Nowadays I feel like if a birth isn’t announced on Instagram or Facebook, then did it even happen? It’s crazy the world we live in now, and how mum culture is portrayed on social media. (just my opinion) When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband told me how he would like […]
I had a really traumatic birth where I nearly lost our gorgeous little girl during an induced labour 7 weeks ago. After taking hypnobirthing classes and looking forward (genuinely) to the birth when the time came I had problem after problem, a real cascade of intervention and ended up with an emergency c-section under general […]
The winter months are here and the illnesses have started in our house thats for sure.My little boy was always ill when he was younger but now he has turned 5 and been in school for the last year he doesnt seem to get ill as much as his immune system is stronger. My little […]
Hi all, As labour fast approaches my concerns also grow larger. I’m currently 30 weeks and come to terms with the fact that I’m actually having a baby… a baby girl. She was unplanned but now she’s in my tummy and I feel those movements daily I couldn’t see my life any different. However I also […]
Yes my toddler can be a nightmare, like all toddlers, and he is not the type of child who does things to make mummy happy. He rages against the system and is probably high up there as one of the most difficult toddlers at times. His curiosity about the world amazes me and how he […]
Hi ladies, i’m after some advice/support/experiences. i’m pregnant with my first child. My partner currently has 2 girls and there’s only girls in the family. I keep getting comments like ‘oh I hope it’s a boy, someone needs to carry on the name’ ‘if it’s a boy, it can take over the family business’ ‘it […]
Hello! I am o.j, 20 years old! I am currently having my first pregnancy, and I’m just over 6 weeks gone, I have had a couple of scans (private and one hospital) and everything appears to be ok so far, however I am spot bleeding, very light pink blood almost once or twice every day!! Although the […]
6 months ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, she is perfect in every way (apart from the lack of sleep) and i would not change any of it for the world. However… the strain on my relationship with my husband has really taken its toll. Before baby came along I thought I […]
I have been on the copper coil for nearly 18 months now I got it fitted just six weeks after my little girl was born. Not sure if we wanted another baby or definitely not in the near future as we have two under 4. My periods have been a lot heavier than they used […]
I am 29 years old and will be 30 in less than 2 months, I have two children 4 and 6. I have been with my new partner for just under 3 years now and he really wants us to have a baby together as he is 5 years older than me and thinks these […]
My baby has been a really bad sleeper since basically the day she was born , cat naps all day 10 minutes up to 45 mins at a time but when she hit 8 weeks old she started getting herself into a better routine not perfect but was sleep up to 2 hours at once […]
My son has just turned 3 years old and my god he know how to push my limits. He has good days and bad days and most of the time I know what mood he will be in from the moment he wakes up, he gets so angry and will not carm down takes a […]
My little girl has just turned 6 months old and we have now just finished our breast feeding journey, which was so emotional for me but the right thing to do for both of us as I am returning back to work in the next two weeks. I know this might sound crazy but I […]
I am 29 years old and I have a daughter who is almost 5 and started school this September. She is so lovely and kind and I’m so proud of her, she is beautiful, she lights up a room and everyone absolutely adores her! I’m a single mum and her dad is still around and […]
I am a big believer of breast is best and it is the best thing for your baby for the first few months in life but bloody helll no one warned me what I was in for with it! DEMAND DEMAND DEMAND, unlike formula feeding you cant schedule feeds so that means mummy is on […]
I am really sad to write this but I have a 18month old daughter and me and my husband haven’t been getting on good for nearly a year now and its finally come to and end! I am heartbroken I didn’t want it to end like this but we cannot fix our differences and to […]
Hi I am currently 16 weeks pregnant and will be a single mum! Me and my partner had been together for 3 years but as soon as I told him I was pregnant he went strange with me and then 4 weeks later finished with me and told me he is not ready to start […]
… The next few days were a blur of magnesium drips, sleeping and puking up. I had my own separate room with my baby in her cot, and I had to have my own nurse each shift who would just look after me.
So I’ve been married for almost 2 years now and we have 3 children, one of mine from a previous relationship (now 4), one of his from a previous relationship (6) and one baby together (1). I feel like a single mum even though technically I’m not, and I know how lucky I am to […]
My Baby girl is just one month old and although now shes here and fills me with all the happiness in the world, I feel like Im mourning not being pregnant, the reality that I can no longer feel her moving around inside me is overwhelming. I guess that maybe these feelings are normal as […]
My husband has been so supportive, but the problem is with my sister-in-law…
I’ve just had my (very healthy and perfect!) daughter, but when I was 36 weeks pregnant, my baby was breech and they tried to turn her with ECV.
At the start of my pregnancy, I thought it was just morning sickness, but by week 8 of my pregnancy, I had to give up my job as I started feeling really faint and wanting to be sick whenever I stood up for more than 5 minutes or so.
When I was younger I used to dream of having a huge close knit family all living in a gigantic house. 5 was my number, when I was a child it was 7! “yeah i’ll be the mother to 7 children I thought!” So far I have two children, 4 and 6 and I have […]
Hi there, I have been reading through so many of these posts lately and they have helped me so much with my journey to and throughout motherhood. There really isn’t anything you can do to prepare yourself fully for the roller coaster that comes within those first postpartum weeks. You think you’re ready, you have […]
Unfortunately, it seems gender disappointment is a real thing! Mummies out there really do grieve for the daughter or son they never had when trying fora baby and having multiples of the same gender. I have so much respect for those dealing with this and the emotions they are facing and I will always have […]
My journey in pregnancy so far has definitely been a rollercoaster ride for sure and I am only 24 weeks pregnant so I know I still have a lot more to come… I’m usually a very positive person, when people are feeling down I do my best to lift them up and explain the good […]
This may not be like most of your other blogs on here as most of you are already mummies but I am really seeking advice at the moment as I am 15 and pregnant with twins, yes that’s right TWINS! I will be 16 before the twins will be born. I know I am a […]
Motherhood is one hell of a roller coaster! Do you mummies agree? Every SINGLE day is different good days vs the bad days, one minute i feel i have got all my shit together and then the next minute i think what the FUCK is going on with this 3 under 3 business! CHAOS. Feeling […]
Hey everyone, I am new to all this blog stuff but i thought it would be nice to get advice and connect with other mummies out there. What do you mummies struggle with the most? I find HOUSEWORK is basically impossible! I have 3 children under 5 years of age and I am constantly cleaning […]
So, where I live you are given the option from the very start to either have a natural or a c-section birth. Pregnant with my first child I have been left so confused as to which birth I should opt for… I thought I would try talking to other mummies and as a matter of […]
I am not actually a single mum i have been married for 8 years and have two children under five. My husband is working 6 days a week 12 hour days and this leaves me practically a single mum! I mean i cannot complain about my hubby as he is bringing in the money that […]
This blog has just saved me today, i got the email and when i seen you can post here anonymously without being judged it was fate, the most perfect timing after i have had such a chaotic day with my two babies! I wanted to call my friend or my mum but sometimes im just […]
It’s quite sad really, but unfortunately true… once you become pregnant or have a baby of your own you will notice some of your friends (those without children) will back away. I used to think it was because were no longer on the same stage in life, but my best friend had her children a […]
The realities of postpartum life are not spoken about enough. Motherhood is Raw,Messy,Stunning and Hilarious all in one. After giving birth a lot of people hate on the way they look postpartum but why is this because of the celebrities that “bounce back” a month after giving birth? If we spoke and shared more pictures […]
Weeks before i gave birth to my second baby I sobbed , I sobbed for hours because i feared i would never love another human as much as i loved my son. To be honest my head was fucked in the last few weeks of pregnancy all these emotions and feelings running through my head.I […]
I was 15 when I was put on the pill due to period problems, I’d started 2 years before and they were irregular, strong, long and the worst pain imaginable so my mum took me to the doctors who decided to put me on the contraceptive pill to help with the pain and to try […]
Childbirth is an intimate and special event that we experience with those we love. Birthing is a huge and important subject for parents and parents to be. Week 37 At 1.30am i woke up needing to pee again but this time it wasn’t just to pee, as I sat on the toilet I realised there […]
We all face parenting problems while on the roller coaster of raising kids. We have are ups and downs but its by far the most rewarding job ever and i try and remember that even on my lowest of days. Facing Judgment, Shame When your child has tantrums or yelling, disobeying you or being annoying, […]
Hey guys… I’m a 19 year old teen Mammy. I fell pregnant at 17 years old and had my baby girl at 18 years old. As you could guess the reactions which I got when I told people were not great, especially from my father. But my little girl is 18 months old now and […]
I’m Ready To Talk About My Abortion. 14 months later….its taken time for me to be able to talk about it. I wanted to write it down because I think in some ways may be therapeutic, and to share my story with other women who may be going through something similar. I found when looking […]
Hi there. To all mummies out there I’m sure you were all made aware that times would be hard with a new baby and could get stressful, but were you ever warned that In fact it’s not the baby that stresses you out it’s the blooming in-laws! These people you barely see and don’t bother […]
This couldn’t of come at more of an appropriate time , and this blog could of just saved my life… As I sit on the bathroom floor after dropping my little one to school I sit crying wondering how I can carry on anymore. I received the email to write my story anonymously, I don’t […]
To three or not to three… I get asked the following questions quite a lot: ‘Is it hard having three?’ ‘What is it like with 3 kids?!’ Or the most common statement…. ‘Wow you’ve got your hands full!’ (yes…yes I do) Now, this blog post isn’t a moan about having 3 kids, I […]
Don’t think about it they said, don’t track your fertile window they said, just have fun with it they said. Okay, fair enough all sounds well and good until you’re about 6 months in and still no baby. You then begin to Google things like “how to fall pregnant fast” “how long does it usually […]
Miscarriages are far more common than you probably think, in fact the statistics are pretty staggering as it affects 1 in 4 women – but why don’t we talk about this? why do we think this has to be kept a shameful secret? Why is it any different from a death of a loved one? […]
I wasn’t paranoid about this, but I was definitely curious about the impact of age on fertility. For hours I researched the web for some comprehensive info on the subject but it was really quite hard to find. I wanted to find some information that would challenge the stigma of “fertility rates drop at 35” […]
First of all, don’t panic if your nursery isn’t ready – most people don’t even set foot in there until baby is around six months old and ready to sleep in their own cot. Instead, concentrate your efforts on getting your hospital bag ready – that is something you will need to have ready. Here […]
When going through this I was so shocked to find out that a shocking 70% of women experience the baby blues within the first couple of weeks of giving birth!!! For me, I know the raging hormones did not help but it happened around the time when my milk started coming through, approx 5 days […]
Right I’m just going to jump right into it today. I know this subject might make people blush including myself but it needs to be spoken about more as it is such an important part of a marriage or a relationship. I was 4 weeks postpartum when i felt ready to have sex again.I was […]
The truth is that Motherhood is hard, but for a mother who is suffering from postpartum depression or anxiety, there’s a deeper layer to the exhaustion. Why isn’t depression and anxiety spoken about more widely? Is it Shame? Fear of freaking other mums out? Or is it simply because we are scared of getting judged? […]
2015 honestly was the best and most challenging year of my life. The year I grew and birthed another human being, the year I became a mother. Becoming a mother changes something inside you forever – a love so strong and fierce that I never knew existed. You will never love something the way you […]
What’s it like raising a child in Turkey? Is a question I get asked daily. I am a 26-year-old mummy married to a Turkish citizen and have a son aged 3 and a daughter just 9 months old. Being a parent in Turkey is the same as being a parent anywhere else in the world, […]
Managing Expectations & Opinions This was definitely something on my mind before the baby was born as I knew I’d be feeding the baby a lot; I just wasn’t exactly sure how. I thought to myself will it be breast for the first year then finish with formula, formula from day one if there was […]
Why Aren’t We Talking About Miscarriage? Miscarriages are far more common than you probably think, in fact the statistics are pretty staggering as it affects 1 in 4 women – but why don’t we talk about this? why do we think this has to be kept a shameful secret? Why is it any different from […]
Great, amazing, I’ve just found out i’m pregnant thanks to the two obvious pink lines on the pregnancy stick that i’ve just spent the last couple of minutes waving in the air. For the first couples of days everything felt like it was floating on air because well, WE’RE HAVING A BABY! The initial excitement […]
The most annoying comments I heard during pregnancy… Why do I have a feeling that pregnancy is only just the start of these overly opinionated comments? I’m so DONE with all these shitty little comments that I hear time and time again throughout my pregnancy!!! Last night, I went round for a cuppa with a […]
