Sharing my new normal type of motherhood
“If you think your baby’s movements have slowed down or stopped, contact your midwife or maternity unit immediately (it is staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week). Do not put off calling until the next day to see what happens. Do not worry about phoning, it is important for your doctors and midwives to know if your [...]
And just like that, Baby Loss Awareness Week is over for another year but what an impact it left. I feel like in general the sheer amount of posts, stories , articles I seen have increased since 2018. I was so proud of each and every family who courageously shared their own traumatic stories. I [...]
A message from the author, Sara Fitzsimmons MBE, RM: "I wrote these words a few years ago when I was still practicing at the hospital as a midwife, it was a few days after I had spent quite a bit of time with a couple and their family in triage, their baby was at full [...]
It’s the day symbolised by a single green ribbon. When a post or the hashtag #mentalhealthawareness pops up on your insta timeline do you stop to really digest what the post is asking of you? or do you simply brush it off as simply another one “jumping on the bandwagon” and using the [...]
“Together we can break the silence and call for improvements in services, care and support for families affected by the death of a baby.” Tragically every year thousands of parent suffer the loss of their much loved little baby's. There really are no words to describe the grief that you suffer. Its palpable. It consumes [...]
Well 2019 you have been a whirl wind! where did you go and how is it almost October already??Actually how is it 2019? I was writing down a date last week for something and realised i'm still in the "2018" crew. Hense the reason I'm only like 3 years late with this blog about my [...]
And so I embark on the road to yet another brand new chapter in the quest to find this new bloody normal I keep banging on about. But at least this one is a belter! Well at least I hope it's going to be. Recently I shared the unfortunate changes in my job Mat [...]
"If you think your baby’s movements have slowed down or stopped, contact your midwife or maternity unit immediately (it is staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week). Do not put off calling until the next day to see what happens. Do not worry about phoning, it is important for your doctors and midwives to know if [...]
◼️ GUEST BLOG UPDATE ◼️ It has only just occurred to me that I never actually updated my blog on this update, instead I only let all you lovely peeps know over on my Instagram that my For Francesca Guest Blog Series will be taking a little holiday for now. I have been battling with [...]
So my maternity leave finished and my work forgot all about me. Yip, what a way to start off this piece eh?. Lets take it back a bit and explain a little back story. After our wee one died I was broken and couldn't find a way back to the life I once had, the [...]
