Sharing my new normal type of motherhood
“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 [...]
◼️ 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 [...]
Lenny Stephen Cross is our first son. He was born on 1st August 2014 at 25 weeks and 3 days and lived for a very short 10 hours. This is our story. Lenny was due in November 2014. When I found out I was pregnant, I was so excited about spending our first Christmas as [...]
So there we have it, the door was officially closed on our happy little home and now we're off on adventures new. I can't say it was easy packing up our old life. I think I spent the weeks before we handed the keys in a complete emotional mess. An absolute state of affairs if [...]
I've not been myself lately... My head is full. Full of thoughts. Full of memories. Full of things to do. Full of doubting myself. Full of worry. Full of mummy guilt. I've found myself somewhat on edge recently. Fairly intolerant. Patience is thin and reactions are quick. My voice is raised more often than not [...]
I’m Zains Mummy aka Emma, Emz whatever you want to call me...and this is my story.. On the 21st October 2017 by complete surprise as I’ve always been one for irregular periods etc so never thought of taking tests I found out I was 4 weeks pregnant...I was so happy, elated, excited, the thing I [...]
Celebrating Family - In Honour of New Beginnings Did you know there are some very human ways to have a naming or welcoming ceremony? I love them! They instantly give a sense of connecting and magical passion to life. Hello, I’m Diane Mcleish Humanist Celebrant. I’m a mum, a Nana, a happily committed partner to [...]
NOTE: This weeks Guest blog is something a little different as Frankie has chosen to write an 'update' on the well-known poem 'An Ugly Pair of Shoes' to try and reflect the experience of a 'rainbow baby' mum in a slightly different way. You can also find the original poem is here: https://www.lilymaefoundation.org/2017/03/30/ugly-pair-shoes/ A Less [...]
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