lessons from her motherhood
It's my first week back working after 8 months of maternity leave and I think the stitching around my brain is permanently unfrayed. Add to this the fact that I'm starting an entirely new job with a new organisation, it's all got me quite overwhelmed and concerned that this fog-headed state is now the default …
This last weekend I attended the wedding of a very special friend. I'm not normally the type to fret about a new outfit for each important occasion but I really wanted to look and feel great when celebrating such a wonderful day. My husband and I were also asked to speak in the main part …
Continue reading "6 months | We show our age because we are god damn warriors 👊🏼"
Today I sat by a stinging nettle shrub and just cried, while I stuffed my face with Toblerone. It's been 5 months of parenthood; 5 months of raising a person; 5 months of sleep deprivation; 5 months of firey emotions. I knew motherhood would be tough, and looking back through these posts I can see …
Last week I was at my local Baby + Parent + Caffeine catch up with what seemed like a thousand local infants. I got chatting with one mum about the Royal Baby and the absurdity of expectations upon a new mum to appear dressed and ready for a baby show and tell hours after labour. …
Continue reading "3 Months | Did I just shame another mother? 😞"
It's been two months since I last wrote and I guess the reason is, quite simply, fear. Several incessant questions have framed this past month: Did I really give birth? Did I really survive the first month of new motherhood? Did I not only survive but, unexpectedly, thrive? In that time, two serious hormonal changes …
Continue reading "11 Weeks | When the hormones abandon ship 🚢"
I've definitely come down from the post-birth, adrenaline wave I was riding for a few days there and while the change has brought up a load of new, unexpected, BIG feels about life with a baby, it's important to remember that when it's good it's so good. Like this glorious morning at Florence Park. We …
Content note: this post contains graphic descriptions of postpartum bodies, bodily functions, fluids, hormones and transformations. If you actually know me, you may not want to know intimate details about my body, in which case maybe just go on and skip this read. Or intimate details may be exactly why you're here, in which case read on! If you don't know me, and a meaty dose of body-gore is to your liking, then enjoy this stranger's penchant for a good overshare...
Hello from inside the depths of the 'three am feed' vault
A few people have asked us about the origin and reason for Augie's name. It feels very powerful to share the story behind a name. If you have read Patrick Rothfuss' 'The Name of the Wind' (if you haven't then stop what you're doing, buy it right now and embark on a wonderful, rollicking fantasy adventure!) then you will know that knowing someone's true name is a very key theme to the story...
Content note: this post contains descriptions of postpartum bodies and the pain of recovering from childbirth. If you're pregnant and/or soon to have your first baby, I would advise you skip this post and read it after you've given birth...
It's amazing to think just last week I was probably around 8cm dilated, out of my mind scream-demanding an epidural. Terrified of the pain I was experiencing, I panicked thinking I would be totally unable to surrender into the mounting urge to push...
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