Motherhood: The emotional roller-coaster.

There are so many things to think about throughout your pregnancy - it is such an exciting and overwhelming time with so much to plan and organise!  But one of the main things you look forward to is knowing the gender of your baby.  The news you are so desperate to find out can be revealed at your anomaly scan (around 18-20 weeks) or of course if you are super patient you don't need to find out at all until of course your little one is born!  With both my pregnancies I found out the sex of my baby, but I find that most people prefer to wait and be surprised - which I think is brilliant if you have the patience and self restraint to not be tempted into saying 'yes' when asked at your scan. However there should be no pressure towards us mothers about their decision on when they decide to find out the gender of their own baby - there are so many reasons why mothers would choose either option.  I personally chose to find out the sex of both my babies, a decision I don’t ...

Is this your first pregnancy?  Are you feeling confused or anxious about what to expect during the first trimester?  You are not alone. When I first found out I was pregnant with my son in February 2018 - the first thing I did was look online to find out what I could and could not do during pregnancy, particularly the first trimester. It may seem alarming at first to think about what could go wrong during the early stages of your pregnancy as your body starts to change and you realise that even so early on there are things that you no longer can do or be exposed to. My first pregnancy- particularly at the beginning, I spent a lot of time worrying and getting myself stressed over the 'what ifs' which is such an easy thing to do. Risks of miscarriages or birth defects are more of a common thing during the first 12 weeks as this is the stage where the major structures of the body form including: the spine, head, hands and feet. So it is understandable that newly pregnant mothers ...

  Have you ever experienced a longing for something so much?  A longing to grow a little human inside of you? For as long as I can remember I have imagined walking around holding my growing bump, curious about how it must feel going into labour and then of course cuddling my baby for the first time. Years before my first child I would stuff cushions underneath my top just to see how I would look with a bump or go and buy a cheap test from poundland full of hope that there may be a small chance I had conceived! I'm sure that I'm not alone there right? 😆 It wasn't actually that long into my relationship with my current husband, Jake, that I brought up the subject to him about starting a family. We were living with my mum, sister and brother at the time, so as you can imagine it was rather cramped! I mentioned the idea of coming off the pill and trying for a baby. Still in college, with only Jake working full time, you are probably thinking ' what on earth is this girl th...