A New You
I have lost everything, and I have everything. It’s a hard statement to understand but I feel this is true in my life. This time 10 years ago I really had no idea what grief, loss or unconditional love was.…
Premmie Parenting
I recently read another article on developmental milestones, you know the ones, they tell every thing your child should be doing at the exact age of 6 months or by 2 years and I’m thinking to myself – “Really, do…
Back to Work
It’s something that most new parents have to address – When is the right time to return to work? How will I make this work? Will they be ok with someone else? What if it doesn’t work? For some of us,…
Sweetheart, I am here
I am here. As I sit next to you for another day I want you to know that I am here, for you, for me and I’m not going anywhere without you. I can see you, or at least parts…
The Christmas Blues
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, maybe not for all of us. It has been two and a half years now since the premature birth of my twin girls and I still seem to struggle with big events and milestones, like…
The people that you meet …
It’s true that under difficult and traumatic circumstances people often rally and band together. Maybe it’s a desperate attempt to find security, to lessen the fear. I think, perhaps, we are hoping to find a safer place, a place where…
The Ongoing Struggle – My journey with PTSD & PND
This may be the hardest post I have ever written (and may ever write). Mental health is a taboo subject in my family as it is in many families across the globe. Sadly, people still see mental illness as a…
The After Life
For some reason, when they told us we could take Madeleine home, I thought “it” was over; this whole saga of having a premature baby was over. We had got through it; we were finally going to be a ‘normal’…
The NICU; A new normal
When I think back on our time in the NICU, I am filled with immense gratitude and almost a sense of happiness which, I know, is odd. And I know this isn’t everyone’s experience but for us the NICU became…
Looking Back …
She’s 2…. Just like that, she’s 2! Sometimes I almost need to remind myself that it was all real if I am truly honest. These past 2 years have been both the longest and shortest of my life. When I…
