Perspective
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…
Amelia’s story; Birth Envy, a Real Thing
A quick google search confirms exactly what I thought – birth envy is a real thing. Except for me it’s so much more than envy, it’s a genuinely horrible feeling of hatred, jealousy, anxiety, panic, inadequacy, and leaves me feeling…
PTSD is real: Bec & Oscar’s Story
PTSD is real! And it’s not something to be ashamed of! I had heard of it before but it was always in the context of soldiers who had gone to war so I assumed (silly me) that they were the…
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…
