birth

May 17, 20212020, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, calm, change, communication, community, comparison, connections, education, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, inner peace, learning, mother, patience

This is me

You’ve probably heard it said “every baby is different” and of course that’s true. In fact, every mother is different too. We […]

September 14, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, bonding, change, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, unknown

Into the Unknown

There are so many instances in life where we venture out blindly hoping that we make it through. A new job, buying […]

September 9, 2020attachment, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, change, community, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, Uncategorized

Mama

One of the lovely things about being a mum is there is this unspoken understanding and acceptance that we are all in […]

July 20, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, guilt, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, premature, relationship, rollercoaster

You just gotta ride it

Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena […]

July 8, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, calm, change, emotions, family, feelings, labour, mother, Parenting, peace, pregnancy, rollercoaster

Life is a Rollercoaster

On the 21st May, I started preparing to write a blog entitled Life is a Rollercoaster. Seven weeks later, I am finally […]

May 12, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, labour, love, mother, Parenting, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, relationship, self-care

Canvas of Life

After a chat with my family last night and having been asked the question “have you got any news” and finding the […]

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019birth, mother, Parenting, Uncategorized

Call the Midwife

It’s 3.25am and I’ve woken up soaking wet. Have I wet myself? No, surely I have more control than that (even if […]

July 4, 2018Uncategorized

Me!

I’ve added a few entries now so I thought it was about time I said a little bit about how I got […]