The other day I complained to Maia’s dad saying “Maia is getting so independent!”. He looked at me as if I’d completely lost it. In fairness it does sound a bit funny because our little girl isn’t exactly a low maintenance “I’ll just mind my own business”-kind of baby but what I meant is that Read More
Tag: firsttimemum
Scared to give birth, after giving birth…
Ever since Maia was born, I’ve been thinking about whether I could do it again. I have always wanted multiple children – at least two – but even though I had an uncomplicated labour it was a shock to me how bad the experience was and how much it hurt. And by all accounts I Read More
Mum life part 5/5 – Friday
It’s Friday! The last day of the week being on my own with my baby girl. Weekends no longer mean lie-ins or dinners out but with Maia’s daddy at home during the day I can share the baby duty, I have adult company, and we usually do something nice together. But before the weekend, here Read More
Mum life part 2/5 – Tuesday
5.30am – Maia wakes up for a feed having slept nearly 6 hours since the dream feed last night (at 11pm for 45-minutes). I feed her for 20-minutes and we fall asleep on my bed and sleep for another two hours (she has another 30-minute sleepy feed around 7am). 8.00am – I wake Maia up Read More
Mum life part 1/5 – Monday
But what do you DO all day on maternity leave?? I’ve been asked this question directly and indirectly, and for sure wondered it myself before having a baby. So to shed light on what I do during my days alone at home with my 15-week (3.5 months) old baby girl, I’m kicking off a series Read More
My first Mother’s Day
I woke up to my first Mother’s Day the same way I’ve been waking up every day for the last 14 weeks – my baby girl cooing in her Moses basket next to my bed, little legs kicking the air letting me know it was time to get up. It was 6am already, after all! Read More
Separation
You tell yourself the baby is fine. She is at home, a short taxi ride away, with a close relative. You’ve expressed milk in case she gets hungry and left instructions to call you at any time in case she gets distressed. It’ll only be a few hours and you’ll be back. She will be Read More
Unplanned co-sleeping…
It’s 8am and I’m lying on the sofa with my baby on my chest, feeling like a zombie, scratching dried baby poo off my hands. I’m sipping my reheated coffee careful not to spill it on the baby. It had been another bad night… I never intended to sleep with my baby in the same Read More
Birth story part 2 – she’s coming!
(Click to read Part 1) At 1pm on December 2nd I was examined by the midwife at the UCLH birth centre. I was definitely in labour but the progress was literally painfully slow. After 15-hours my cervix was only 3cm dilated and my waters had not yet broken, but the contractions were getting very painful and Read More
Birth story part 1 – the hours leading up to labour…
Throwback to the hours leading up to my active labour… While Wednesday had been a good day and I had felt energetic – went to the gym, cooked and tidied our home – Thursday was not so great. I had a pounding headache all day, probably from sleep deprivation, and I so stayed at home Read More