Quiet at last! My first days on maternity leave were quite emotional and a stressful too (see my last two posts) and only now I feel like I can relax a bit. I’ve been exhausted to the bone and crying a lot and just generally being a bit of a hormonal mess, but it all Read More
At the hospital
[TMI alert, not for the easily grossed out.] Just a quick vent about yesterday which was a really, really bad day… As I wrote in my previous post the constant stress and exhaustion I’ve been dealing with since the summer (mostly work related but the mum life add-on has not helped) have lead to an Read More
An abrupt end to my life as a pregnant career mum
And just like that, it all stopped. The rush, the stress, the pressure – the feeling of drowning I’ve battled since January. There have been so many things I’ve wanted to do this year, so many things I’ve tried to do. But there are only so many things we can do. Right now, my main Read More
Baby prep – shopping for baby number two
I’m feeling totally exhausted from work (and it’s only Tuesday!!) and generally pretty “meh” today. I’ve been at home alone tonight as my husband is working late and Maia is sleeping, and I really needed to do something to cheer myself up… So after finishing my secret stash of chocolates, I decided to write about Read More
Fear of labour – finding the courage to do it again
“I birth fearlessly” said the note given to me by my yoga instructor. She told me I don’t need to learn to give birth, my body knows how to do that. This I of course know since it’s already done it once and did an excellent job at it. But my instructor is absolutely correct Read More
24-hour babymoon – weekend getaway at Luton Hoo spa
24-hours of no one demanding anything from me – I’m sure every mother can appreciate how blissful that was! I would not trade my life for anyone’s but especially recently it has felt that my every waking hour is spent responding to other people’s needs. Being pregnant of course means that even when I’m not Read More
25/26-weeks pregnant – baby kicks and practice contractions
The last weeks of the second trimester of my second pregnancy! Not the easiest but luckily the past couple of weeks have been quieter at work, or at least I haven’t been travelling which has made life calmer. This is good because growing this baby is becoming harder work! Still, I’ve been incredibly lucky and Read More
The nightmare of trying to navigate the UK school system: why private schools are called public and other incomprehensible concepts
Despite having lived in London for six years, I am still a foreigner in this country and having received my primary school education in Finland, the UK school system is completely alien to me. I had expected children’s education to be, as so many things in London, highly competitive and expensive, and I was not Read More
Diary of a career mum – a week of my (crazy) life
I often refer to my life as being a bit crazy right now, trying to combine a full time investment banking job, being a mum to my 22-month old daughter while being 6-months pregnant with my son. So to shed some light on how my life actually looks like on a daily basis, I kept Read More
My toddler Maia
When I feel like I’m struggling (see my previous post), I try to focus on all things positive in my life, the best thing being, of course, my little girl Maia. I stopped writing the monthly baby updates when Maia turned one and was no longer a baby, but I really wanted to write one Read More