How to be Financially Stable during Maternity Leave (without really trying)?

Becoming a new mother is overwhelming enough without having to worry about your finances! Not only will you have the costs of of key items such as disposable nappies, wipes, and formula if that’s you’re only option but there’s your current outgoings for rent, utility bills and groceries. It adds up and can leave you […]

The Holistic Self-Care Checklist

It was completely beyond anything I could imagine, holding a baby in my arms but the moment finally came. The waiting, the tears, the anxiety, all lead to that amazing moment. I am also incredibly grateful with you if you’re also getting to enjoy this gift! Congratulations! If you’re anything like me you are probably […]

THE ARRIVAL

How do you put into words the unimaginable? There are but a few moments in this space of life where even the most creative of minds falls short of expressing the raw emotion of what it means to bring forth life. The realisation of this hope seemed even further away, being clouded by the loss […]

Time After Trauma

Many of us started 2019 with the same eagerness for a new beginning that we’ve started 2020 with. We had hopes and dreams. We saw our year on the 1st of January with all the key dates playing in our minds before we’d lived them. We didn’t see loss, we didn’t see pain, we didn’t […]

Why Not to Buy Maternity Wear

I still cannot quite believe it. Not that I haven’t bought maternity wear but even just that I have the privilege of making it this far into my pregnancy! I’m on the home stretch and spend most of my time day dreaming about the beauty (and of course pain) that will be the labour process. […]

Planning a Baby Shower After Loss

I have written quite recently on the difficulties I’ve faced within myself regarding celebrating a new pregnancy. I know there are many men and women out there who are going through or unfortunately will go through the emotional turmoil of simultaneous sorrow and joy. It’s a strange place to find yourself in. Especially for my […]

Striving For Joy in the New

“It was true of the younger son who died and returned to life, who was lost and found again. It is always the case that the greater the joy, the greater is the pain which precedes it.” – Saint Augustine, Confessions (p.230) Pregnancy after miscarriage is an afterlife tainted by great pain. You trudge through […]

Pregnancy After Miscarriage

It’s like holding your breath underwater. With each second your desperation for air increases. Your movements start off calm, carving through the water as you float until your body registers your limitation nearing, and you’re frantically grasping for relief. It’s exhausting. I have spent most days reliving my previous pregnancy until I finally made it […]

Time to Heal

I’ve been taking time to take my own advice. I had to acknowledge the fact that I was walking around with open wounds and trying to ignore the fact that they needed to be seen to. They needed to be cleaned and dressed and given time to heal. “I was walking around with open wounds […]

Returning To Work After Miscarriage

I still remember having to give birth to Noa and immediately being faced with the dreaded reality of the limited time off and having to return to work. It still haunts me. The doctor had initially come back with a paper signing me off work for two weeks. I was in shock and terrified. I […]