Mums Life in Words

 Hi friends, Lets talk about C-sections. Firstly, I just want to say I salute all mothers who have endured any or all types of labour and delivery. Labour is hard, labour is painful, labour feels like forever. You are all strong, wonderful, amazing humans and I stand with you. When it comes to delivery (not the amazon parcel to your doorstep type) there are a few options that come to mind. You can give birth in hospital, at home, midwifery units (if available), theatre. You could have an all natural drug free labour, induced labour, forceps and other surgical tools required or caesarean section (c section). But we all have one common goal at the end of it, to have our babies out in the world. As a 2 time c-section momma, I can only speak of my personal experience on this. I am fully aware that not everyone's experience will be the same but hopefully some of this article will resonate with some of you wonderful women. Have you ever heard the phrase c-sections are not real labour? C-

Hi friends, Prior to having kids, I was easily a size 6/8. I took this for granted as I would eat anything and everything and would never gain weight. It was amazing. A good diet and intentional exercise was non existent at this point in my life as I never felt I actually needed it as work kept me on my toes. (more fool me). When I first fell pregnant in 2017, I was 26 years old. By this point, I underestimated how quickly I would grow in my pregnancy. Whilst I was pregnant, a large number of my colleagues had also fell pregnant so it was easy for me to fall into the 'comparison' trap. I would constantly compare symptoms, size, highs and lows. I noticed that those that were carrying boys (like me) were on the larger side by the end of the pregnancy and grew quicker in the pregnancy as opposed to those colleagues carrying girls (I know its an old wives tale but maybe there is some truth in there about larger bumps being boys?) By 3 months there was no hiding the fact I was pregn