(Baby) Boom or Bust
I’m a cynical old trout. I’ll always see the ulterior motive to even the most sincere of gestures. I can’t help it. I try and…
What Do You Mean You Don’t Want Kids?
A topic that has been mooted over the last few days surrounds the subject of women who don’t have children. Following an article which featured…
Post Natal Depression: Is Time A Healer?
This week is Post Natal Depression Awareness Week, an illness that many of you will know strikes a chord with me. I suffered from PND…
Celebrity Magazines & Breastfeeding
I’ve got a bit of a problem when it comes to buying celebrity magazines. Wes is always on at me to curtail my spending habit,…
10 Things NOT To Say To A New Or Expectant Parent
Pregnancy Police. Baby Bobbies (I coined this one – rather proud of it an’ all, even if I do say so myself!). I would bet…
Sterilisation: Old Enough To Have A Baby, Too Young To Decide Not To
I’ve found a new woman I admire. Strong, opinionated women who stick to their guns are individuals I stick on something of a pedestal. In a world…
Maternal Mental Health Matters
I popped into Sainsburys last night for a few post work purchases, while I was trying to negotiate the self-service checkout without kicking it out…
Nobody Said It Was Easy
…..Is a line of a song from one of my all-time favourite bands; Coldplay. It’s also words that keep reverberating around my brain at the…
The Next Generation Of The Only Child
I’ve found myself in a bit of a quandary, shall we say. It’s not a situation I necessarily need to worry about just yet, but…
Mum Knows Best
I've got something on my mind and unless I write about it, it will reverberate in my brain for days to come. Last night I received…
Breast Is Best…But At What Cost?
I'm on a mission. Let me tell you why. Regular readers of my blog will know I wrote a post in August explaining my experience…
My Experience with Post Natal Depression & Post Natal Anxiety
Before I begin, I want to make it clear, this blog is not another 'Mum blog', there's plenty of decent ones out there and it's not…