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Those of you who have lost a baby, you know the grief. The remembering hits you at the most unexpected times when you’re not altogether prepared for it. Even though it’s been a couple of years since we lost our first, I thought I was over it or at least learned to live with that little part of you that will be forever missing. But the words of Ed Sheeran’s song Photograph, which he was...

I am well aware of the dangers of the sun and the importance of applying cream to my daughter’s delicate skin, but I’m also well aware of how much of a pain it actually is! Add to the fact that I reapply all over every hour as I'm t errified my baby girl will get the slightest tinge of red, sometimes I love when the sun doesn’t come out. Admittedly, the weather has not been the best this...

My mother always told me I’d need eyes in the back of my head once I become a mum. While obviously I understood the phrase, I didn’t truly appreciate the sentiment until very recently. Despite having been a mother for fifteen years, I have, thankfully, endured very few scares when it comes to my children’s whereabouts. While getting lost in a supermarket or going momentarily missing during a...

The media has recently been awash with reports of parents accidentally leaving their children trapped in cars and I’ll be honest, I can barely read them without experiencing an almost physical reaction. When I hear members of the public slamming those ‘idiotic’ and ‘irresponsible’ parents, I swallow against my nausea and silently agree, all the while knowing I am the very parent they are...

I didn’t breastfeed either of my children. It wasn’t because I couldn’t, it’s because I wouldn’t. There, I said it. I chose not to breastfeed because I wasn’t comfortable with the notion. I can’t exactly explain why, but I just knew that the prospect of nursing my children would have a detrimental effect on my emotional wellbeing and I didn’t want anything to taint mine or my...

So what is life like a week on from the eventful day of Thursday 23rd July? Well, Friday and Saturday were emotional days to say the least. Recovering from the speed at which we became Mum and Dad, missing my brother-in-law's wedding, recovering from a C-section, along with discomfort and moving from my beloved Monica's Ward where I felt like I was surrounded by a family of midwives. I was...

Pictures of our Living With Triplets' gorgeous newborns to follow... So after an eventful day reaching my 29 th week, I did not realise that the next day was going to be the day we had been waiting for. I woke around 5am for my heartbeat trace with the night midwife. The trace is due to take approximately 20 minutes but on this morning all the babies were playing up a bit. They kept...

I recently made the mistake of inviting my son’s friend on a family weekend away and learned in the process that I’m not quite as good with children as I thought. There’s nothing quite like spending a considerable amount of time with someone else’s child to make you thankful for your own gang, is there? Like any mum, I see my children’s flaws - and believe me, there are plenty to choose...

So, I got to 29 weeks yesterday, however it was not without its ups and downs! The previous day, one of the girls I had made good friends with on the ward ended up being sectioned with her twins, as the heartbeats kept dropping. It was a tough day for me, with my new friend of twins leaving; especially after the other two friends I had made left the day before as well. The first day of my 29 th...

My friend and I once made a pact that we’d never let disputes between our children come between us and our friendship. If her child insisted mine was hogging the TV remote, we’d simply let them battle it out between themselves before intervening only as the voice of reason, not bias. If my child insisted hers was cheating during a particularly heated game of Hide and Seek, we’d allow them to...