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Emma’s Diary Feature: 18 Months After My C-Section, The Nerve Damage Has Finally Gone
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers. Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. This blog post covers an update on my own C-Section recovery now that we’re 18 months after the date. The birth of my little boy, Jack, feels as if it happened both a hundred years ago and last week. Fellow mums will know exactly what I mean. Day to day life is full on but sometimes I feel like I’ve blinked and my newborn has turned into a toddler. Sometimes our birth feels like forever ago…
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Baby Name Trends For 2024
Are you expecting a baby in 2024? Want to know what names will be popular and all-too-common for when your bundle of joy is due? Prefer to avoid the trends and go for a more unique name? I’ve put together a bumper list of predicted baby name trends for 2024. Get your baby book out and start dreaming of your baby and their perfect name. Choosing a name for your baby is a big deal. If you’re stuck or need some inspiration, you can always rely on the experts, celebrities and the trend setters. Whether, like us, you have your heart set on a traditional name, a family tradition, or…
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The 411 on Breastfeeding After a C-Section – Cake Maternity Guest Article
Partnering with Cake Maternity last year helped me come to terms with my own pregnancy, parenting and post-c section journey. Connecting with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle subjects around motherhood and, importantly, breastfeeding. This month, I’m sharing a post I wrote in collaboration with Cake Maternity back when my son was a newborn. Re-reading it aloud, the subject is still tender but the message is just as important, 20 months on. In February, I was rushed into theatre for an emergency c-section to birth my son following a twenty hour back-to-back labour. My gorgeous son, Jack, was born in a…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: 5 Things That ALL Mums Do
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers. Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today I’m talking all about the silly things we all do as mums! It’s a funny one, so settle in for some laughs! I’ve now been a Mum to my little boy, Jack for 18 months. I seem to have blinked and 18 months of our lives have flown past. It’s no secret that I found the first few weeks tough and the adjustment to be massive. But, it’s as if we got to six weeks, we got into…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: Why I Hate The Term “Daddy Day Care”
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers. Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today I’m talking all about the role of the Dads and co-parents. It’s a controversial one, before this post actually went live, I received some feedback and it was *wild* I want to start this post off with a simple statement: I am woman, hear me roar! Being a mum to Jack is one of the best things in my life. Genuinely, I’ve never felt happier or more like I’m in the right place, doing the right thing.…
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