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The Rollercoaster of Pregnancy Emotions

  I feel pregnancy is a different experience for everyone, even though you may seem similar to someones situation, the emotions will always be different throughout the experience. Some of us hate pregnancy and some of us love it. But the ones that do hate it (myself included) I have noticed feel some guilt around that subject and that’s what I’d like to touch on today   You see pregnancy is a whirlwind of changes. A new baby, new feelings, your body is used up and has the nutrients sucked right out of it in my case. This regards both my pregnancy’s where my first child gave me morning sickness and hospital trips throughout and my second well… she nearly killed me several times. Now as scary as that may sound, thankfully I was okay and so was she. But the trauma still follows me even after they were born, leaving me terrified of getting pregnant again.  Now as much as I absolutely adore my children it did leave me asking myself; can I go through another pregnancy? Knowing for myself tha
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The Anxiety of Days Out

As parents we all know there is a certain hidden anxiety whenever we take our children out to different places. For me it was soft play, that daunting feeling hit me as soon as I booked my first session for my son. The thought of standing in a room filled with parents being silently judged scared the day lights out of me, without realising that most first-timers probably felt the same as me.  When I walked in my palms were sweaty and the anxiety swept through me. The mums that had brought their friends seemed calm and relaxed, whilst the couples played with their kids quietly on the floor. Then there was me.. me with an 16 month old and heavily pregnant trying to figure out what would be the easiest thing to get him to go on without harming the bump. Many thoughts crowded my head about the other children, such as; what do I do if another kids mean to mine? Do I tell them off? Find a parent? What if I can’t find a parent? Do I just move my son to another section? Plenty of things to con
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My Top 10 Cleaning Products!

Hey guys  👋   How is everyone? Let me know in the comments  🥰  Today I thought I’d share my best cleaning products for all you mums and dads out there that are like me, and probably deal with spills & stains all day. As difficult as they can be to get out I’ve found these products have worked so well for me in everyday life and I can’t wait to share them for you to make your lives a bit easier too!  So let’s get into it…  Vax Steam Mop Now this has been a life-saver for my floors! It works so well and I use it every single day, even my partners obsessed with it too. I think it encourages us to do our floors more due to how clean it brings them up, no stickiness and all the spills gone! In my opinion it’s much better than mopping the entire house and dries so quickly ready to be walked on by little feet again. No harsh chemicals, just water and a bit off effort then you’re good to go!  Rate 100/10!  The Pink Stuff   Now I know you’ve probably heard everyone rave about this product
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Pregnancy & Covid-19

Pregnancy works a little different during a pandemic and for those that are unaware of the new protocols and procedures put in place during one, I thought I would give you an insight of at least my experience. So let’s dive into the complications and rules that surround a pandemic pregnancy.  Let’s talk scans. Now usually you would be able to bring a partner or a loved one to a scan, no problem. Sometimes you may even be able to bring the sibling of your child too and let them watch their unborn little brother/sister round around inside your tummy, a truly beautiful thing to see. But during a pandemic scans don’t work as smoothly as they once did. In my experience this is how they worked. When I entered the building I had to go to the waiting room on my own and was given a 2 minute window to be able to call my partner upstairs and direct him to the room to see the un-born baby. Unfortunately you can not even see your partners reaction nor can they see yours as blue masks covers your mo
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Products That Made Parenting Easier for Me

Hey guys 👋  How are you all? 🥰 let me know in the comments.  I thought I’d write this post as I figured it may help some parents/first-time parents. Some of these products I wished I had brought at the start of my pregnancy, but unfortunately I didn’t know they existed at the time. But lucky for you now I know I can share with you if you didn’t! So let’s get into it 😊  1. Tommy Tippee perfect prep machine   https://amzn.to/3DlvtUn Now this machine was an absolute lifesaver for me and I am still so grateful I had it gifted to me after the birth of my son. It saved me so much time when doing night feeds or even during the day! And if your kids are anything like mine, when they want a bottle.. they want it now and don’t like to wait for it to cool down. Which still amazes me the fact this machine gets the bottles at a perfect temperature every-time and lasts for ages if you take care of it well, for instance mine is still going strong after 17 months and I still haven’t had any problem
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The Things That Make Meals Easier for Me

 Hey guys 👋 How is everyone today? Let me know in the comments section, I hope your day is going brilliantly. What's more brilliant? I'm back with another list of my top 5 products to help you whilst cooking as a parent, which as we know is a very stressful task when you have little people running around. But these are the products that I use day in and day out to make my life much easier and create quick & easy. So lets get into it... 1. A slow cooker   https://amzn.to/3Fu0dof I cannot stress enough how much this product has helped me whilst I've had the kids going at a million miles per-hour. Now you make think slow cooking takes up a lot of your time, but in my personal experience it doesn't, only a long time too cook. My favourite part is that you can just shove your food in there and get on with your day without having to worry about it, then boom it's done and you're ready to enjoy your meal that you didn't break a sweat over.  What I usually do
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Identity Theft by Pregnancy

After we have a child whether it be c-section or natural we all view our bodies differently and know we will never see them the same again. Now I can only speak as a mother that had a c-section birth but I can imagine mothers who experienced a natural birth may feel in some way similar to this.  I looked at the stretch marks and watched as they replicated the claw marks of a tiger. Many people told me these purple, blueish marks would appear but nothing prepared me for the extent. They made me feel unattractive and unworthy of anyones touch. Like my body had been used for its purpose and from now on it’ll be just seen as a vessel for the unborn to grown and not one that could gain arousal from anyone any longer.  My breasts that were once perky were now dropping and filled with milk ready for feeding, their natural purpose for being there which we don’t really consider until our body is inhabited by our unborn. What used to be sexualised is now covered at every attempt to hide the mark
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