Blasted Hormones
A rookie attempt to understand hormones and how they affect emotions, especially post partum, all in the light of Maggie Thatcher’s coiffure.
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Be kind to yourself
A look at the importance of women’s health post partum
Read More Be kind to yourselfBirth – the pandemic edition
My third and final birth story, with the pandemic overlay.
Read More Birth – the pandemic editionBecoming
Big news from the FF family
Read More BecomingBebette: Things I had forgotten about having a newborn
Despite the fact we were first time parents only last year (!) it is amazing how quickly you forget the highs and lows of newborn life. Here are a few of the things that I had entirely forgotten New bébés are light as a feather. Literally a tiny baby pillow feather. Be warned: if you […]
Read More Bebette: Things I had forgotten about having a newbornBebe Bag – hospital essentials
Packing my hospital bag first time round was like a magical, mystical birth preparation ritual. The bag itself, the precise contents, the order in which they were packed… Pretty sure I did it at around 30 weeks pregnant, and it required extensive research and numerous *special* shopping trips, with a fellow preggo, to ensure all […]
Read More Bebe Bag – hospital essentialsBirthing: the real deal (I’ve done it twice)
Warning: graphic content! Last week, in the early hours of Thursday morning, Bebette FF came flying out of me and into the world. Our second baby in as many years. It was an experience I won’t forget (unsurprisingly) but what was surprising was that a mere few hours after the birth, I found myself describing […]
Read More Birthing: the real deal (I’ve done it twice)Bebe to Big Bro
As this shock 2nd pregnancy rapidly races towards the inevitable finish line (panic face) I want to take stock of my beautiful Bebe FF and get lost in his joyousness for one last blog. Ok I know *technically* this whole blog is thus far dedicated to him, but so much has happened since he was […]
Read More Bebe to Big BroBumping and Groaning
OOF. I want to start by noting that time is absolutely flying, so much so I will have to interrupt my third instalment on Texas travels to blogulate about being preggo. Sorry about that. Mais why? Because I’m seven months in to this surprise pregnancy already. SEVEN MONTHS. Once Bebe FF2 arrives I suspect, for […]
Read More Bumping and GroaningBaby showers
When I found out we were having a baby boy (pretty much waved his business at us when we had our 20 week scan) one of the first things that sprung to mind was the zizi situation. Right, let’s be realistic here; I’m going to spend my first months of motherhood covered in wee. Baby boys, in particular, […]
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Be My Bébé 