My Experience of Termination For Medical Reasons: Loss Awareness Week 2020
TRIGGER WARNING: For those experiencing prenatal anxiety, this piece covers a termination due to results of a pregnancy scan and may trigger anxiety. For anyone struggling with worries about the health of their child during their pregnancy, don’t feel you have to hide it, here are some suggestions from MIND…
2019 Has Not Been a Great Work Year
This year hasn’t been a vintage year for me work-wise and that’s not something I’ve advertised on social media or elsewhere. Whenever I’ve mentioned it to friends or family, they’ve all said the same thing: ‘you’d never know from the outside.’ So much of real professional success is about how…
The Truth About Being a Freelance Mum
Over the past year, I’ve been fortunate enough to build an incredible community of mothers on social media @mamalovesgrey. Through the endless conversations I’ve had with hundreds of mums, I’ve gained an insight into the front line of feminism and one of the biggest sticking points is how the household…
‘It Was of its Time’: The Noughties Were Horrendously Un-Woke & I Was Part of The Problem
A few weeks ago, I was emptying out my miscellaneous drawer—the one spot of the house that hasn’t been Marie Kondo’d as there are ostensibly important things in there—and I came across my ‘book’. In the pre-internet, pre-social media days, as a journalist you built up a portfolio of hardcopy…
The Fourth Trimester Series: BIRTH
Sharing your birth story has almost become a rite of new motherhood passage, with both film and photography becoming pretty normal delivery room add on. And while there is plenty to say about, for me personally and for many other mums I’ve since met and spoken to, your little one’s…
The Fourth Trimester Series: FEEDING
You’ve been through the birth, got your bundle of joy home and are looking forward to getting to know each other. But, for many women, the ‘bubble’ of newborn bliss isn’t quite the glowy fantasy they had imagined with feeding challenges consuming the whole experience. Struggling with both the physical,…
Taking Baby Steps Back To Confidence Post Birth
Confidence is something which we all aspire to in one way or another, but having self-belief isn’t something which stays at a constant level, or that once you attain lasts throughout your lifetime. It ebbs and flows and even the most assured woman can suffer crises and setbacks depending on…
How To Always Have Something Wear No Matter What The Party
The smell of summer is finally here and while there’s much to enjoy about the heatwave, the ‘events season’ also brings its fair share of sartorial challenges. Looking at the dates piling up in your calendar can make even the most frugal shopper suddenly feel the pressure to go wild…
Segueing Back into Style With Modern Classics
The ‘fourth trimester’ or the three months after you give birth are a rollercoaster of highs and lows with relentless sleep deprivation and a bundle of joy who turns into a mini demon at the strike of midnight. From breastfeeding trials to physical recovery, it’s a tricky time of adjustment…
I Didn’t Know About Prenatal Anxiety—Until It Happened to Me
First published on MyDomaine.com HERE, this account of my pregnancy experience addresses the little-discussed challenge of pre-natal anxiety and the impact it can have on your happiness, mental health and pre-birth preparation. When you’re unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, your evening dreams and daytime reveries are often occupied with imagining…