PPD
Expressions of a Mother
There are always words
buried deep in my soul
Experiences
ponderings
revelations
encouragements I wish to express.
They get caught beneath the demands
They get trapped under the daily grind
The cries for Mumma deaden their drive
And they stay
Still
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Healing Through Birth – A Mother’s Story Series
The beginning of our birth story series. The moment we became This Mum. Whether through vaginal delivery, medicated birth, caesarean surgery, miscarriage or adoption we all walked through the door of motherhood and have been forever changed.
A stunning recoun...
Smiling in My Skivvies With a Message for Mothers
Why did I decide to strip down to my undies, bring both my children to a home with expensive camera equipment and take the time to vulnerably open up about both the broken moments and beauty of motherhood? It may not be for the reason you think.
The 4th Trime...
When We Feel Unappreciated (Because We All Do)
Dear Mum Who Feels Unappreciated,
There is post after post on the difficulty of raising children full time. Most of them try to laugh it off, even many that I have written, because a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. And sometimes raising our ...
Dear Mum Who Wants to Do it All
Dear Mum who wants to do it all,
As I sit, my youngest is a bit sick and sleeping up against my chest in her sling and my oldest, 3 and a half, is out with my Mother. I have a moment of silence and the scene outside my window with empty streets that are dam...
New Year
I'm really interested to know how you all spent new years!! Did you leave the kids? Have a night in? Are you single and mingling?
For us we had our first New Years in. We traditionally go out or at least over to a parent's house to watch Dick Clark and e...
Focusing on Positive Vulnerability
Vulnerable moments in parenting do not always have to be about negative feeling or decisions. Vulnerability can also come from a beautiful positive space of love, connection and beauty. A shared moment of sudden realization and appreciation.
Even though pos...
Waiting Gracefully
Does anyone else get anxious while waiting? I guess it is because while waiting for a response, an answer, a solution we are not in control. The pause button has been pushed in that area of our lives and the batteries have died in the remote.
I get that awf...
Tribal Mummas Pt 2
Remember when I talked about the utmost importance of a motherhood tribe? If not you can read it here.
Well I am being awoken to something. Through my years as a nursing student, a qualified RN and then as a working woman I was part of another tribe. A grou...
this mum this morning
This morning was one of those really hard ppd mornings. You know the ones where you cry, all the time. Where smiling at your babies doesn't feel second nature like it normally does. You go through the motions, getting breakfast for them, sinking down with a co...
