Robyn
Robyn’s Birth Story
On Thursday morning, the 18th, my waters broke whilst I was laying in bed having a chat with Declan. We dropped the boys around to my in laws and made our way off to hospital. The midwives confirmed that my waters had broken and, in exactly the same way as I was with Connor and … Continue reading
Inspiration
One thing I keep on hearing over and over again since Robyn’s birth is how “inspirational” I am. I feel like a fraud. I certainly don’t feel inspirational, in fact I think I feel pretty much everything but that. Today I felt jealous. The green eyed monster planted himself firmly on my shoulder in the … Continue reading
Weep Not For The Memories
The funeral is done. I feel like the first chapter is finished, the book will never end, but the first part is done and over with, and the rest will be easier to get through. I’m still trying to put together all of the pieces of the last fortnight, it still seems like a crazy … Continue reading
Robyn Jade
I keep on trying to write this post, and it’s either too short and clinical, or too long and I can’t emotionally bring myself to finish it. Our very unexpected baby died in utero in the early hours of the morning on February the 19th, at spot on 36 weeks gestation. I was induced that … Continue reading
Adjustment
I spent July afflicted by seemingly never ending food poisoning combined with an acute case of cystitis that was never even vaguely cured by antibiotics. In August I clued in that something was up and peed on a stick. Immediately a deep pink line appeared, darker than the control line, telling me I wasn’t just … Continue reading
