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Send a text Podcast Episode Summary: The Biggest Challenges Since Amelia’s 20-Week Scan In this deeply personal episode, I share my journey as a mum from the moment everything changed at Amelia’s 20-week scan. What should have been a routine and joyous milestone turned into the start of a challenging and emotional path filled with uncertainty, fear, and immense love. I open up about the devastatin...

Send a text Hi everyone, I just want to say I I haven’t been around have been struggling with my mental health recently.

Send a text Recording this at 5:10 in the morning block watching the sunrise because my daughter has not slept all night. Feelings of guilt feelings have not been good enough as well as exhaustion a major effect that we can look after our little ones. Listen to me while I am walking around trying to Amelia to sleep.

Send a text As parents and care givers, we all want the best for our little ones and we know that sleep is a key part of development (it's always nice for us to feel refreshed too). Today we welcome Shirley Mcgowan, a certified Paul McKenna hypnotherapist, who specialises in sleep and pain management. not only this, but she is also a published author of an eBook that is coming out tomorrow fe...

Send a text Sunday is race day for the Brighton marathon. My husband will be running for Ickle Pickles in honour of my NICU baby Amelia.  If you can donate    https://theicklepickles.enthuse.com/pf/ryan-johnstone?fbclid=IwAR25MMiZ3G3P29_22SmHqz9Ylv0I8A252sMKjVibewBb6ijYeVgc2brahug

Send a text A lot of people think that post-traumatic stress disorder is just for veterns. However, medical trauma is something that can really affect somebody. After having a very traumatic pregnancy from the 20 weeks onwards and finding out that it was extremely touching go. From that point there have been a lot of unresolved feelings. And after a friend had announced that she was having her gen...

Send a text Today we have the pleasure of having Rebecca Hope owner of our Hope Hive Community family hub join us, talking about the importance of community when raising children and how important this is pre-and Post covid 19 pandemic and how the pandemic has impacted development of children.

Send a text After coming home from the hospital, there is always going to be an adjustment period. Because you are just getting used to having a new human you are solely responsible for who is a complete stranger. Today we are talking about the adjustment period, medical care that is often needed for a premature baby, feeding challenges, milestones and bonding with your child while being sleep dep...

Send a text In today’s episode, I am talking about neonatal intensive care and the special care, baby unit as well as life while my daughter was in there. Talking about the day of Birth, and then the weeks following. In the NICU and SCBU. 

Send a text Mother’s Day can be triggering for some. I know for us last year was a tough day because we did not know if we would be celebrating today. The days are celebrated. Remember you don’t need a card or a present because your biggest present is your biggest achievement that you have in your arms today.  For those who are trying to conceive and find it difficult, or those who have lost a par...

Send a text Today is the first anniversary of when we had our 20 weeks scan. It brought up a lot of different feelings that I know that I haven’t fully processed

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