by Marie | Aug 12, 2016 | Personal
The multi-faceted face of grief Grief is a hideous thing. It grips your heart, it feels like its physically twisting it before it tears it in two. If you lose someone you love, the physical feeling is so intense it overwhelms you and this led to my first ever anxiety...
by Marie | May 20, 2016 | Parenting, Personal, Post Baby
My newborn story I have a healthy newborn baby, hurray! Here is my newborn story! Even though I had nine months to prepare, had read extensively about caring for newborns and had plenty of previous knowledge from my women’s health physiotherapy work… I was so not...
by Marie | May 6, 2016 | Birth, Personal, Post Baby
My birth story My birth story was completely opposite to the one I had envisioned. I wrote a birth plan. I attended all my antenatal classes and I wanted a natural birth in a pool preferably with just gas and air. My husband and I went on a hypnobirthing course and I...
by Marie | Mar 10, 2016 | Personal, Pregnancy
My pregnancy journey This is my personal pregnancy story, raw and from the heart. It’s not full of roses I’m afraid… I certainly did not ‘glow’ at any stage. My hairdresser once advised me that after doing the deed you should put your legs up the wall and stay in this...
