Tag: Motherhood
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The Honest Twin Diaries: The Four Month Sleep Regression
Yep. We all know having twins is hard. It’s two babies. It’s mathematically proven to be harder than one. But, I’ve been so lucky. I can’t really complain about my twinnies. They’ve been quite relaxed and smiley – so far. That was until they reached the four month sleep regression. I didn’t dabble into researching […]
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The Honest Twin Diaries: The Real Maternity Leave
“Are you looking forward to your break?” I almost wondered if the question had come through my video call distorted, but when I stared at the face on my screen that was patiently waiting for a response, I had to hold back a snort laugh. “My break?” I asked, trying to keep the mixture of […]
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The Honest Twin Diaries: The 1% Epidural Risk
“I just need to tell you about the risks involved.” The anaesthetist’s voice was like background music to the painful contraction that was rippling through my body. All I could do was grunt in response for her to continue. I know health professionals don’t have a lot of time, but everyone had been talking to […]
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The Honest Twin Diaries: Learning To Ask For Help
I hate asking for help. I always have. My report cards used to come back with comments like: She’s a great student but she needs to ask more questions. My logic centred around questioning that if I was a great student, why would I need to ask questions? And what if I didn’t have any […]
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February Update: Reading, Watching, Listening and Life
Reading Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid After polishing off Malibu Rising last month, I dove straight into Daisy Jones and The Six – and boy, was I not disappointed! I loved Malibu Rising, but this was even better. The pace was faster and more exciting. I thought the interview-style writing would […]
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My Thoughts on Maternity Leave
I was four days off finishing work when I felt my waters break at four in the morning. It wasn’t a huge gush like you see in the movies, so I put on a pad and waited a couple of hours to make sure that I hadn’t just lost control of my pelvic floor. An […]
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