I admit it. I just love them. I love working with them. I love talking about them. I love feeling a babies foot kicking in its Mother’s belly, and moments later lying in her arms. I love the smell of a newborn’s head. I love hearing parents to be waiting excitedly for their baby. My favourite […]
It is quite amazing after attending a birth. I get pretty huge hugs from ecstatic new Dads. Tears from exhausted but elated new Mums. And even the hospital staff (at one particular hospital) grab a cuddle as I leave. But it is especially lovely read thanks on personal blogs. To see photos. And to, even months […]
Sorry to the avid readers of my blog. Things have been… odd around here. Frauline Lara was fantastic. She arrived and an instant weight was lifted from our shoulders. Pity she didn’t feel the same way about us. She left 6 weeks into her stay with us citing"unhappiness" as the reason. Turns out Frauline Lara prefers […]
Frauline Lara has arrived. And I don’t know how I did it without her. It was especially helpful to have her here while I was stuck on the lounge for two weeks with a bad back. And while I was busy with three birth in a week. And when my daughter broke her arm (yes […]
Last night was my sixth Overnight Sleep Rescue in 8 days. And well… I am more than a little fatigued. Yesterday I interviewd four Mothercraft Nurses who will hopefully be lightening my workload so that I can focus on my Postnatal Clients after their births. I cannot wait for that, as the nights are starting […]
I haven’t been this excited since Jack did his first poo in the toilet! Our Au Pair arrives in 8 days. That means that in 8 days from now: I won’t have to worry about a client going into labour on a Monday or a Tuesday I can go and get a loaf of bread and it won’t […]
Some of you might know that I have been working VERY hard of late. And today I threw caution to the wind (and my accountant into an early grave) and I went shopping I had several hours to kill whilst waiting to see doctors for my daughter’s broken wrist. So yes I dragged my […]
After a stressful week, and a very exhausting Monday night at work (a Doula’s work is never done!), I fell asleep at 7pm last night. Yes I did have to miss All Saints and I failed at my detox program by taking 4 overnight flu tablets. But I was oh so tuckered out, so […]
For the last 3 years I have been steadily gaining 30 kilos. I have complained about it, felt ugly, avoided having photos taken and wondered if everyone is looking at me while I’m eating in a restaurant. I cannot bear the thought of what I will be like in another 3 years if I don’t do […]
Whoah! Have I just been on Exreme Makeover-Life Edition? Or is this the natural progression of life as your children get older? It is a new world that I am living in. A weird place of alien concepts such as:
Private schools - My daughter, Sophie, has just started at a Montessori school. We loved it so much […]
