In May 2020, I agave birth to a baby girl after three fresh IVF cycles, and one frozen, over two years. These are my experiences as a first time mom.
I’ve writing a double entry this week, as it’s been a full-on fortnight and I’ve not had chance to get my thoughts down until now. I’m currently writing this in the back of our car with Baby R on our way back from Devon where we’ve spent a long weekend with my husband’s family for…Continue Reading “Week 16 and 17 – dairy-free holiday travels”
Can you believe it’s week 15? Last week I wrote about how we’d taken Baby R to the doctor about her reflux, and she was prescribed Gaviscon. The first night she took it, she slept 8pm-5am, and then again the second night. I honestly thought we’d cracked it! But since then her sleep has been…Continue Reading “Week 15 – all going swimmingly?”
Another week, another exciting update ;-)! The positives You’ve got to look at the silver linings, so whereas this week was testy with R’s reflux (more on that later), we did make a rather good purchase on eBay. Oh hello, Graco Simple Sway! This cost me £10 from a local seller, and it is amazing….Continue Reading “Week 14 – positives and negatives”
I can’t believe that tomorrow, Baby R is three months old. It feels like this huge milestone I’ve been working towards, and now it’s almost here I don’t know what to do. I’ve said from the beginning that I wanted to start transitioning to using formula at three months because I’m going to have to…Continue Reading “Week 13 – from breast to formula?”
We’ve now reached the 12 week mark with Baby R and I can’t believe how quickly it’s gone. She’s changed so much since she came back from the hospital in mid-May. At first, she looked a carbon copy of my husband, and everyone said the same. It actually really annoyed me at the time, as…Continue Reading “12 weeks – highs and lows”
An explanation at last Another week, another new learning curve. This time it’s reflux. Now Baby R has been spitting up after her feeds for a long while now – it’s not unusual for small ones to do so. But I’ve noticed over the past few days that it seems to be getting worse in…Continue Reading “Week 11 – reflux time”
Baby R is now 10 weeks old, and I’m starting to feel a bit more of my old self. Only tiny flashes of her, but glimpses of the person I was pre-baby none the less. The main thing for me was getting my hair done yesterday. I went to the hairdressers and had two and…Continue Reading “Week 10 – feeling a bit more ‘me’”
Well, I’m not going to lie – I am feeling quite smug. I feel like I’m nailing motherhood (haha, I know, pride comes before a fall and all that) or at least getting to grips with it a bit more. Everyone says it gets easier after six to eight weeks, and at the moment I…Continue Reading “Week nine – she sleeps!”
I can’t believe eight weeks have passed since Baby R entered the world. I’d like to say the previous week has got easier since my ‘On the turn’ post from week seven. And I suppose, in a way, it has. Baby R is definitely managing more naps in the day, albeit short ones. But a…Continue Reading “Week eight – finding a routine”
Looking back on week six, with Ruby now a seven week year-old, I feel like we’re slowly turning a corner. Don’t get me wrong: this week has been super tough (like last week and all the weeks before!) and included one of her worst night’s sleep to date. For at least a couple of days,…Continue Reading “Week seven – on the turn?”