We decided to keep Monday 21st May, all about Ariya. It’s also the date of our Indian Wedding Anniversary and so her special day will be forever entwined with ours. It was a packed day of back and forth from the SCBU – to express milk for Adhiya, and spending every other minute with Ariya. …
When Time Stopped
I’d been discharged from hospital and we had just over a week until the planned induction, to do important things – last minute scans and appointments, meeting our health visitor, having my work appraisal, eating ANYthing and EVERYthing to try and fatten the babies up, celebrating passing our first GP exam, getting my eyebrows threaded, …
How Many Times Does Lightning Strike?
Honestly – I didn’t truly believe what that Consultant had told us. When we had thought so hard about what decision to make regarding the pregnancy, this wasn’t one of the options we had considered. We didn’t even think that this was a possibility. It felt like this pregnancy was just not meant to be …
The Storm
And thus began the darkest period of my life. When I recall these memories, they are quite literally shrouded in darkness, almost with a black tinge. Isn’t it odd how the brain processes things over time? I was signed off sick – but I felt like a fraud. My body wasn’t failing me and my …
The Calm
“So you mean, that’s one baby but viewed from three different angles?” That was in response to the ultrasonographer showing me three sonograms one after another and telling me “There’s one baby … there’s another baby … and there’s another baby”. Gosh, to this day my response to her makes me doubt whether my medical …
The Two Pink Lines
For us, starting a family was a no-brainer. Babies and children fascinate me! At most family get-togethers, I can be found entertaining the kiddies in the corner. I love the fact that their brains are like sponges – absorbing everything you tell them, so innocent (mostly) and great fun. (And lots of hard work, I …