Missing (adjective): Not present or included when expected or supposed to be Apologies for the delay in posting this, we had tech issues on the website last week, but this is the blog I posted on instagram for this year’s …
NCT Feedback
National Childbirth Trust (NCT): The UK’s largest parent charity. The mission is to support parents through the first 1000 days: from the beginning of pregnancy through to a child’s second birthday We recently completed an antenatal NCT course, the main aim being …
PAL
Disclaimer: This particular blog is about Pregnancy After Loss (‘PAL’), so if this is not where you are right now and you would like to shield yourself, I get that. You can stop reading now. PAL (acronym): Pregnancy After Loss …
Sur-regal
Pinch Me (saying): Used to say that one can’t believe something is happening An hour after I posted my last blog, a friend sent me 15 exclamation marks followed by this screenshot, with the caption “speechless!” One week on from …
Grief Growth
Donate (verb): Give for a good cause For those hoping for a deep and profound blog, based on the title, sorry, but this one’s about hair. Hair?! Yep hair and my literal grief growth. Bear with me – “hair” me …
Pregnancy Loss Certificates
Certified (adjective): Officially recognised as possessing certain qualifications or meeting certain standards I am beyond thrilled today, to have woken up to a BBC article which indicates that as part of the Women’s Health Strategy, the UK government plan to …
Monday…. Again
Déjà vu (noun): A feeling of having already experienced the present situation I came on here to write a blog called “Mondays” and it turns out, I’ve already written one here. Oops. I don’t know what it is about Mondays, …
Words of Affirmation
Believe (verb): Accept that something is true, especially without proof I woke up today, with a word in my head: Believe I have a difficult relationship with HOPE, which I’ve blogged about previously. After three pregnancy losses, I just don’t …
Birth Flowers
Unrequited love (phrase): A love that can’t be acted upon or is not openly reciprocated It was our 10 year wedding anniversary last week and James booked us a trip to the Netherlands to cycle the tulip fields, seeing as …
Past, Present, Future, Always
* This blog is for Charlie, on her 2nd birthday. Gone, but not forgotten * Carry (verb): Support the weight of It’s a new calendar year and a new bruth: I hate not being able to say “she died last …