Motherhood Archives | Sorry About The Mess

Saying goodbye to the idea of a baby girl (Gender Disappointment)

Gender disappointment is such a complex thing to experience. You may have stumbled across this article because you have just found out you are having your second, third, or maybe…

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5 min

2021 – Our Year In Review

Since starting this blog in 2011 (I just realised that makes it 10 years old, wow!), my content has evolved from frequent ‘what we’ve been up to’ content dumps, to…

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14 min

An emergency trip to theatre and venthouse delivery – Bay’s Birth Story, part 3

It’s about 9.30am and the syntocin drip has been on for about an hour. There is a heart rate dip that Sam, I, and the midwives all stop and pay…

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9 min

An Epidural and the Syntocinon drip – Bay’s Birth Story, Part 2

It was past midnight when I was called to the labour ward for induction, so I was now exactly 42 weeks pregnant. It felt weirdly calming to be walking to…

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11 min

Induction at 42 weeks pregnant – Bay’s Birth Story, Part 1

With three very different labours and births under my belt, I had zero expectations for the birth of my fourth baby…apart from to expect the unexpected. My first baby had…

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7 min

A new baby and a pandemic | 2020 – Our year in review

January / February I rang in the new year 13 weeks pregnant with our fourth baby, relieved to be at the end of a long first trimester with a lot…

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5 min

Why you should never ask me if I’m going to “try for a girl”

“Are you going to try for a girl?” Jeez. That’s an interesting question to come out with oh so casually. Do you assume I’ve never thought about it? That’s sweet. …

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8 min

Why we shouldn’t romanticise motherhood

During the post-birth flurry of visitors, a friend eager to know what motherhood felt like asked me the mother of all questions, “What’s it like, being a mum? Do you…

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