With you for the Journey - Personalised jewellery to treasure forever
June 09, 2020 11 min read
There are very few things that will turn your life upside down in quite the same way as having your first baby. The heady combination of love and extreme responsibility can’t be compared to anything else you’ve ever experienced. Overwhelming doesn’t begin to describe those first few weeks.
Of course, every pregnancy and baby are different, so just because you have one or two children already (or in my case five), that definitely doesn’t mean you know everything, but you do have a head start.
You at least have an inkling of what to expect and you kind of know the ropes.
I was 22 when I had my first son and after a tumultuous pregnancy in which I was sick for the first 6 months and had a road traffic accident at almost 8 months, I couldn’t wait to get him earthside.
As I went off on my maternity leave, I was gifted three beautiful presents. A vase and a shoulder bag from Marks and Spencer and a book for expectant mothers entitled The Yummy Mummy Survival Guide (which I still have somewhere).
The book, which I read cover to cover in under a week, while mildly entertaining didn’t actually give me the foggiest idea of what it would be like to have my own child (how could it really?).
So, here is a list of a few things I think I only came to realise after I become a parent. I’d love to hear if you can think of any others:
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