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25.01.2022 A photo memory popped up of me a year ago getting my hair done. It doesn't look like much, but gosh it shot me straight back to the anxiety I was feeling sitting there that day. I was about 9 weeks secretly pregnant with Ramsey and terrified of losing him. I went to the bathroom about ten times during that appointment; each time checking if I was having a miscarriage. That anxious, sick feeling lasted well until at least 20 weeks when I was able to feel him kick more regularl...y (but then a different anxiety started, where I worried if I hadn't felt him for a while). I still can't believe he's here and safe in my arms. I love Paddy with all my heart, but the unique appreciation and deep connection I have with Ramsey has come directly from losing our little girl in between our boys. Both boys are just everything, everything, everything to me. I'm so grateful that they're both here, safe and mine to hold. Pregnancy and motherhood after loss has changed me forever and I'm grateful for all 3 children for that gift of growth. Thank you @sonnylovephotography for these beautiful photos of our first week at home with little Ramsey in February. They're both little miracles. See more

22.01.2022 Today I feel incredibly sad. Sad for the world but mostly sad that every house has a story at the moment and every family is struggling in some way. Friends who have lost family members during this isolating time, friends with family members who are very sick, older family members who live alone the list goes on and my heart feels heavy. I feel sad that little Ramsey's first few months will go without family visits and cuddles. I feel sad when I look back at Paddy's first fe...w months and how frequently we saw our family and he was held, loved and cuddled by them. I feel sad for my girlfriends who all had babies around the same time as me and none of us can hang out and support each other in person during this time. Sad for friends about to give birth. Friends with compromised immunity feeling vulnerable and scared. People staying home in not ideal or unsafe living situations. Oh gosh. It's all so much and I just feel heavy. Of course there are always things, my home and my beautiful little family to be grateful for, but today I feel sad and that's okay. I miss my family the most today. Stay safe and stay home, everyone. Sending love from my home to yours and a lot of love to health care workers putting their health at risk for the safety of others. See more

20.01.2022 Breastfeeding the second time. I've had a few DMs asking how that part of postpartum life is going with Ramsey. It's a big part of adjusting to life with a newborn so I wanted to share. Before I start, this is my experience. I know all babies/mums/bodies etc are different, fed is best and to each their own. I'm sharing my experience. I found breastfeeding Paddy one of the biggest hurdles postpartum in 2016. I hadn't given it much thought; I assumed it would happen as it's "na...tural" and photos/friends made it look easy. The beginning was rough! It felt foreign and the health care professionals and lactation consultants who used analogies like "eating a hamburger" (if you know, you know), making a c shape with your hand and all their other tips didn't help me (initially). I would cry and count down from 10. I would dread feeds. However, that changed around 4-6 weeks (nothing specifically helped, I think it was confidence and practise) and I enjoyed breastfeeding for the first year of Paddy's life. 4 years on with little Ramsey and this has been such a different initial experience. I felt comfortable feeding him as soon as he was born. He made his way down and latched. I was confident in how to hold him, latching and hand expressing to encourage him. It has made for such a nicer experience. I wanted to share to acknowledge breastfeeding can be hard and definitely impacted my mental health last time in those early postpartum days with Paddy. The change this time makes me realise feeding can't be underestimated in how it impacts a new mum. My love to any new mum struggling. My advice is that for me, breastfeeding got easier and was a beautiful experience (eventually). I know that's not always the case; I'm sharing my experience with Paddy and Ramsey. Fed is best and my love to all mums, especially the new ones. You're doing a great job no matter how you're feeding. This photo was taken while feeding Ramsey in the park last week after a walk. With Paddy at 3 weeks old, I would have been feeding practically naked at home because it was so awkward and I wouldn't have been doing it in public yet. Grateful for this experience. See more

19.01.2022 Probably my favourite "before and after" ever. First pic: pregnant hand, second pic: my hand today. I do notttt miss that pregnancy swelling! Hands, feet, face, ummm everywhere (if you know you know).

14.01.2022 As Alannah opens her BEAUTIFUL new salon for Ella&Jade at The Gabba (check our their stories, her new space is seriously so stunning), I'm reflecting over all the beautiful cuts and colours I've had over the past 4 years. I cannot thank her and William enough; I've loved every look. What to do next?!? (Me asking that question knowing full well I don't want to cut or change the colour ). Biggest congratulations on your Opening Day and gorgeous new space Alannah

10.01.2022 Here are some of my favourite things from my afternoon walks: the amazing views and sunsets, signs for health care workers and staring down at my beautiful, snuggly boy. I use these walks as Ramsey's final nap of the day (mums, you know that awkward end of the day nap that just carries them through to bed time ). I use it for my sanity as well. There is so much beauty around during this very strange time Hope you're all keeping safe and well.

09.01.2022 Last night Tom and I sat down to watch the powerful film @mum_documentary (available on Stan now) highlighting the unique, raw and real grief that comes with miscarriage. It's a heart wrenching, honest, beautiful and compassionate insight into the loss and grief of miscarriage. We held hands, cried and remembered every special moment we shared with our little girl. And then, with the magic of the universe, this morning while I was feeding Ramsey in his nursing chair, tucked down the side of the chair were these paint samples Tom and I had got early last year when we found out we were having a daughter. I had forgotten about them. It was like a special, magical hello from somewhere far away.

07.01.2022 My first little walk post baby (10 days postpartum). I want to share more of my journey after birth this time, as after Paddy most of the things I wrote were months after they had happened. I think it would help others and myself, to share as I go this time with Ramsey. We went on a family walk this afternoon for about 25 minutes. It was a flat path and Tom was with me the whole time, as well as my SRC recovery shorts which are helping hold things together I would never have been able to do this 10 days after Paddy's birth (physically or emotionally), so that's another reason for sharing; each pregnancy, baby, birth and recovery are so different. It felt amazing to be out in the sun with everyone together. Loving Paddy on the cool little skateboard, too. Such a novelty for him #JoolzGeo #JoolzAccessories @joolzaus

07.01.2022 We loved you before we knew you, even when there was just a hope for you, we loved you. And here you are. Our littlest baby boy, our beautiful rainbow, "Ramsey Peter". 10/02/2020.

07.01.2022 My beautiful Ramsey is one month old today. It's so fast and yet feels like he's always been part of our family. He's so special and has been so healing. For a month I've been able to use our Lollipop Baby Camera. I had seen it before I was pregnant and knew I wanted one. The picture's clarity in the dark was what initially sold me but since then I've enjoyed way more features. I love how easy it is to relocate and change positions. It's really easy to bend and manipulate, s...o can either stand on its own or curl around Ramsey's bassinet in our room, or in the cot in his room. I also love that it connects to my phone. I love this for the (rare) times I'm out and he's at home, I can still just jump on my phone and see him. I've had a few DMs with questions so wanted to leave a little review here. Thank you for all the kind words I've had in the last month, too. What a beautiful month @lollipopbabycamera

07.01.2022 37 weeks pregnant (which equates to 58 years pregnant when you have SPD. Fact.) Cannot wait to meet this little one

06.01.2022 Paddy multitasking with breastfeeding and exercising. Same mate, same. *Also it's worth noting this is a doll, not Ramsey. I feel that's worth pointing out as a stranger at the shops thought the doll in the car boot was my baby and I myself have been tricked thinking Ramsey is on the floor in a really unsafe manner, but again it's this doll.

05.01.2022 Sleep deprivation stories Today I had the biggest "silly" moment ever. I was trying to enter a Westfield shopping centre at the boom gates where you receive a ticket and drive in. I was at the boom gates/ticket station going crazy in my car with panic because I couldn't find the ticket to insert to exit the gate. It took me about 3 minutes to realise I was ENTERING the shops, didn't have a ticket in my car and needed to press the button to get a ticket. Holy moly. It got me... thinking to my favourite sleep deprivation story with Paddy in 2016 I had washed my hair and got out of the shower. My hair was so oily and gross and it took me a while to figure out I had put shampoo in my wet hair and that's it. Hadn't even rinsed it out. Then had exited the shower with "fresh" hair. Sleep craziness is real! In the worst of it I've run off 2 or 3 blocks of an hour sleep in a night (for days/weeks at a time) so it's no wonder you go crazy. Please share your favourite sleep stories; I have a feeling there will be a few funny ones out there and I can read them at 2am tonight when I'm up breastfeeding. Tom took this photo last week, I was settling Ramsey's wind and falling asleep on the job apparently because I am REALLY TIRED See more

03.01.2022 My biggest meltdown postpartum so far happened today, 22 days since giving birth. By 22 days with Paddy I was crying daily, but this time has been much nicer with just a few tears and nothing major. But this was a meltdown day. I wish it was over something like sleep, breastfeeding or worries like the tears with Paddy were, but this time the tears were embarrassingly over my body. It is scary to share this and would be easier to share this in a year when I'm feeling better ab...out myself, but sharing it now is more authentic and I want to document this chapter truthfully to help other women, so here's the truth. I got Tom to take photos of Ramsey and I today. I saw the photos and was absolutely mortified. I looked so much bigger than I "felt", if that makes sense. I feel active and happy. In the photos I think I look bloated and big. With Paddy, I remember feeling like myself at 9 months and then physically looking more like myself at 12/15 months. That's what got me emotional: I know it's a long road ahead. I know that weight loss doesn't happen overnight (sustainable and healthy weight loss). Also, my body feels foreign. It's not a fit, able body and it's not a pregnant body. It's this phase where I feel soft, bloated, bigger than usual and not bouncy or light. I don't like sharing this because it is so superficial and there's a BILLION things worse I could be crying about postpartum, like the health of Ramsey or myself. I know. But I've had postpartum clients cry in their PT sessions about how they don't like their new bodies. They look great to me, but to hear their internal dialogue is confronting. I feel like that's exactly where I'm at now and just want to keep it real for all the other mums out there, or women in "new" bodies after injuries or surgeries or whatever it may be. I know it's a phase. I know it's superficial. But it does take time to adjust and it is part of my postpartum journey. (This isn't the photo that made me cry. I picked this photo because I love how I feel when Ramsey is there on my chest. And I made him. That's why my body is different and I need to remember that). See more

02.01.2022 Our beautiful @bubnest with our beautiful Ramsey snuggled inside. We had a Bubnest with Paddy and loved it so always knew we'd like to get one for our second babe too. I love that it's Ramsey's little safe space which means I can move his sleep from room to room or from our house to other locations with him still having a familiar snug sleep space. It also fits in our bassinet and pram, so it goes everywhere we do. And how about that fabric?? So pretty #BubNest (That last photo too... "You are loved" and his feet. Magic.)

01.01.2022 My heart Paddy and Ramsey. Thank you @sonnylovephotography for the cheeky sneak peek after our session today. I cannot wait to see and share more with you all.