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Category Archives: Relationships

Our lives are made up of relationships to other, fleeting, superficial or the ties that bind for life.

Our baby boy – Everything is going to be okay

Posted on 3rd July 2016 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Part 2 Day 2 – 03/07/2016 – Our baby boy, your mama is terrified. Today my baby boy is out of his incubator! His lungs have cleared and his glucose Continue Reading →

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My baby boy – Everything is going to be okay

Posted on 2nd July 2016 by Mamie — 1 Comment ↓

Intro and Part 1 Everything is going to be okay. This is the mantra my husband recited to me before the birth of my baby boy in July 2016. I Continue Reading →

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Trying to Conceive – or Our TTC Jouney

Posted on 30th January 2016 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Ta Da! I’m pregnant Short, but sweet, and completely unexpected. After a single menstrual cycle, there is a small person growing inside me. I can’t say that I was excited Continue Reading →

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Pregnant? – Not ready to believe

Posted on 14th January 2016 by Mamie — Leave a reply

How many pregnancy tests does it take to prove a pregnancy?No, it’s not a joke, it’s a pretty clear fact that women either trying to conceive or terrified of being Continue Reading →

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Parental Visit – A proper update

Posted on 13th October 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

As mentioned, my parents came to stay last week and it was lovely to see them. I love them both dearly, I enjoy talking to them, I love being able Continue Reading →

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Sunday: Parental Visit

Posted on 5th October 2015 by Mamie — 1 Comment ↓

I’m drunk. J is working market opening and I have spent the past three hours getting the rest of the way to drunk. You may have guessed by the atrocious Continue Reading →

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Ceremonial coil removal and starting a family

Posted on 31st July 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

After a number of problems with my menstrual cycle and a pregnancy scare in my early twenties I was given a Mirena coil (slow release hormone infused) to help with Continue Reading →

Posted in Health & Wellbeing, Life Stuff, Parenthood | Tagged coil removal, Mirena coil, starting a family, TOTM | Leave a reply

My Sister, my Moomin

Posted on 20th January 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

I love talking to my sister, infrequent as it may be, and love it when she can make the trip out here to visit. However, she is a little flaky Continue Reading →

Posted in Birth Family | Tagged sisterly love, sisters, sisters drive you nuts | Leave a reply

Ancestry and Family Ties

Posted on 2nd January 2015 by Mamie — Leave a reply

This week I had a message on Ancestry.com about my grandmother. I never knew much about my family beyond my grandparents and up to great aunts and uncles (with the Continue Reading →

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A Family Christmas – Part 2, Boxing Day

Posted on 27th December 2014 by Mamie — Leave a reply

Part two of our family Christmas celebrations. We have had a very chilled-out day today, recovering from too much food, too much wine and late night chatting with the little Continue Reading →

Posted in Birth Family | Tagged Christmas, family, Xmas | Leave a reply

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