Imagine if you were about to have a baby. Now imagine you’d heard that there was a test that could be carried out on all newborn babies – a...
On the 3rd May 2013 we were given the most amazing opportunity for our unborn daughter. We took the chance because we had been so devast...
To the parents who's just been told their unborn child has a Heart Defect: You've probably just had an hour-long appointment wi...
This post was originally posted back in April 2015. One year and one more open heart operation later, much of what was said still stands. I...
I absolutely loved being pregnant. I love the last few week's of going to bed wondering "will this be the night" that baby de...
I learnt a long time ago not to look too far into the future, to live in the here and now, to only really make plans between now and the ...
When I was about 7 months pregnant with Osh, a lad who was a year younger than me at school was killed in a car crash. I remember watching...
Martha's Big Girl bed was delivered yesterday lunch time and Mark and my Dad put it together for her last night. It's not exactly t...
I've said countless times before and I'll say it again, unless Martha Grace's defect was picked up at our 20 week scan - she wo...
On Saturday 22nd August, 2015 - Martha Grace turned Two!!!!  That I can even say that is nothing short of a miracle and we continue to ...
You may have noticed Martha Grace wearing a red wetsuit in our Center Parcs photo's. No it isn't to hide her scar, and no it...
I might be jumping on the bandwagon here; but I saw this post on Facebook from The Mighty and I couldn't help myself. I think that it&...
She was delivered at 7:53pm. She came out screaming and was a beautiful colour. But 10 minutes later and she'd been taken away to...
I was rather busy doing puzzles and tanking the gas and air this time last year to be blogging. But here's how we got on. By 6am the t...
I didn't blog my account of what happened on this day last year...but I can remember it as if it was only yesterday. I was woken up...
We should have been the happiest couple in the world. We'd exchanged contracts and had the keys to our first home on the 1st of May an...
The 24th April 2014 was the first time I've ever thought "this is the worst day of my life" and meant it (though there have ...
"I'm sorry, there's a problem with your Baby!"  I can remember the exact way her voice sounded as she shot up of...
This post is going to be a little, if not a lot unorganized and chaotic. My mind is everywhere after the past few days, and you'll ...
The first few days with a new Baby are magical, life is perfect. There is a constant stream of visitors bearing gifts, hours spent gazing a...