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VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean) or Caesarean? https://t.co/TnQNllAmM5

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Happy 4th Birthday Esme Campbell
A letter to my baby girl with regards to how I'm feeling about her upcoming 4th Birthday and why this year feels different to others.
#lifeafterloss #birthday #babyloss #trauma #traumarecovery #ptsd #ptsdrecovery #nicu… https://t.co/7Y9OAvRaVN

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Leaving my girl behind
Discovering why, for the past three and a half years, I have felt this need, urge and dedication to be connected to the neonatal unit.
#nicu #preemie #prematurebaby #preemietwins #neonatal #neonatalloss… https://t.co/avPnArGm3R

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Raising a child with a "disability"
Based on the essay 'Welcome to Holland' I have written about beginning to come to terms with mourning the motherhood I imagined and realising how wonderful it feels to accept and… https://t.co/grrJVfMKxp

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Am I ok?
A blog post about getting help with my mental health, maternity leave and mothering a premature baby and a full term baby.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #itsoktonotbeok #cbt #cognitivebehaviouraltherapy… https://t.co/1JyUsTtvRt

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Sleep Training
#sleep #sleepdeprivation #sleeptraining #selfsettling #selfsoothing #mother #motherhood #son #fourmonthsold #threemonthsold #sixmonthsold #baby #babysleep #motherhoodunplugged #mothersguilt… https://t.co/pRwu4qqDHL

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The bliss of normality
#son #newborn #motherofthree #lifeafternicu #rainbowbaby #parentingafterloss #fourthtrimester #postnatal #motherhood #twoundertwo #twinloss #survivingtwin #birth #midwife #normality #daughter… https://t.co/KThhNIXjgL

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To a mother on the neonatal unit
A letter to all those brave, amazing women out there, who are surviving or survived motherhood on the neonatal unit.
#prematurebaby #prematurebabies #preemie #preemieparents… https://t.co/JWjZyM6CoA

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Archibald James Campbell
I’ve been wanting to write Archie’s birth story since the moment he was born. However, I have barely been able to string two words together let alone write in punctuated paragraphs. Eight… https://t.co/FhA4meKUd4

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Will my heart feel whole again?
My journey of understanding that feeling full of life and joy as well as missing Esme can totally coexist.
#mother #foreveryoung #counsellor #nextchapter #family #neonataldeath… https://t.co/7NFUmNR2N9

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Third Trimester
A chance to do everything I dreamt of when pregnant: packing my hospital bag, nesting and reaching full term.
I talk about the joys of experiencing these alongside coping with pregnancy after loss and… https://t.co/qPHZyx9Fr8

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Motherhood and Anxiety
I talk about my anxieties that have developed since becoming a mother and how I am learning to take control.
#motherhood #mother #parenting #anxiety #learningtocope #overcominganxiety… https://t.co/WmIKPuNe7h

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Tackling Anxiety

From realising and acknowledging I was mentally unwell to getting help to tackling my anxiety.

#anxiety #tacklinganxiety #mentalhealth #livingwithanxiety #anxiousness #counselling… https://t.co/2hw0CFcy4T

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Just Another Day

Surviving the part of this pregnancy which I dreaded the most, being a mum to a premature baby and learning I am and always will be a mother to twins.

#pal #pregnancyafterloss #mothertobe… https://t.co/ScrqvxcaEX

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Learning to dance in the rain

Learning to take control of what I can and letting go of what I can't @theyesmumum.
I talk about overcoming my fears and anxieties of this pregnancy, of Charlotte's physical… https://t.co/HO4wCrIrYD

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Survival

Accepting that this pregnancy is about simply surviving each day and coming to terms with understanding that surviving is not a sign of weakness, nor is it a sign of not being hopeful.

#pregnancy… https://t.co/QAaOVyIjKw

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Hope

#broodiness #broody #feelingbroody #prematurebirth #prematurebaby #thirdtrimester #babyloss #secondpregnancy #motherhoodunplugged #motherhood #19weekspregnant #firsttrimester #pregnancyafterloss #pal… https://t.co/l02QSaRiry

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Turning a corner

My favourite blog post yet

#innerstrength #happiness… https://t.co/aS12eRnTlM

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A First for Everything - Summer

#summer #family #firstsforeverything… https://t.co/Q8paeJDVD4

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A First for Everything - Spring

#firsts #family #grief #mothersgrief… https://t.co/azmz2A4UAd