A Mile in My Shoes

Reggie was born a few weeks before lockdown, and when the official announcement was made, Ieashia felt completely cut off from some...

Zoe’s baby girl, Annabelle, was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. They have had quite a journey as a family in her short little...

A rainbow baby is a term used to refer to a baby born following a miscarriage or stillbirth. Subsequent pregnancies can bring mixed...

Elizabeth’s daughter was born the day that the national lockdown was announced. In her story, she highlights the sacrifices many families...

In Theresa’s story, she talks about how after a complicated birth, she actually grew to enjoy the time alone to bond with her baby...

In Rebecca’s story, she talks about the anxiety she felt before, during and immediately after the birth of her baby because of Covid-19,...

Today should have been baby Billy’s due date, but he arrived almost eight weeks early back in the middle of June. Holly shares her very...

Second time mother Katherine talks about the different struggles she encountered whilst being pregnant during the pandemic; from looking...

In the first of the Lockdown Babies Series, Jude shares how her romantic visions of maternity leave were taken away from her as soon as...

Following the theme of sustainability and babies, my other favourite eco switch this year has been our switch to cloth baby wipes. We had...

When my son was first born, he would easily get through about 10-12 disposable nappies in any 24 hour period. I used to have palpitations...

A shocking stat I recently learnt is that 1/5 of all ocean plastic comes from menstrual hygiene products. On average, a woman will use...

When we were expecting Rudy, I had the very romantic notion that we would only let him play with wooden toys. I didn’t like plastic toys...

PLASTIC FREE JULY // KEEP-CUPS You don’t need me to explain how a keep-cup works. But you might not know that single use cups from many...

Has it really been one hundred days? One hundred days of being inside. One hundred days of hand washing, of daily briefings, of wearing...

Yesterday was a year ago since my son’s due date and all those feelings of waiting and wondering and the nervous roller-coaster belly...

On Friday night, I cut my finger whilst making a salad. And not a fancy salad either; a token side salad to go with a pizza. The cut was...

We can talk to our children about white privilege. Not to make them ashamed of who they are or to make them apologise for being white But...

Something occurred to me recently, whilst I was out for my daily walk, slaloming through the silent streets of Walthamstow. I looked...

Happy International Day of the Midwife! When our son was born, the stars were so aligned that after a hot curry on Drummond Street and...