The Blog
Unfiltered thoughts on mental health, spirituality, motherhood, career and the beautiful complexity of being human. 25 posts and counting.
The start of something new
Tonight I'm thinking about what I should be doing next. I feel like we've prepared well enough for the baby's arrival and even though there's some uncertainty around the actual d-day (Covid is rampant with SA now 5th in ...
Filling in the blanks
I realise this blog has pretty much become a pregnancy diary but hey, this is a nine month deal and it's given me lots more time to write so it is what it is.The past few nights have been really challenging. I am startin...
Delivery Decision Fatigue
"decision fatigue refers to the deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision making. It is now understood as one of the causes of irrational trade-off...
Great-ish Expectations
I remember many times during my twenties, standing in front of the bedroom mirror after a sizeable dinner, cradling my food bump and trying to picture what it would actually be like to be pregnant. I always imagined...
A Daughter
On 28 April we had our first gynae appointment since the 5 week scan we did before leaving to NZ. This one was especially anticipated because we were going to be able to find out the baby's gender.We had to get screened ...
Pregnant 1-2
18 Jan 2020This morning around 9am-ish while Ransley was still asleep I emptied my full bladder onto the last Clearblue digital pregnancy test I had in my cupboard. I must have been through at least 7 "Not preg...
Adapt or die
So much has happened since my last post, and so much for keeping this "journal" up to date. To summarize, I am now 16 weeks pregnant, there are in excess of 1.5mil people around the world infected with Coronavirus (Covid...
Quiet like home
I celebrated my 16th birthday in Mumbai, India. It was 2005, a month after the tragic Tsunami hit South East Asia and it was my first international trip. The trip was 5 weeks long, starting in Sri Lanka, then on to Mumba...
I deserve a seat at the table
But here I am today, sitting in a lovely cafe, having a delicious brunch on the other side of the world and as the place fills up and people start queueing at the door, I feel that familiar, annoying, sinking feeling...
Creepy-crawlies and a creepy cat
I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand just after midnight in early February 2019. It was unexpectedly humid that night. My body was exhausted from 22 hours of travelling but the jet lag was already kicking in and I felt wid...