“Fire!” “…and this one’s from Aunty Jean and Uncle Tom in Auckland…” the best man valiantly continued in his attempts to read the telegrams. “Fire!” came the now familiar refrain from outside. I was starting to question the wisdom of purchasing a Fireman Sam magazine to keep my 2 year old son amused. The fact [...]
Sound of the Suburbs —
The musings of a planner on maternity leave, in the suburbs…
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Polyester, Breast Pumps & Authenticity
Rather ironically, following my previous ramblings regarding planning and midwifery, I found myself at 1am Sunday morning in the Holiday Inn Express, Newcastle upon Tyne, dressed in a nurse’s uniform, attached to a breast pump. This wasn’t me finally succumbing to a long held fantasy of Mr W’s, it was in fact the event of [...]
Push! What planning can learn from midwifery
“We have no memory for pain you know, you’ll soon have forgotten all about it and be wanting another!” the midwife cheerfully proffered in the somewhat generously named delivery suite (to my mind, there’s nothing suite-like about shuffling down a corridor in paper knickers to spend a penny.) In contrast, 18 months on from giving [...]
I wish I was a Teacher
“So you don’t actually film the ads yourself then?” said Liz slightly puzzled. Liz is a familiar face on the Marlow Mummy Scene, I’d known her for the best part of a year and realised I didn’t actually know her as anything other than Lucy’s mum. So, over a much needed cuppa (you’d need one [...]