I have been called some lovely things in the last 4 weeks since the girls have arrived, supermum & Wonder Woman to name a few (thank you for that @louisepentland ). I am so appreciative of all of your kind words. I have also had a few messages from mums that are not coping & wonder how I seam to be coping well. This post is for you! Rewind nearly 6 years ago & we were new parents to our Son Jenson. He arrived via emergency c section. Was it the moment my life changed for the better? In hindsight absolutely, but at the time it didn’t feel like it. Quite the opposite. When he was born I couldn’t stop being sick & in moments I was alone I cried a lot. I felt an overwhelming feeling of ‘I can’t cope’ alot in the first few weeks. The first night we had Jenson home we we’re both up until 4am trying to figure out how to get him to sleep (I had no idea that a few sucks on each nipple would not be enough for him to be happy enough to sleep). @jordanlloydcarter also felt the same as me, we had no idea what we were doing and we argued a lot. Whenever I get a message saying I am doing so well etc, I think back to first time mum me and wish everyone could see how I was back then. I didn’t cook, I felt I couldn’t with a baby and would just wait for Jordan to get home from work. I would wake up in the morning and actually feel like I didn’t know how I was going to make it down the stairs with my baby and all the stuff that comes with them, I text my sister and asked her to come round to help me. I said to Jordan that we needed to start working as a team, and we did, it wasn’t as plain sailing as that, but we came out the other end. Please know that if you are feeling overwhelmed with motherhood, I was too (& still am some days!). It’s been a long journey, an amazing one to get to where I am but don’t compare your chapter 1 to my chapter 6. I smile through it all now because I know just how quick it goes by, but I didn’t know that back then and it took a long time to find my feet and feel like I was doing ‘ok’. I just wanted to put that out there, because every message I get saying you are struggling, I know, I can relate, because nearly 6 years ago, that was me 🤍

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