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Gotta keep heading forwards....... somehow.

Time is really of the essence at the mo, so I thought I would use this morning, that I refuse to do anything but relax, to write a blog post.Not feeling the best at the moment, which is my reason for...

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Save our Sure Start Centre's!!

As many of you may have seen that there has been a plan announced to close Sure Start Centre's across Medway to cut back on funding and spending across the Medway Towns.I am appalled by this decision....

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So much has changed!

I haven't blogged in forever! So much has been happening that I just haven't had a chance to put any of it down on 'paper'.As many of you know (because I don't stop going on about it), I am now a...

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Sometimes there are things more important...

As lots of you know, I've had times in my past where my mental state has clearly been off the scale and has had a firm grip on my life.I'll be honest, I'm still on my mental pills, but I'm ok with...

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What are the chances.....

I had my first shift as a student midwife this week and wow!!!!The most crazy thing happened!So, a bit of background info..... an old school friend contacted me to ask when I was going out on placement...

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A woman's life

Our Christmas as a family was a write off. Mainly because Tony had the flu which started on the 22nd December and finally disappeared at the end of last week. Whilst he was ill, he pretty much slept...

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#70MidwifeBloggers - A Student Midwife's life!

I've had my blog for a few years now and it was somewhere to release how I was feeling after suffering my birth trauma almost 7 years ago now.Looking back over my previous blog posts, it always makes...

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I kinda forgot about my blog!

Hello 2019!I was just casually sitting on the loo, as you do, and thought I think I'm going to start writing my blog again. I actually only wrote twice in 2018, but this really could be somewhere I...

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2020 - The Year Of Ups and Downs

Well, hello everyone! This is a blast from the past isn't it?!I just today thought about starting my blog again, because not only is it the best form of therapy, I also love writing in this way. Then...

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Sharing Parenthood

I suppose it's something I'll get used to eventually, BUT I hate this alternate weekend parenting so much.For those of you who have followed my blog from day one, or if you personally know me, you will...

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Please, let there be no more surprises this year!

For those of you that follow my social media, you will know that Noah had a little trip to hospital last night.He has had a hazelnut allergy forever, which was the cause of his eczema when he was a...

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On the up!

If anyone had of told me 14 weeks ago that I would feel happy and positive about my future, I would have told them to go back to the funny farm they came from! I just didn't see how it would be...

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Confident? Me? Of course I am!

Wow, another couple of weeks has passed and the growth I have achieved on a personal level is unbelievable.I can't deny that lots of you have noticed how much weight I've lost since the summer and I...

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A Birthday Ode to Myself ♥️

Sara it's your 38th birthday,And what a year it's been is all I can say.2020 was the year so full of promise, With dream holiday plans and a university finish.Never did you expect your life to turn...

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Onto the new

Sorry, today's post is going to be a little bit of a brain dump. Sometimes you just have to get things out. I'm serious when I say this blog is like therapy to me.I hope you all had a lovely Christmas...

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The Joy That Comes With Hope

I've read somewhere that when you feel despair, it unfocusses you from being able to motivate yourself and achieve what you want in life. Whereas hope, apparently does the complete opposite of this....

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Parosmia and Phantosmia

I'm guessing most of you will have never heard of parosmia or phantosmia, but if you have, you'll know what this blog post is about.Parosmia is a distorted sense of smell and taste. Phantosmia is...

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The Yellow Orb of Positivity

Who else has a complete shift in mood the second the sun is shining? 🌞  I know I do and I have always been hugely affected by the weather. The second there is a sniff of spring in the air, it changes...

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No Regrets

I've been so busy at work, which feels like I work permanent nights at the mo, that the weeks have been speeding by quicker than I realised. And we're now almost in April! Wow!Today just so happens to...

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10 Years

 It is T-minus 5 days until Noah's 10th birthday and something has happened that I wasn't really prepared for.I can honestly say I have not thought about Noah's birth in an upsetting way for years....

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Happiness is winning

Happy Sunday evening everyone!Hope you've all had a lovely weekend, watching fireworks and spending time doing things that you enjoy doing. I've had a lovely weekend and whilst watching fireworks last...

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Holiday tips needed....

Hello everyone,I decided to give the blog a miss for a while, purely because I found that sometimes time away from sharing things was the better option 😂So my new take is to be less reactive, sit on my...

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The Growth Continues

Well it's been a while since I've wrote one of these again and there's a few reasons why to be honest.Firstly, I have quite a few posts saved in my drafts that I have never published and never intend...

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Single and not quite ready to mingle

 Hi everyone, Can you all believe that we are almost in November of 2021? I definitely can't! Especially because I feel like my life is exactly where it was this time last year 😩I know most of you know...

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Read, learn, educate and then you'll understand

Morning everyone,Hope you've all had a lovely half term break. I've managed to have some lovely days with Noah and today we are off to London to have dinner at one of my favourite restaurants and then...

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