Parenting in general

Parenting is the one job when you can within the space of an hour laugh, cry, be proud and frustrated. I always wanted to be a mother but also under the right circumstances and as a result did not become a parent until I was thirty six years old. From the minute I found out I was pregnant it changed my life for the better. I took care of myself knowing that I had a young life inside me and wanted to nurture him. I had struggled with agoraphobia but found carrying a child was the motivation I needed to seriously tackle the problem without getting too scared to hide back in the house. My husband on the other hand was the opposite. He hated ...  Read the complete review

From a young age I have always wanted a family. I decided to start trying for a baby at 18 after I was told due to health problems that I was unable to have children. I thought my world had ended and was put on the IVF waiting list. I was shocked that I conceived naturally when I was 21. I was so overjoyed to become a mum and I had no complications what so ever with my pregnancy. Since then I have had another daughter. I feel very blessed to have my girls and they mean so so much to me. My daughters and 2 and 5. I am a working mum. I would love to be a stay at home mum but because I earn more than my partner I have to work full time, leaving him to ...  Read the complete review

I was 25 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child and I believed I was still too young and wasn't even sure I wanted children, I had not planned to get pregnant and it was a massive surprise when I found out. However I was pregnant and I was in the position of being able to provide a nice house and a stable loving environment. The thought of child birth scared me but not half as much as the thought of motherhood. I had never even held a baby and new nothing about babies what so ever. I did a lot of listening to other people and read my parenting and birthing books from back to front and still felt like I knew nothing. The ...  Read the complete review

I'm the mother of two children, a 15 year old girl and a 2 -nearly 3- year old boy. They both have different fathers, both of which have no interest in them. I love my children more than anything and would honestly give my life for them. I don't think you know what love is until you have children, I know I didn't. I had my daughter when I was 22 years old which I think was a good age as I didn't really miss out on anything like the last bits of my clubbing wild years and it was about time I grew up anyway. Compared to the ages that people are having babies today, I feel old! I can't imagine being a mum at 15 or 16 or being a grandmoher to my daughters child! ...  Read the complete review

I think I speak for most parents here when I say - children change your life forever, but you still love them to bits (most of the time). They can drive you to the point of insanity, make you cry with laughter, make you cry with fear or worry, make you angry until you think you might spontaneously combust - but you wouldn't change them for the world.... would you?! Once my husband and I had been married a year we decided to try for babies, something which I had spent most of my life waiting for. It did not take long and before long we were the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. She was our world, we were both madly in love with her and we ...  Read the complete review