Category: Advocating for yourself
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Excerpt 16. Embracing Survival Mode.
Today was as monotonous as they get. We woke up, not at a time of my choosing, and well before the sun was up, but we got up someway, somehow. We all had our morning beverage of choice. Eva’s being her dairy free formula (yes, we’re a cows milk protein allergy family, or CMPA as…
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Excerpt 13. Early Parenting Traumas.
I’m back! It’s been a couple of days between writing, and as well intentioned as I was to writing daily, sometimes it’s just not possible. Particularly when you have an 18 month old smack bang in the middle of a leap (developmental milestones for the non parents), growing several teeth at the same time and…
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Excerpt 11. Advocating for yourself.
Today was constructive, encouraging and validating. For years now I’ve been silently suffering with chronic pain, which was further exacerbated by both my pregnancies. As most mums can relate, we tend to put all our selfcare on the back burner. Something of little importance that we’ll get to it when we get to it. However,…
Excerpts by Claudia Hayes 