tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post8795532588522963137..comments2022-10-11T12:40:32.702+01:00Comments on Nearly Everything But The Kitchen Sink: "Normal"mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573595683899488691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-29041181799052389002012-03-10T18:38:59.588+00:002012-03-10T18:38:59.588+00:00Where has my favourite blogger disappeared to?Where has my favourite blogger disappeared to?diary of a premmy mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829424922988781001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-81931119675525540132012-03-07T20:10:07.415+00:002012-03-07T20:10:07.415+00:00I have never been a worrier but since becoming a m...I have never been a worrier but since becoming a mother almost a generation after many young mums, I am also very aware of the fragility of life in a way that the young mums who got it all with blessed ease are not. And it scares me sometimes. I was going to write that I've not experienced a trauma to do with motherhood but maybe my long IVF journey and mishaps along the way were more of a trauma than I realize. Or maybe beong older means I just experienced more of life's surprises with friends and other aquaintances. Who knows? But I totally understand how you feel.Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-16344568355810082382012-03-06T07:41:14.514+00:002012-03-06T07:41:14.514+00:00Very heartfelt post. You write so well I am so gla...Very heartfelt post. You write so well I am so glad the year has brought a bit of 'normality' back xxTwopointfourchildrenhttp://www.twopointfourchildren.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-73532869290730153412012-03-06T00:31:43.149+00:002012-03-06T00:31:43.149+00:00Thank you :) I think anyone who has had to go to b...Thank you :) I think anyone who has had to go to bed feeling that "question mark" as you so aptly put it, and could get up the next day and the next and the next is nothing short of a bit of a hero! It's hard to open up yourself to really feeling love after being on the edge for such a long time. 3 months sounds a very long time, and the transfers she had must have been so horrible every time. I hope Smidge behaves for the rest of her childhood impeccably to let you all recover!mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573595683899488691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-13392376579371110802012-03-06T00:24:20.740+00:002012-03-06T00:24:20.740+00:00Such a heart felt post. I'm glad your speaking...Such a heart felt post. I'm glad your speaking up about the reality of dealing with trauma, it's brave to tell it how it is, or has been and what you've had to live with. As you know Smidge had a question Mark over her incubator for over three months in NICU and got very sick a few times and it is has been so hard trying to let go of the prospect that she might die and move towards the idea that she may survive. But PICU must have just killed what little confidence you had and I just truly think it's amazing that you get up and you do what you do every day, I really do. I could not have been through what you have and still hold it together. I think it's true these experiences, they shape us in pretty radical ways, and they help us to understand the enormity of others experiences and help us to recognise that there is so much out there that we could never truly understand. Some days I feel enriched by what's happened to me, other days I just feel bloody ruined!!diary of a premmy mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829424922988781001noreply@blogger.com