There is a lot of exciting news here at Lillyringlet but the biggest is our competition! It has been a crazy and exciting year. The last few months I have been designing and making breastfeeding pillows. My website has been slowly redesigned and I have even sold a few pillows. Read more…
After a complicated birth and a painful time in recovery, we were finally on Level 12 – the post recovery ward. Having arrived at 1am, it was the dead of night so the first few hours were nothing exciting. It was though full of pain – my back was on Read more…
I love singing and sign language so Sing and Sign classes seemed like a perfect fit. This is my honest and non-biased review of Sing and Sign classes in Brighton. Singing is a huge part of who I am – I am trained as a soprano and have loved to Read more…
I am always trying to find new classes and things to entertain my girl – this week I went to an open day run by Busy Lizzy. Since I have been young, sign language has played an important role. At summer camps we would sign to certain songs, when I Read more…
My labour was not straightforward, nor it seems was my time in the recovery room. I remember being wheeled into the recovery room after BF and little one were escorted a minute ahead of me as panic flooded me of being alone. Throughout the whole birth BF had been my Read more…
Babies are exciting for a lot of people – sometimes though you need to set boundaries with family and friends. This weekend I was visited by my dad – this is only the second time I have seen him since getting pregnant due to how far away he lives. It Read more…
Postnatal Depression is something that everyone knows exist but often it not actually discussed. Most people know that Postnatal Depression can be deadly but beyond not much else is generally known. When you are pregnant so many staff talk to you about the risks and signs of it. If you have Read more…
Ultrasounds are always exciting – this was the second and possibly last one that we would get. This second ultrasound, as it was planned at 20 weeks could also tell us what the gender of our little baby was going to be. Still struggling with all the itching and being Read more…
Week 12 was a biggy – it was the first time we would have photographic proof about bump. Scary and exciting this was always going to be a highlight in the pregnancy as well as a clear worry. You know that a key part of any modern day pregnancy is Read more…
I love pregnancy books – they are very good at telling you when you will probably need to do things. They will also tell you not every pregnancy is the same. Being a very curvy girl before I was pregnant this couldn’t be more true and despite all the books Read more…