Who am I?

Welcome to the wonderful world of all the crazy thoughts that run through my mind at 80mph.  I'm a Christmas obsessed, loud mouth, dog loving, soon to be mum!

I like to tell people I'm a young-ish mum, as I am only 22. Although I don't feel young and carefree like many other 22 year olds. I'm married, I have a mortgage and I have a dog who I am obsesssed with, so is my husband! My phone is full of cute photos of her.

As you can probably tell this is my first time writing a blog, usually I like to write things down where no one else will be able to read what's going on in my head. But, I am hoping by doing this I can at least help one person that may be experiencing the same things I did at the start of this pregnancy.      I say 'this' pregnancy as it is my second, my first was ectopic which resulted in having keyhole surgery, having one of my Fallopian tubes and the pregnancy removed. As you can imagine that was pretty traumatic for me, but in my next blog post I will tell my story on how it effected me emotionally and physically. 

What can you expect out of my blog? 

I'd love to give you a specific rundown of everything I will speak about, but I want to keep my options open, you know? Also I would love it (once people actually start reading this), if you could tell me subjects you would like me to discuss and give an opinion from my point of view. 

My main goal though is to help mums & dads that suffer from anxiety and/or agoraphobia. I'm going to be completely honest about my highs & lows, mostly lows in my first trimester. How I have managed to get to where I am today with the help of family, friends, also a treatment plan I did and still do. 

You don't have to be a young parent to read this, mental health effects people of all ages and backgrounds. All you need to know is even if your 18 or 45 you're not alone in feeling the way you do.

In each blog post I will include some of the comments and suggestions I have received since I got preggo or up the duff as my husband likes to say. Please feel free to share yours too, we could all do with a laugh. Especially in the 3rd trimester when all you want to do is walk around naked eating everything you see! At least I do. My husband avoids me when he's eating food, well tries to anyway. The dog & I sniff him out and make him share.

I will pre-warn you now, there will probably be a lot of talk about our first Christmas as a family of four (yes I included my mad dog). This year is going to be so special as my sweet baby boy will be here! Matching pj's, Christmas jumper for the dog and Christmas music blasting from the TV! Yes I am that annoying person, but my husband has learned to ignore it until December 1st then he's all over it!

So if you would like to hear my journey through pregnancy, having this baby and how I will manage life with a newborn, then please subscribe for email updates every time I post something new.