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10 Days with a Newborn - Day 7 - Snip Day

The dreaded Tongue-tie Snip Day

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Sometimes you Just Need to Walk Away

Walking away can be best for everybody… but there are rules to it.

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A Cover Up

Fiction Writing - The chaos of motherhood

Pippa Oostergetel 3/9/25 Pippa Oostergetel 3/9/25

10 Days with a Newborn - Day 4, 5 & 6 - Marital Miscommunication

Sleep deprived, stressed and snappy

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10 Days with a Newborn - Day 3 - Let the Roller-Coaster Begin

Day 3 is when it all kicks in and mothering gets real.

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You Still Exist

One of the biggest shocks to me about motherhood was how quickly I went from being a whole person to feeling like I no longer existed—but mums… you still exist

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10 Days with a Newborn - Day 2 - Home Again

Kicked out of the hospital and sent home…less than 12 hours later

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10 Days with a Newborn - Day 1 - The Hospital

This ain’t my first time around, but time with my first-born went by in such a blur I thought I would document a few experiences with my second child. So here goes...