Lisa Sherratt
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Accidental vs Intentional Conception
When I fell pregnant with my daughter in November 2015, I had thought that I was in a “safe” part of my cycle, I was always 28-30 days, regular as clockwork and loosely used the “rhythm method” alongside condoms, quite frankly I didn’t know about anything else! Due to assuming that my cycle was the same as always and that I had way past ovulation/fertility I had unprotected sex with my partner on day 28, I then spent the next two weeks wondering why on earth I wasn’t getting my period! Little did I know that my recent dietary changes and weight loss had caused my cycle to flip and line up so I ovulated with the full moon rather than as I had in the previous months around the new moon.
By Lisa Sherratt4 years ago in Families
My natural home birth wasn't lucky, I planned it that way.
When I mention that I had a natural uncomplicated home birth with my daughter people tell me I am "really lucky" to have had that experience. The more I've heard this the more irritating I've found it! I wasn't "lucky" I planned my birth and I researched everything I possibly could to ensure I was prepared. I knew what my body was doing and why it was doing it. I had a birth plan that was over three pages long, most of it was about the fact I wanted to be left alone as much as possible to do my thing and concentrate on the job at hand because I had complete faith in my body and my baby to do what needed to be done without intervention.
By Lisa Sherratt4 years ago in Families
Wicked Step Mum vs Wicked Mum
Did I intend to become a step-mum? Not one bit, in fact, if anything I had a rule that I wouldn't date a man with children because when you enter a new relationship you can imagine that the other person will have baggage, but a child is another thing altogether. Somehow, I fell for my partner before I really had the chance to think about the fact that his very cute 16-month-old daughter came with an incredibly difficult past relationship and an unreasonable birth mother who uses the child as a pawn and would continue to do so for several years. Hence my question, who is the "wicked" mother here? Me the step parent or her the actual birth mother?
By Lisa Sherratt4 years ago in Families