Giving birth to Tristan, at home in a birthing bath, was such a powerful and strong experience. Afterwards, I felt so alive and strong that I was sure I wanted to give birth again, preferably another two times. In hindsight, I see that I was high on happy hormones. I'd completely forgotten about the very difficult and painful pregnancy.

Tristan started school a couple of months ago. And while on the surface, I have been a cool and collected mom, beneath the surface, I’ve been awash with anxiety about every little thing, but mostly about fitting in. Tristan fitting in with the ‘cool’ kids.

I do wish my reasons were grounded in research since everywhere I look, articles and blog posts keep popping up telling people that natural births are not for everyone. Well, I never really answered those questions; I simply referred to my sister.

From the moment of their first breastfeeding, I have nursed both Tristan and Elena to sleep every night.

It turns out that women are partial towards men with beards, which comes as absolutely no surprise to me as I share that partiality wholeheartedly :-). Unfortunately for me, Martin does not share my views on beards....