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photographySiobhan WattsApril 8, 2018wordless
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She took her time, but she was worth every agonising moment of the wait. Eilidh Sue, born Thursday 28th March at 12.05pm, 8.8lbs. ✨ Considering the wild way she entered the world, she’s a mighty calm little human. My waters broke on Wednesday afternoon, there was meconium in them so a home birth was off the cards from the get go. I laboured in the water in hospital, unmedicated until 10am the following day when my body and mind finally gave in. Her head was stuck, chin to chest, so one epidural and a lengthy C-section later she entered the world. She almost broke my body, but every day of her is making me anew. 🌿 Birth will never cease to amaze me. The limits a body is capable of going to, but yet how fast it heals. Eilidh Sue, you were the biggest challenge of my life for 10 long months, but now I’ve met you I am grateful for every second 🖤 #eilidhbird ✨ I have to also say, I couldn’t have done any of this without the support of the actual superwoman that is @doula_holly she did every minute of my labour with me, squeezing my hips, encouraging me, spending every ounce of her patience, love and energy on me and I will be forever grateful.
I’ve always loved making things, but this last stage of my pregnancy has me filled with the urge to make things constantly. To create, to keep my hands busy, to distract my mind and to keep me doing something that feels productive because I am just not that person that can sit around and watch tv all day. These last few weeks have been a mix of emotions for me, but amongst the frustrations of being overdue it has been lovely to have some time to myself to make stuff and learn some new skills too. I’ve been tie dyeing (and learning that I need to just get stuck into natural dyeing because I really dislike almost all the cold water dye colours), knitting and teaching myself to weave. All things I never thought I’d have time to do because I was so convinced this baby was coming early...I’m almost 41 weeks now so clearly she has other ideas! Are you a maker? Or someone that always needs a project on the go? What are you making right now, or perhaps something you’d love to make if you had the time?
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Nesting & resting. That’s the theme of my days just now. With just a week to go until my due date, I’m craving slow days at home, a clean house, time to read and make things and pretty much hibernation from the rest of the world until baby girl decides to make an appearance. - I’ve been getting fairly constant Braxton Hicks contractions and lots of cramping, making walking around a bit challenging...but I’m hoping it means I won’t be waiting too much longer. I am fully embracing these slow days (it’s a daily practice for me to stay grounded in the present), but I’m also very much ready to emerge soon with a newborn in my arms and the spring sunshine on my face. In the meantime, here’s some cute baby stuff! We haven’t bought much for the baby, I don’t like to have a lot of unnecessary stuff and thankfully people have been so generous again and lent us a lot of larger items that we might need. But I have made a few things, and bought a very select few other bits too: the baby vest was Rory’s but I tie dyed it olive green, so happy with how it turned out. I handmade the hooded blanket (an @lionbrand pattern) and the pixie hat (an @pippyeve pattern). Handmade and re-used is always the best, huh? So baby girl, all that remains is for you to come along next week, ok? I hear babies are predictable like that... 🌙✨
Being at home a little more lately means I’ve had some time to spend with my plants again, sprucing them up and giving them a little love. A few of them were a bit worse for wear with all the heating, dry air, draughts and a little general neglect 🙈 I find it so calming to gently potter around the house and tend to all my plant babies. I’m aiming to go full on #jungalow in this room, taming all the hanging plants around the walls and ceiling as they grow. It just makes me so happy seeing all that green! 🌿 I’ve been taking some more cuttings so I can spread the jungle love even more throughout the rest of the house. I’m at 75 plants and counting 🌿🌿🌿 perhaps I’ll host a plant swap at my place in the Spring?!

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