Ordinary mama takes the plunge

I figured that I would start a blog about being an ordinary mum on the extraordinary journey of motherhood. I wanted to be able to share my thoughts, worries and most importantly my joys about raising my son, my way. There were a lot of obstacles in my way to becoming a mum (although not as many as for some people and I know Bill is my most precious & wonderful blessing) and then when I was a mum, it was like everyone else knew better than me how I should be a mother. When the going got tough, when I thought that I was going to lose all my heart and give in to the "advice" of well-intentioned but (I believe) misguided relatives, I turned to other new mums and to a local LLL group and found my sanctuary, my support and my strength there. One of the most precious aspects of my being a mother so far is breastfeeding my son, and at times I seemed to lack support from my family in this respect, although never from my husband. My hope is that you might stumble across this blog just when you most need someone to bolster your confidence about providing your baby with the best start in life through your amazing, perfect, nutritious, nurturing and miraculous mama's milk, or when a health visitor or family member has shaken your faith in your choice to co-sleep with your child. I've babbled, I'm sorry, I'm never very concise! I'll finish now but just add these thoughts, as they sum up what I believe:

A child is a blessing, not a curse.
Open heart, open mind.
Mamas should follow their own hearts: motherlove knows what baby needs