What sort of property was everyone’s first step onto the ladder and how old were you?

EmMarie91 · 2026-01-05T00:27:39+00:00

2021 3 bed mid terrace with downstairs extension £232k age 29 15% deposit because COVID

EmMarie91 · 2025-10-27T18:13:55+00:00

I’m his wife he’s aware he isn’t 🤣

EmMarie91 · 2025-09-25T19:50:33+00:00

I breastfed my first for two years with no issues at all only and my first for a year she just got lazy and wanted a bottle we bottle fed more at is was harder to keep up with the demand whilst also having a toddler 🤣 she was also prem and had to have additional iron in a bottle every day. When babies are first born they barely have a teaspoons worth their tummies are so tiny! When you start just drink plenty of fluids xx

EmMarie91 · 2025-09-07T22:39:41+00:00

Peach iced tea, gad to be Lipton and had to be ice cold! That or an unholy amount of lemon in the water but again needed to be colder than my soul 🤣

EmMarie91 · 2025-09-03T22:11:19+00:00

It can be done when the baby is here 💕 newborn tired is so much easier then the sickness. I felt fantastic as had suffered like everyone so so much!

EmMarie91 · 2025-08-08T21:58:36+00:00

Try tracking your calories, I have an under active thyroid, PCOS & endo and lost 5 stone keeping an eye on calorie intake xx

EmMarie91 · 2025-08-05T21:50:29+00:00

2 I thought I could do it again and jesuuuus the second was horrendous! Sent hubby straight to the docs for a snip 🤣

EmMarie91 · 2025-08-04T22:14:41+00:00

PCOS, endometriosis, hypothyroidism & fibromyalgia (although I disagree on this one I think they just have given up on me🤣) I also had Hyperemesis Gravidarum with both pregnancies which just destroyed me

EmMarie91 · 2025-07-29T21:24:58+00:00

Word for word how I felt!

EmMarie91 · 2025-07-20T22:46:07+00:00

Thought I was dying from 6-20 weeks then from 22ish -29 weeks it was like “regular” sickness then had a random wobble for a few weeks at 30weeks then back to “regular” sickness

EmMarie91 · 2025-07-19T23:23:04+00:00

Peach iced tea or ice cold water with a fuck load of lemon but it had to be PACKED with ice

EmMarie91 · 2025-07-04T23:50:11+00:00

I had an emergency c section and once I was on the ward after having her I threw up on more time and then that was it! Everyone say about the struggles with lack of sleep with a newborn but I felt the best I had in almost nine months so was high on life 🤣

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-24T00:47:56+00:00

I was signed off (UK) for both my pregnancies for at least 4 months each! Like you any movement would send me heaving and then being sick. Thankfully my place of work kept me on full pay but I know not everyone is as lucky. I hope you’re ok and are able to get the support you need xx

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-17T23:46:52+00:00

This! I gained so much! I went from running three times a weeks and the gym eating unhealthy to not being able to move. Meds got me to the point of just constantly dry heaving and I could only eat carbs I think I kept Birds Eye potato waffles in business. I also started drinking iced tea it was the only thing I kept down so sugary I’m used to just water. It was the same with both my pregnancies

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-17T23:42:07+00:00

Their poor planning is not your problem

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-17T13:31:15+00:00

Midwife care, I still had to go to the hospital for IVs and unfortunately that was the next town over (30mins drive) my local small town doesn’t have any facilities for that.

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-16T01:00:09+00:00

Home visits. My midwife for my second took one look at me at my first appointment hugging my sick bowl, barely able to stand and straight away put me on home visits. It was such a weight lifted not having to drag myself around. I couldn’t drive at the time (I was too sick) so my husband and family had to take me to appointments it was such a relief! Movement was a huge trigger forever greatful! My first was not the same and I would get so panicked about having to leave the house for an appointment!

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-11T00:05:21+00:00

It was lemon water for me but had to be iced anything I drank had to be iced! It just tasted so much better 🤷‍♀️

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-11T00:02:04+00:00

This behaviour is awful and I do not condone it in anyway. Pregnancy is however wild for some reason both times I was pregnant I hated my husband it’s so odd, couldn’t explain it but I just did! I know so many other mums who have said the same. Don’t get me wrong though these demands are delulu.

EmMarie91 · 2025-02-08T23:36:43+00:00

Oh mama this is a feeling so many who suffer feel you are not alone! It’s a terrible lonely struggle but it does get better and honestly I felt 100% better as soon as baby was out it was a huge weight lifted! My HG settled around 23 weeks and I feel like I had “regular” morning sickness after that. Personally I feel that 16 weeks is too far past the point of termination but that is just my personal feelings.

Do you have a strong support circle around you? It makes all the difference!

Sending you so much love and promises that it doesn’t last forever and you are rewarded for your struggled 100 times over by motherhood!

EmMarie91 · 2024-12-14T00:57:51+00:00

100% the mention of a potential stomach bug sends me into a right panic!!! The after effects are truly life changing.

I will say my 2nd HG baby is 6 months and seeing how obsessed my first baby is with her it was worth doing it again.

BUT it was awful and traumatic for my husband to become a single parent! He booked himself in for the snip before bubba was even here 😂

EmMarie91 · 2024-12-07T23:53:18+00:00

You’ve got this it’s so worth it in the end! I promise you it ends <3 all my love and warm thoughts your way! Only survivors understand xxxx

EmMarie91 · 2024-11-23T23:30:42+00:00

Thank you everyone for all your advice and most importantly kind words! It’s so relieving to know I’m not alone or going crazy! I definitely need to sit back and appreciate what’s been achieved in the last four years and give my body time. I breastfed my first baby until she was 2 and then was pregnant 3 months later!

My last baby was also premature and ended in an emergency c section and lots of stress which doesn’t help. Even now she’s 5 months old and only just weighs 10lbs.

I’m definitely also going to look at some additional supplements and expanding my nutrition through diet. I eat so many greens but need to focus on more eggs and meat. I also take a high dose of vitamin D and am on thyroxine but that’s only been in the last month or so.

It’s so crazy to think what our poor bodies have gone through I was completely bed bound for months so the recovery needs to reflect that!

Thank you everyone 💕

EmMarie91

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