“If I was seeing this in a newborn baby, I would be advising against surgery as it is so unlikely to be successful.” I was 22 weeks pregnant with…
There were many moments during my pregnancy with Jessica that I hardly dared hope I’d get to hold her living breathing form in my arms, let alone have the chance…
Jessica loves sticking and helping to make birthday cards. It was Godmummy Katy’s birthday recently and so we got the card, stickers and colouring pencils out for Jessica to help…
In The Night Garden is one of Jessica’s favourite CBeebies programmes. We thought that she and Sophie would enjoy going to see one of the live shows in Richmond. …
We’ve been having a lovely day out at Peppa Pig World in Paulton’s Park with some other heart families from the hospital where Jessica had her surgery. This is the…
Being back from holiday means facing an inevitable mountain of laundry. Thank goodness for washing machines and good weather. Four people and one fortnight’s worth of laundry has…
I took a happy snap of hubby and myself when we were in the south of France earlier this month: It’s been a very, very long time since…
One of the recent CBeebies magazines contained a Mr Tumble sock puppet craft kit. This proved to be very useful in providing Jessica with some distraction during the ferry journey…
For Father’s Day, I asked my husband to share a post about his journey as a heart daddy. This is his raw and honest account of his feelings about the…