Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is the final guest post of the month and comes from Gemma who blogs over at Heart Mammi. Gemma is a mum of three children and her youngest daughter Martha Grace was born with an interrupted aortic arch and… Read More
Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from Philippa who blogs over at Sounding Like My Mother. Philippa is a mum of five children, two of which have heart conditions. As is the case with 1 in 3 babies with a congenital heart condition, her… Read More
With February being heart month, I’ve been focusing on raising awareness of CHD, particularly during heart week (7th – 14th February). It’s been lovely to feature some guest posts on my blog during heart week and to have other heart families share their stories – thank you to Northumberland Mam, The Hearty Life and Adventures… Read More
Throughout Heart Month, I’ll be sharing various stories from heart families about their experiences. Today’s post is from Lee who, with his wife Freya, blogs over at Adventures from the Heart. Lee and Freya’s second child Erin was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the same heart condition that my daughter Jessica has and was… Read More
I see you sitting there in that scan room. Cold with fear and the terrible realisation that something is wrong, very wrong with your baby’s heart. I see you clinging to each other. Neither wants to voice the terrible thought that fills both your minds – that your child will die. I see your tears,… Read More
Our journey as a heart family has been very much at the forefront of my mind recently. Jessica had her cardiac check-up last week and whilst her heart function is currently looking good, the team are now starting to consider her next major surgery and when this is likely to take place. It would be… Read More
Last week saw a big milestone for Jessica as she started preschool for the first time. She took it all in her stride and seems to be thoroughly enjoying it so far. However, it was a big step for me as a parent too. Going from having her home all the time to letting her… Read More