Posts tagged “depressionandanxiety”

Diary Of My Miscarriage – Week Eight

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Diary Of A Miscarriage, Life, Mumma / Oct 15, 2020 / 0 comments

Prelude: This is the third instalment in my Diary Of My Miscarriage Series. This series was going to be the “Diary Of My Pregnancy” however, as we know, things don’t always turn out how we hope, do they? I began this series before we knew our baby was lost, and this is the first week when I really start to feel like something could potentially be wrong… And it was. These instalments from when I thought I was still pregnant are just as important to me as the miscarriage itself, and as such, I feel compelled to share them with you. Thank you for reading them x (more…)

Diary Of My Miscarriage – Week Seven

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Diary Of A Miscarriage, Life, Mumma / Sep 23, 2020 / 0 comments

Prelude: This is the second instalment in my Diary Of My Miscarriage Series. This series was going to be the “Diary Of My Pregnancy” however, as we know, things don’t always turn out how we hope, do they? I began this series before we knew our baby was lost, and they represent so much joy and hope for 0ur family. These instalments from when I was still pregnant are as important to me as the miscarriage itself, and as such, I feel compelled to share them with you. Thank you for reading them x (more…)

Nine Things That Every New Mum Needs

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Life, Love, Mumma / Apr 19, 2020 / 0 comments

Becoming a new mum is one of the most wonderful and yet most challenging times of a women’s life. The excitement. The joy. The new baby smell. Actually no, scrap that. Sometimes babies don’t smell that great… Let’s be honest, I mean they essentially smell like stale cheese for a couple of weeks, at least until they start opening their stinky baby hands once in a while to air them out. #Truth (more…)

The Loneliness Of Parenthood

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Life, Mumma / Oct 29, 2017 / 0 comments

This parenthood business hey? I mean, wowsa. What a ride. I know that I have said this before, but there is so much that you just don’t think about before you have kids. So much that goes unsaid. So much that you can never ever plan for. (more…)

The Heartbreak Of Child Rejection.

Ellyn Shepherd / Baby, Bloggity Blog, Mumma / Jun 25, 2017 / 0 comments

Lately I have been struggling. I am sure this has happened to every parent at one time or another. But I have been struggling with being rejected by my child. This isn’t the first time it has happened and I am sure that it wont be the last. And I am probably making a much bigger deal of it than it actually is, but that doesn’t stop my heart from breaking each time it happens. (more…)

My Real Birth Story – Megan Ftouni

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Mumma, My Real Birth Story Series / Mar 26, 2017 / 0 comments

Welcome to the eleventh contribution to our Real Birth Story Series, written by the gorgeous Megan Ftouni who is an amazingly loving mother to her two gorgeous children AJ and Maya. Megan struggled with PND following the birth of her firstborn son and this is her story. She hopes that her words will show other women that they are not alone and that they can come through the other side to live a loving and happy life with their families. I really hope you enjoy reading Megan’s story as much as I did xxx (more…)

Guest Blog – My Raw Self – Life As A Motherless Mum

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Life, Mumma / Jan 29, 2017 / 0 comments

I am very honoured today to be able to share this post with you, which has been contributed by the beautiful Kat – creator and blogger over at My Raw Self. Kat is the mum of two gorgeous, adorable and squeeeeezable boys, and this is her story of being a “motherless” mum. Get your tissues out, because Kat is about to break your heart… xx (more…)

My Real Birth Story – Part 3 – Kate Noppert

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Mumma, My Real Birth Story Series / Nov 27, 2016 / 0 comments

Here is the conclusion to the amazing seventh instalment in our Real Birth Story Series, contributed by the lovely Kate Noppert! As you may know, Kate has kindly contributed not one, but THREE incredibly raw stories which I have been absolutely priviledged to be able to publish for you over the last week. If you haven’t read the first part’s to Kate’s story, then you can read them here. Click here for part one and here for part two xxx. This lovely conclusion outlines the birth of Kate’s final beautiful daughter Sylvie, and shows us that it can be possible to achieve the birth you hope for with the right support during and after birth. I am so thrilled to be able to present this final chapter to you all, and I hope that you enjoy the conclusion to Kate’s very raw and honest journey into parenthood as much as I did… xxx (more…)

My Real Birth Story- Kate Noppert- Post Birth & the Inbetween

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Mumma, My Real Birth Story Series / Nov 23, 2016 / 0 comments

Welcome to the second installment in our special three-part contribution, written by the lovely Kate Noppert as part of our monthly Real Birth Story Series! Over the weekend, Kate shared the incredible story of the birth of her first daughter, and if you missed it, you can read it here! This second contribution sees Kate bravely tell the story of her battle with PND after her first birth. She shares her experience with one of the hardest and darkest times that a mother can go through with us in a real, raw, and painful way. (more…)

My Real Birth Story – Part 1 – Kate Noppert

Ellyn Shepherd / Bloggity Blog, Mumma, My Real Birth Story Series / Nov 20, 2016 / 0 comments

Here is the seventh instalment in our Real Birth Story Series, contributed by the lovely Kate Noppert! Kate has kindly contributed not one, but THREE amazing stories and I feel so incredibly privileged to be able to publish them all for you over the next coming week. Today I am honoured to present to you the first incredible part of Kate’s three-part contribution, which relates to the birth of her first beautiful daughter – Astrid. It outlines the struggles that Kate was forced to face when labouring with Astrid, and the complete loss of control over her own body and birth outcome. I hope that you enjoy the first part of this very raw and honest account of Kate’s journey into parenthood as much as I did… xxx (more…)

Hi! *waves madly*

If you hadn’t guessed already, my name is Ellyn Shepherd.

I am a secret (not so secret) dork, who has two crazy kidlets, a furball dawggy who thinks he is a human, and an incredibly tall husband who I adore to pieces, and who is made up almost entirely of his own beard… #WhattaHairyLegend

On this blog, I share the story of our live’s, and we love every single messy spewed upon, dribbled on, or pooped on second of it. Well, maybe not the pooped on parts but you know what I mean. #IAlwaysSmellLikePoopOrVomTheseDays

Every post is REAL and reflects the grey-hair inducing craziness that is parenthood, and I hope you like reading about it as much as I love talking about it… Cough, except I never actually shut up about it… Soz…

Ell x

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