Self Isolation Update

[LunaOreoPigz]

Congratulations on the birth of Lyra, hope you are able to get home soon.

I saw this the other day on social media and love it, hope you will too
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Aww that made me cry a bit I'm still hormonal . I think i will tell her when she is about 6 or 7 but it depends on her maturity at that age. Its so scary gaving a baby right now, but i love her to bits and so happy she exists during this stressful time to bring me joy

 

[Betsy]

I'll say what I told @Lady Kelly when she had Jessica. You grew a Human in your tummy it doesn't get much better than that!

 

[Lady Kelly]

Aww that made me cry a bit I'm still hormonal . I think i will tell her when she is about 6 or 7 but it depends on her maturity at that age. Its so scary gaving a baby right now, but i love her to bits and so happy she exists during this stressful time to bring me joy

It is scary but once you are home and settled you will feel much better. I had a bump to birth journal so quite a few of the recent weeks have picked up the pandemic. I've even kept the letter from the prime minister to pop in the back too so she can read it all when she is older. One way to think about it is that when she is at school there will be so many other kids in her year that were born in the pandemic too so she won't be totally alone to process it all. Look after yourself and Lyra and I hope you are home very soon

 

[Bill & Ted]

Congratulations

 

[PigglePuggle]

Thank you, we are doing quite well apart fron that i broke up with ger dad a few days before her birth but thats life. I'm a bit happier without him to be honest

Don't worry @LunaOreoPigz my daughter also broke up with her partner not long before her baby was born a year ago and she is just rocking it as a single mum, best decision she ever made- I'm sure you'll be the same x

 

[Little Ones]

Thank you, we are doing quite well apart fron that i broke up with ger dad a few days before her birth but thats life. I'm a bit happier without him to be honest

I remember reading your post about him going out at night, honestly you’ve done the right thing. My mum is a single mum, she never wanted to get married to my dad in the first place but said yes because her parents had moved 8 hours away and she had no one else. They divorced when I was in year 1.
One thing I’ve learned from friends is that the experience you have when you have two parents compared to just one is so different. My friends with both parents were closer with their siblings as mum and dad were closer with each other. However, like myself and my friends who grew up with just one (usually just mum), we were so much closer with our parent. Me and my mum are absolute best friends. As strange as it sounds, we’ve spoken about the two of us likely living together for a really long time. I’m not interested in finding a relationship and neither is she, so unless anything changes we could even live together all our lives. We just get each other. If she and my dad had stayed together, it would have been completely different. So even though being a single parent can be difficult, and also lonely at times, once your daughter is a teenager/early adult you’ll have the most amazing bond. It really is a bond that I’ve never seen in the families of my friends who have two parents.

 

[sport_billy]

Congratulations hope you all doing well! X

 

[teddymouse]

OH die when daughter was 15yrs and our bond is so strong, yes we do have the odd cross word, which don't last long. We can seat and talk for hours or just sit. We are so close.

 

[Merab]

I congratulated Lyra’s birth on another thread but it’s definitely worth more of these

 

[anyar.dris]

Congrats!

 

[VickiA]

Oh I’m so pleased to hear your wonderful news. Welcome to baby Lyra. Congratulations to you @LunaOreoPigz. You’ve sorted your own life and brought another life into this world. What an emotional and productive few days you’ve had. Enjoy this special bonding time in hospital. Look forward to seeing a bit of baby spam at some point (hint hint ❤)

 

[Siikibam]

I’m sorry you split up with the dad but if you feel happier then that’s good. You don’t want the added stress of an unempathetic partner along with birth and new baby. for you and Lyra and your other babies.

 

[Wiebke]

Congratulations for the birth of your little daughter. All the best for opening a new chapter on your life in the midst of a time that will stay in everybody's memory for a long time to come...

My own birth is measured John F. Kennedy's assassination just a few days later while my mom was still in hospital - but everybody knows about that one!