Reflecting on the last 12 months

[Griffomais]

Well I am only now coming out of the fog of the last 12 months since my DD was born she'll be 1 in a couple of weeks and I'll be going back to work in 6 weeks time. It's be a year of highs, lows and everything in between. Being a Mum has totally and utterly changed me in a lot of good ways but some bad I've kind of lost my identity and part of my relationship with DH. My patience is very thin now and I'm a little grumpier. I just wondered how all the other Mums are feeling who are at a similar stage?

DD is the light of our lives, we had to wait a long time for her to appear - she is funny, beautiful, independent - I love seeing her face first thing every morning.

Will I regain any parts of me that have been lost along the way?x

Yes.
Going back is hard. You will always be Mum and you are forever changed for the better, but going back to work means you get to focus on other things, gossip, be an adult, check your lippy, have a coffee. All of which certainly makes me more sane for when I am at home with DS the rest of the time.

hi griff did we meet on an ivf thread? anyway my dd is one in under two weeks as well, and I'm already really emotional about it. she's amazing, gorgeous, exhausting, frustrating, and yes our lives will never be the same again