My First Mother’s Day

I’m conscious that I don’t want The Daydreamer to become utterly focused on baby talk, and I promise it won’t – but how could I let my first Mother’s Day go past without writing something? I was thoroughly spoiled all morning (breakfast in bed, flowers) but it was later, at Blair Castle, when I felt… View Post

Giving Birth – My Experience

After sixteen hours of being in labour, Nathan Coburn Miller was born. Naturally, the relief I felt in the instant he was born was mostly due to the pain being over – but it was also because the anxiety that had built up throughout our IVF treatment had finally been released; I no longer had… View Post

IVF: My Experience

Something I’ve struggled with over the last few months is feeling as though I couldn’t be honest with my blog readers. Having had IVF for almost two years, we fell pregnant at the end of May and, naturally, we didn’t want to share our news until a lot later on. During the summer, I wrote… View Post

Pilates in the Park

I have this thing where I don’t really like to workout inside. That’s why I go running; it’s a great way to exercise and, at the same time, make sure that the dog gets a good outing (being a Border Collie, he has a lot of energy to burn off!). What’s more, running doesn’t cost… View Post

Froth

I don’t know about you, but I compare myself to others at least ten times a day. I measure my own “success” constantly, against everything and everyone, from professional bloggers and their beautiful (but curated) Instagram accounts, to my very own friends and colleagues who I love and who I respect. Often I feel like… View Post