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Supermommy 3 ~ Cassey’s Story

Today’s Supermommy is somebody who genuinely does not see herself as any kind of hero. Cassey has been knocked down repeatedly and she just gets up, dusts herself off and tries again. She has a tenacity that awes me.

I have known the stories of my chosen Supermommies for quite a long time in some form or another. But really getting into the questions and their answers, and researching what they have been through… That brought me a rather scary awareness of the seemingly endless obstacles you can face on this journey to parenthood. Of course, all of these mommies also give me an incredible sense of hope. Hope that no matter what life throws in your path, there are ways to climb right over them and keep moving forward.
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Surrounded by Supermommies

Supermommies surround us daily ~ Sharing Surrounded by Supermommies

I was extremely secretive over my Surrounded by Supermommies series. Not even the interviewees knew the angle I would take when answering my questions. I didn’t want influence their stories in any way.
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Our Birth Story: The C-Section (Part One)

And finally here it is, at least part one is, although I am insanely tired and it has taken weeks to get it all down and so I am sure the quality of the writing may be suffering. The focus of this post is the c-section itself (I’ll be posting the recovery part separately) so let’s take it from the top. [Read more…]

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Going With It

I was going to incorporate this into my final post, but then I ended up writing the beginning of a whole different summary post to end this “pregnancy chapter” of Pregnant in Cape Town. For those who have wondered, I still intend to blog on PICT and remain active on Social Media in that name once Charly is here to keep the conversations going. Partly because I am proud of what I have created and partly because a large part of me is still hoping that I will one day be “Pregnant in Cape Town” again. So I will update my site & Social Media with the tagline “& everything after” and get around it that way. [Read more…]

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