I haven’t written much during the coronavirus pandemic. I don’t know whether that’s because I haven’t wanted to, haven’t felt able to or what. I just know that this place has been far from my mind. I think there have been so many voices speaking that I haven’t felt the need to add to it. Tomorrow, I’m back at work for the first time since March 17th. I’ve been on furlough for about nine weeks, with the three or four weeks before that being a “work from home” type of scenario. Despite the fact that it’s near impossible to do my job from anywhere other than my workplace. I’m asthmatic, so my man ..read more

April is adenomyosis awareness month. Until I was diagnosed with this condition I had no idea that it even existed, yet according to the gynaecologist who diagnosed me, approximately ten percent of people with uteruses of childbearing age have signs of adenomyosis on ultrasound. Many cases are asymptomatic, so often people will go through life without it ever being picked up. What is adenomyosis? Adenomyosis (ad-uh-no-my-O-sis) occurs when the tissue that normally lines the uterus (endometrial tissue) grows into the muscular wall of the uterus. The displaced tissue continues to act normally ..read more

I haven’t posted anything about this particular Coronavirus. I’m not an expert. I’m not a clinician. It’s not my field. But also, I haven’t been able to collect the words together. However, I was reminded today that we are living through history here. We”re living through what future generations will study. Even as soon as Eden’s generation, they will likely study this at school. They’ll talk about everything that went right and wrong, they’ll use it to explain germ theory and the story of COVID-19 will likely follow experiments involving glitter and hand washing. Until today, we’ve been told ..read more

When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with Matilda. The book, the movie, all of it. On watching the movie a few weeks ago I realised that even now, I still know most of the script! As a child, I was very much like Matilda. A bookworm, who was bullied at school and wanted desperately to fit in. I wanted desperately to be recognised for something or other and I’ve always had a very strong sense of what is right or wrong. Something that has carried me well in the last few years, in fact. I have a very vivid memory of my sister and I on the first day at our new school in what must have been the ..read more

Since being a child, I have loved the theatre. We didn’t really go when I was growing up, but I remember absolutely loving the idea. I’ve always loved musicals in particular, having spent much of my childhood learning every single word to all of the songs in The Sound of Music, Carousel, Oklahoma and many more. I studied drama at GCSE and A Level and actually moved to London with the intention of auditioning for drama school. That didn’t pan out for many reasons, but since being down here (twelve years now!) I have seen a lot of theatre. I’ve worked at a few theatres. It’s part of London for m ..read more

Well I am fashionably late with my one year update!!! I have been living in my affirmed gender now for sixteen months. SIXTEEN MONTHS!!! But it feels as if Aiden has been a part of me for my entire life. Some people have told me they feel like their “old self” dies and they mourn that death to a certain extent but I dont feel like Amy died. I feel like Amy was always Aiden and has just evolved from basic form, getting ready for that final Stage evolution. (Pokemon reference for the geeks among us) So what has happened to me since then? I started Hormone treatment at the start of 2019. The exp ..read more

“Just be kind”. Something we are telling Eden a lot at the moment is to just be kind. She told us the other day that there’s a kid at her childminder who always wants to play Power Rangers with her, and she doesn’t like him so she says “GO AWAY!” I don’t know this kid at all. I’ve heard his name a few times, but this is the first time Eden has ever spoken like this about one of her peers. It’s the first time, really, that she’s expressed dislike towards another child. I had to think a little on this one, because as much as I believe she doesn’t have to play with everyone who wants to play with ..read more

Those who have been following our Facebook page or Instagram will know about Eden’s regular bouts of tonsillitis. She had her first diagnosed case just before her second birthday. It led to the majority of our Florida holiday being spent in the hotel room as she was just so poorly, but the antibiotics had her right as rain in no time at all. Since then she’s had it every couple of months. Touch wood, we are in a phase at the moment when it hasn’t appeared for some time. Her last case was in October 2019, which was number eight or nine since she was two. Just before we went on holiday last yea ..read more

Once again, it’s been a LONG time since I posted here. I was dilly dallying about still having Mama, Eden & Me as a web address, so when the domain expired I bought the new one and here we are. I know I could have bought it regardless, but I guess I was having a bit of writer’s block. So, if there is still anybody out there who has bookmarks pointing to this page, be sure to update them. Welcome to 2020! A new year. A new decade. It’s crazy how quick time goes. I wanted to do a little round up of all the things that we didn’t blog about in 2019.. I spoke a lot about these things on our Fa ..read more

Sleep. Everybody loves sleep. Except for toddlers, it seems. Being a shift worker, I could literally sleep pretty much anywhere and at any time. Unfortunately, Eden doesn’t appear to be taking after me in that respect. As a baby, Eden loved sleep. For the most part, it was easy to get her to drift off to sleep and once she was out, she was out. As a three year old, life is a little different. Once she is asleep, she will sleep for hours, but getting her to go to sleep in the first place is often a challenge. The insatiable thirst that only comes at bed time, mixed with the fear of bad dreams o ..read more