ABOUT US

Let’s face it - Life can be hard sometimes but also truly wonderful. Often having a child can epitomise this distinction more than ever before. It can and will be one of the most challenging things you will ever do but also the most extraordinary!

The idea of designing a set of pregnancy pins first came to me when, you guessed it, I was pregnant. I was working full-time in an office job in town for the majority of my pregnancy, only starting my maternity leave at around 38 weeks. So I experienced what it was like to regularly commute as a pregnant and then heavily pregnant woman.

As a teen, I discovered something rather weird and wonderful about myself. I have a condition called Uterus Didelphys. It is a rare congenital condition and simply put, it means I was born with two uteruses or a double uterus.

Myself and my husband had a great life together. Madly in love and having fun, we hadn’t talked about having kids much before. Although it was something I sort of always assumed I’d do one day in the future (the far-off imaginary future that exists when you’re younger). The decision to have our daughter came about in response to a sudden trauma.

Now you’re probably going to hate me but, all the general worries aside, I absolutely loved being pregnant! There, I said it. I know for a lot of women it can be the hard bit and if it was for you, I genuinely take my hat off to you, bow down at your feet with admiration and sympathy. 

‘We’re not worthy!’ Wayne’s World stylee.

My postnatal depression was flagged up as a possibility early on but not entirely expected. 

Early baby blues, followed by a very scary but brief day of postnatal psychosis were early warning signs.