Mushbrainedramblings

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Overcoming a cancer scare, the death of her father, difficult times with her work, and an overactive immune system, Ellie overcame all the odds and became first time mother at 47 1/2 having had IVF treatment in Spain. Her blog covers that journey and follows her journey with her daughter through their first year together and onward ... this issues faced by being an older mother, the trials and excitements of baby led weaning and the utter joys of motherhood.


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    Overcoming a cancer scare, the death of her father, difficult times with her work, and an overactive immune system, Ellie overcame all the odds and became first time mother at 47 1/2 having had IVF treatment in Spain. Her blog covers that journey and follows her journey with her daughter through their first year together and onward ... this issues faced by being an older mother, the trials and excitements of baby led weaning and the utter joys of motherhood.

LATEST ARTICLES ( 228 )

  • Finding the Words

    How do you do it? How do you find the words?She’s still reeling from the death of her friend from university, the academic, the lifelong geological buddy, and... Read more

    Posted on 22 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Her Village

    Village

    Welcome to the ‘Look At All The Women’ Carnival: Week 3 – ‘The Eclectic Others’This post was written by Ellie Stoneley especially for inclusion in the... Read more

    Posted on 11 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • I Wonder

    when she’s older and hears a hairdryer, will she feel hungry?Ever since she realised she could breastfeed standing up, when I sit down to dry my hair and turn... Read more

    Posted on 10 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • A Slug and a Snail

    A friend invited us round for lunch yesterday, to celebrate my 5oth birthday a few days after the event, to let our small folk play together. Hope and Alfie, he... Read more

    Posted on 05 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Does This Mean I’m Middle Aged?

    Does This Mean Middle Aged?

    It’s happened …I’m 50.Really I am … I’m sure I look it, and that’s just fine, but really??? How can it be that I’m as old as all those people I thought were so... Read more

    Posted on 29 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • on Ageing

    She’s a few years off 90.Remarkable.Sprited.Generous.Stubborn.Mischievous…and increasingly lonely.All her friends are dying around her. That’s the trouble with... Read more

    Posted on 22 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Small Child Logic

    I picked her earlier from a friend who’d been looking after her while I got some work done this afternoon, she was so happy and skipped to the door in her red... Read more

    Posted on 20 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • “look Mummy Look…”

    The words you don’t want to hear when you’re driving along a bit of road you can’t stop on and your daughter is sitting in her car seat in the back, “look Mummy... Read more

    Posted on 20 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Just to Be Clear

    Just Clear

    I DON’T think people should wait to have children …I didn’t wait, it’s just how things panned out in my life.I am very fortunate to be blessed with a baby... Read more

    Posted on 19 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Is It Because I is Old?

    Because Old?

    … or is it because I has overdeveloped senses of excitement, the ridiculous and fun (and an eclectic taste in music)?I’m not sure, but I know that today I’ve ha... Read more

    Posted on 13 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Wrists Are Actually Quite Important

    Wrists Actually Quite Important

    it’s not because I’m old … well I don’t think so at any rate.It’s because she’s getting older, and heavier … that and the fact that I lost my car keys during a... Read more

    Posted on 12 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Let’s Start at the Very Beginning

    Let’s Start Very Beginning

    Three years ago this week, I saw the first photograph of The Spaniard, the little bundle of cells, the embryo that went on to become Hope. Read more

    Posted on 06 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Flat on My Back

    Flat Back

    I had a dream last night that I was flat on my back, snoring gently and I’d had 14 hour sleep, all in a row, I was sleeping a deep long refreshing sleep on... Read more

    Posted on 05 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Vote for Hope : )

    Vote Hope

    Every time Hope is cheeky at meal times, or my mother sees her win in a battle of wills (“you can have a piece of Easter egg if you finish your pasta” … “ok if... Read more

    Posted on 01 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Evicted

    She threw me out this evening.“Out Mummy, stand over there”.I explained it was bed time and that once she’d given Granby her goodnight kiss we had to go up to... Read more

    Posted on 26 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • and She Said … Part 867

    Today’s new words and happenings made me feel happy from top to toe:“ahhh lovely spaghetti not”, she said during our walk around the garden gazing in wonder at ... Read more

    Posted on 24 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Is Pubic Hair Really So 1976?

    Pubic Hair Really 1976?

    I looked in the mirror a couple of weeks ago and realised that I had grey hairs protruding from my eyebrows. I hoiked them out and looked back at my... Read more

    Posted on 24 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Jack Fell Down

    I had an urgent email to send tonight, it was a busy evening, supper to make, people in and out, small soul to feed and Granby to cheer up after a trying day. Read more

    Posted on 24 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • I Wore a Dress Today

    I don’t often wear dresses … normally my wide and varied wardrobe consists of baggy trousers and loose tops, in the summer linen trousers and loose tops … I hav... Read more

    Posted on 23 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

  • Lazy Lie In?

    this morning we had a lie in. She woke up singing “Daisy Daisy”, and then read her ‘Acorn Story’ book, I got up and opened the curtains and the window, the... Read more

    Posted on 16 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION