My #life Began The Day I Became A Mum So, May 2011 I fell pregnant, and was due my first little baby on 22nd January 2012. Delighted i had wanted to be a mummy like forever, I loved being pregnant and feeling my baby move inside me, I loved appointments to the midwife, having ultrasounds I loved everything about being pregnant, don't get me wrong the heartburn and sickness wasn't something I particularly enjoyed lol but I knew it was all worth it and I would forget all about it once my bundle of joy was placed in my arms. At my 20 week scan on the 21st of September with lee and my auntie Fiona I found out I was expecting a wonderful baby girl! (Which I already knew hehe, 'mothers instinct') I was absolutely ecstatic and couldn't wait to tell everyone, we had already agreed on a girls name her name would be Emily, like I said Emily was due on the 22nd of January which was her daddies birthday too, so at my last midwife appointment on the 18th of January my blood pressure was on the high side and I was showing signs of preclamsia so my midwife decided to have me induced the next day, which was also my birthday.. Spent my 22nd birthday in hospital, I won't forget that in a hurry! So after a short but traumatic labour and delivery with my mum and lee by my side, Emily Ashley Anderson barber was born on 20th January, At 1:40pm weighing 8lb7oz, i actually couldn't believe it she was here, I was a mummy that feeling I will never ever forget I thought I was the luckiest, happiest person in the world looking at her and touching her knowing she was mine, wow words just can't really explain it. Emily's first year of #life wasn't what I expected, I thought i would get to see her be a happy healthy little girl, but instead it was the opposite.. At 6 weeks old Emily was diagnosed with whooping cough (pertussis) a horrible infectious disease which is fatal in babies, my baby spent weeks in and out of yorkhill hospital on oxygen, being fed through a tube up her nose into her stomach, I can't explain how I felt back then it was all a blur, when she coughed I had to walk away and I always thought 'this is her last breath' everytime! I was convinced I was going to loose her, seeing her so small, vulnerable and sick, I was heartbroken.. But after a few months spent at my mums with the unbelievable help and support from my family Emily got over the whooping cough, although she was always suffering from infections in her chest and had to have her adenoids removed she always bounced back,she is such an amazing little girl, Emily is now 2 years old and has been through a lot, we now know she has an abnormality of her aorta (main heart artery) and specialists are keeping an eye on it.. Going back the way now, a month or so after Emily's 1st birthday I found out I was expecting again.. Now although I was taking a contraceptive pill round about January I had a sickness bug which obviously stops that pill from working, in all honesty I had wanted to be pregnant again for a while but I was trying to be sensible and hold off for a while longer but.. I was 100% blessed to be expecting again, I was so happy and so was everyone else.. When I could eventually tell them, amongst my happiness and excitement for baby number two I was also heartbroken and scared to find out my papa had terminal stomach cancer, my whole family were numb and I couldn't tell them I was pregnant, unfortunately on the 9th of march when I was 10 weeks pregnant my papa passed away, I had my first scan two days after my papas funeral which was when I finally told my family I was pregnant and that my due date was on the 6th of October which freakily was the day after my papas birthday, so I think that was maybe a little lift for my family to know that on my papas birthday we would have a new baby in the family, my pregnancy was just much the same as the first and again I loved every minute of it, so I was around 17 weeks pregnant and I went for what I thought was just a routine midwife appointment, I was on my own and the midwife tried to listen for babies heartbeat and couldn't hear it, so I got sent for an emergency scan.. Oh god was I terrified, but thankfully the midwife started to scan and there was babies heartbeat, must have been lying in an awkward position.. So the lady was scanning and I was talking to her about booking a gender scan and she said " don't waste your money would you like to know the sex now" that was one of the most amazing moments of my #life I nearly fell off the bed, I said yes I was desperate to know.. It's a boy she said! Well.. I burst into tears I couldn't speak I was just so happy, I already had a girl and this time it was a boy I couldn't believe my luck and also instantly thought of my papa and said thank you, it was him he has sent this baby boy to me I know it.. I left the hospital that day grinning like a Cheshire cat lol, phoned my mum and dad and everyone I knew I was bursting with happiness, the trouble this time was I had no idea what i was going to call him.. I was totally stuck for boys names, but I had months to think about it so that was fine. So at 37 weeks I had been having some pains here and there, some more uncomfortable than others but I just thought it was normal pregnancy pains.. And of course I was induced with Emily so had no idea what going into labour myself felt like, I had an appointment with the midwife on the 25th September and found out I was 3cm dilated and was going into labour, shock yip, but I was so excited.. I had the best labour, and delivery the whole thing went the way I wanted it after a few minutes of pushing with my sister and lee with me Oliver William Steven barber was born, 27th September at 1:40am weighing 9lb6oz.. Again I couldn't believe how lucky I was, a very proud mummy to a clever little girl and this amazingly gorgeous baby boy.. Instant love, now Oliver is 14 weeks old and I wouldn't change a thing my #life is absolutely amazing with my two little people, I love them unconditionally.. Watching them grow and learn everyday is what I live for, Emily and Oliver barber have made me the worlds luckiest mummy! Ps, Oliver William named after my papa William Campbell, missed and never forgotten always in our hearts! 'Unforgettable that's what you are'