Motherhood is different for everybody. It’s a simple statement but very true. Motherhood brings joy and challenges, good and bad, and everything in between. I am a mother to three wonderful children and have had my share of ups and downs. I remember twelve years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I read every pregnancy book available and scoured the internet for support and information. I was looking for reassurance that my body (and my growing baby) were doing all the right things…Week Nine – Your baby is the size of a green olive… Two weeks after my first child was born we moved from the inner city, which had been my home for ten years, to the ‘burbs’. I was in a new suburb, alone, with a newborn. I was isolated and alone, well at least that’s how I felt. I had thought that maternity leave would be this magical holiday where I would spend my days scrap booking, baking and going for long walks with my new baby. Motherhood was nothing like I had imagined, but it wasn’t due to my lovely new son, he was a ‘text book’ child, did everything he was supposed …