She’s arrived! @davidcomahony and I welcomed our beautiful little girl into the world last Saturday. Isla is the proudest big sister! Our little family are snuggling in together for her fourth trimester and will be back with more news soon! ❤️
Thank you so much @ok_mag for sharing the news of our baby girl’s arrival! 🌸🌸🌸 Catch up on all the news of her birth in this week’s Ok! Magazine *Link in my stories*
‘I just couldn’t wait for her to be put in my arms’ ❤️
We absolutely loved our shoot with Hollyoaks star @alibastianinsta and her husband @davidcomahony as they exclusively introduced us to their beautiful newborn daughter! 🥰🥰
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#alibastian #hollyoaks #babynews #celebritynews #family #newborn #love
David is building our buggy! S**t is getting real! #36weeks #pregnant today! 💖🤰🏼💫 eeeeeeek!!! #kindlygifted @myjoolz @mumandme_app
*Trigger warning – Grief*. My little one will be 12 weeks this Saturday. The End of the fourth trimester – the end of a period that has been one of the toughest of my life. A week after she was born, I lost one of my oldest and closest friends. Trying to process this enormous loss whilst walking the hormonal tightrope of my postpartum period has been and remains to be incredibly intense. I’ve taken to having long showers so I can cry and let it all out so that I can then return to parenting a little lighter. Knowing that such life changing events happening in such close succession could leave my mental health sailing incredibly close to the wind has meant I’ve had to seek help wherever I could find it. I have an incredible councillor I’ve seen for many years, we hired a Doula to support me as in the midst of all this my c-section stopped healing and is still not completely resolved, making it hard to do even the simplest things like lifting my baby and I’m forever grateful to @thehumanmethoduk who is helping me heal some of this somatically and stay grounded. Some days are easier than others and I am holding my babies tightly but ultimately… I miss my friend with all my heart. My beautiful, funny, dry as f**k friend. I miss her laugh, I miss our short hand. I miss our hugs when we hadn’t seen each other for ages. Our always long overdue catch ups over wine by the river. Friday nights when I would drive from wherever I had been filming to crash out on her and her dear husband’s sofa after a take away. So many memories, so many happy times. An incredible light went out that day. Lou, I will love you forever ❤️ xxx ps. These photos were from a magazine shoot we did years ago about being best friends. They are amongst some of my favourites of us. I can’t remember who the photographer was so I can’t credit but I hope if they see these they don’t mind me posting them ❤️
*Trigger warning – Grief*. My little one will be 12 weeks this Saturday. The End of the fourth trimester – the end of a period that has been one of the toughest of my life. A week after she was born, I lost one of my oldest and closest friends. Trying to process this enormous loss whilst walking the hormonal tightrope of my postpartum period has been and remains to be incredibly intense. I’ve taken to having long showers so I can cry and let it all out so that I can then return to parenting a little lighter. Knowing that such life changing events happening in such close succession could leave my mental health sailing incredibly close to the wind has meant I’ve had to seek help wherever I could find it. I have an incredible councillor I’ve seen for many years, we hired a Doula to support me as in the midst of all this my c-section stopped healing and is still not completely resolved, making it hard to do even the simplest things like lifting my baby and I’m forever grateful to @thehumanmethoduk who is helping me heal some of this somatically and stay grounded. Some days are easier than others and I am holding my babies tightly but ultimately… I miss my friend with all my heart. My beautiful, funny, dry as f**k friend. I miss her laugh, I miss our short hand. I miss our hugs when we hadn’t seen each other for ages. Our always long overdue catch ups over wine by the river. Friday nights when I would drive from wherever I had been filming to crash out on her and her dear husband’s sofa after a take away. So many memories, so many happy times. An incredible light went out that day. Lou, I will love you forever ❤️ xxx ps. These photos were from a magazine shoot we did years ago about being best friends. They are amongst some of my favourites of us. I can’t remember who the photographer was so I can’t credit but I hope if they see these they don’t mind me posting them ❤️
Last bump pic the night before going in to deliver Izzy. 💜 So full of emotions and anticipation! It wasn’t such a smooth ride c-section wise this time. I’ve gone on to have really delayed healing with my incision, it’s been so frustrating and really easy to feel like it’s me vs my body on this very different postpartum journey. I have my beautiful baby girl in my arms now and so important to remember what a tremendous journey my body has been on! Trying to be kind to myself, but also so hard to move forward in any way until I’m properly healed. Fingers crossed I’m on the mend now! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻💜💫 Body suit @jorgen_house #gift
So happy to share our baby shoot with our littlest family member capturing the most special moments as @davidcomahony and I share our birth story and latest news. Link in my link tree in biog or grab your copy of @ok_mag this week. ♥️ Massive thanks to the absolute A team that came to our home for our shoot. ✏️ @dawnemery @juliabowdenmakeup @staceyclarkephoto @kelsiehalephotography @lynnemckennastylesandcreates @will__perry and very special thanks to the amazing @homenipandtuck for helping me get our home decluttered and camera ready and @metoscoffeehouse for providing our team with a beautiful Isla friendly, nut free allergen free lunch. So grateful to you all for putting so much care and thought into our special shoot ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kicking off #internationalwomensday with a new season of @hotandbothered_podcast and joining me as my first guests are 2 of the strongest, most inspiring kick ass women I know, 2 of my best friends, actresses @carleystenson1 and @alibastianinsta
We chat about mum guilt, going back to work after having a baby and judgement and I can’t wait for you to listen 🎙️🗣️And of course we discuss what’s got us Hot and Bothered 🙊
I’ll pop the link in my bio and stories and please do like and follow if you enjoy, it would mean the world to me ❤️
@astridpodcasts
#podcast #podcasthost #hotandbothered #hotandbotheredpodcast #taboo #taboobreaker #conversation
Happy Anniversary my love @davidcomahony ❤️ Four years ago today!! Love you! Xxxx
Love a contact nap. All naps are naps. And I’m learning all bubbas are so different. Nothing that works with Izzy worked with Isla and vice versa. Apart from a nap in a sling. That one has been universal 💤💤💤 #infantsleep #babygirl #baby #sleep So far Izzy has actually been a much more settled sleeper. One or two feeds a night and sleeping from 7ish to around 5am. Not the same every night and I know it could all change! I’d say the difference the second time is that I know how changeable it all is and that frequent night wakings are so normal. It doesn’t mean I don’t miss sleep… but I’m not expending nearly as much energy trying to change her patterns. Although, maybe that’s because we are in a rhythm that feels sustainable. If that stops being the case, I may end up being a lot more proactive! #sleep #braindump #😂
When @_beyond_nine jumpsuits make you want to do THIS. I have lived in these since my c-section, especially with my slow healing… all I want is to be in something comfy that I can breast feed in. These are IT!! These will see you from bump, to nursing and beyond! #slowfashion💖💖💖 #gift #maternity #postpartum #nursing #fashion
So much more to come… but here’s a little window into the magic that is @narniatreehouse 🧚🧚🧚🧚💫First little getaway as a family of 4…. Annnnnnd exhale ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @davidcomahony #travel #staycation #travelreview #family #familyholiday #baby #babygirl #prcollab
Love finding outfits that I feel great in #postpartum, that are not strictly nursing gear so will stand the rest of time AND I can breastfeed in it them! So happy to have discovered @joanieclothing available is sizes 8-22 Check them out, they have loads of fun prints and styles with a nod to the nostalgic. Enjoy my audiotion for Cats at the end 🤣🐱🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 #breastfeeding #postpartumbody #mumfashion #prgift
Little highlights reel from our mini break @narniatreehouse Such an amazing place to have our first little holl as a family of 4! We LOVED it!! Only an hour out of London in beautiful Oxfordshire. So much thought has gone into this beautiful Tree House. Cannot wait to go back! Isla wanted to stay there forever and I felt the same!! Some beautiful family memories made here. Thank you so much @narniatreehouse 🌳❤️💫🧚🌈 #familytravel #treehouse #adventure #collab
… And then you blink and have the most beautiful, kind hearted, sensitive, wise, wild, fierce, bright as a button three year old! 💜 We love you so, so much. Thank you for teaching me how to be a Mummy. 💜 Also, huge thanks to @dolfinos_allergenfreebakery for doing what I once thought would be impossible and making the most beautiful, allergen free celebration cake! I wish you could have been there to see her face light up. You are doing something so, so special for so many allergy families. A million thank yous 🎂💕
Actively working on getting my sparkle back. (This photo is very old 🤣)
There’s no doubt about it, we are an atopic family… I’ve had eczema for as long as I can remember and my little girl Isla has eczema and multiple severe food allergies. Being an allergy Mamma I’m washing my hands constantly when preparing food or when coming into contact with any of Isla’s allergens. As a result, my hands have such bad eczema flares… At times they even crack and bleed. I feel so self conscious about it and I know amongst other things, it can look so ageing!
I was previously prescribed @doublebaseuk by my Dr and find it brilliant for the day to day management of my eczema. I have recently discovered Doublebase Dry Skin Hand Wash and thought I would put it to the test for seven days by replacing my usual soap. I also used Doublebase Dry Skin Emollient after washing my hands.
Have a swipe through my photos to see the results!! At the beginning of the week my hands were so dry and cracked… full disclosure, I’m a busy Mamma and I didn’t manage to use the emollient EVERY time but having the intention meant I did it SOME of the time which was enough to make a huge difference. Anyone with eczema knows there aren’t many quick fixes and consistency is key but already my hands are softer, no more painful cracks in the skin and looking younger already! Doublebase Dry Skin Hand Wash is definitely going to be part of my eczema care routine moving forward and what’s also fab is that @Doublebaseuk products are easier to get hold of from places such as Boots.
#Doublebase #Eczema #Psoriasis #Dermatitis #Doublebasedifference #AD
There’s no doubt about it, we are an atopic family… I’ve had eczema for as long as I can remember and my little girl Isla has eczema and multiple severe food allergies. Being an allergy Mamma I’m washing my hands constantly when preparing food or when coming into contact with any of Isla’s allergens. As a result, my hands have such bad eczema flares… At times they even crack and bleed. I feel so self conscious about it and I know amongst other things, it can look so ageing!
I was previously prescribed @doublebaseuk by my Dr and find it brilliant for the day to day management of my eczema. I have recently discovered Doublebase Dry Skin Hand Wash and thought I would put it to the test for seven days by replacing my usual soap. I also used Doublebase Dry Skin Emollient after washing my hands.
Have a swipe through my photos to see the results!! At the beginning of the week my hands were so dry and cracked… full disclosure, I’m a busy Mamma and I didn’t manage to use the emollient EVERY time but having the intention meant I did it SOME of the time which was enough to make a huge difference. Anyone with eczema knows there aren’t many quick fixes and consistency is key but already my hands are softer, no more painful cracks in the skin and looking younger already! Doublebase Dry Skin Hand Wash is definitely going to be part of my eczema care routine moving forward and what’s also fab is that @Doublebaseuk products are easier to get hold of from places such as Boots.
#Doublebase #Eczema #Psoriasis #Dermatitis #Doublebasedifference #AD
Throwback Thursday to when I sat down last month with @alibastianinsta for a Q&A about allergies. Ali talked about her family’s personal journey with allergies and Oral Immunotherapy Treatment (OIT), and wanted to understand more ahead of welcoming their new addition to the family 👶; we covered questions surrounding the likelihood of a new baby developing allergies if coming from an allergy family and talked about OIT at length to help families understand this treatment better.
Thank you to Ali for opening up and sharing your personal experience. To watch the full video, visit Ali’s YouTube channel – the video will be on Allergy London’s website soon.
#OIT #tbt #OIT #oralimmunotherapy #OITworks #foodallergylife #foodallergyawareness #allergylife #foodallergies #foodallergies #nutallergymum #anaphylaxis #nutallergyawareness #nutallergyproblems #nutallergyuk #allergyfamily #nutallergylife #sesameallergy #kidswithallergies #foodallergykids #eggallergy #milkallergy #nutallergy #allergyrelief #allergymum #allergymom #eggfree #allergymum #allergylife #allergyawareness #allergykids
@davidcomahony loves an upstage 🤣🖤😘 #motherhood #parentlife
The day we welcomed in our little Izzy 💜 Birth is birth is birth, right? However it happens it’s a wild ride. 🌈🌈🌈💫💫💫💫
I was asked how living with eczema has been a barrier for me…. as I’m best known for my work in front of the camera. First day of filming, with all the excitement and nerves flying around… I’m almost guaranteed a flare up, usually on my face, neck, arms and chest… all the hardest to hide places! It can then become a cycle that is hard to break as although on the surface I may appear confident and in my stride, inside, eczema can make me feel self-conscious and far from confident!
I was previously prescribed @doublebaseuk by my doctor and find it brilliant for the day-to-day management of my eczema. The same formula is easier to get hold of. You can find Doublebase Dry Skin Emollient on the high street in shops like Boots and the tube is fab for throwing in your handbag for when you’re out and about.
⭐Doublebase Dry Skin Emollient is soooo soothing. It’s a unique emollient with two-part gel for enhanced hydration and a long-lasting barrier.
I’ve realised more and more as I’ve got older that keeping the skin barrier healthy is so very important, I’ll always be a sensitive soul – but it doesn’t need to be a barrier and it certainly doesn’t need to hold me back 💜
#Doublebase #Eczema #Psoriasis #Dermatitis #Doublebasedifference #AD
I’m a day late with this but I’m going to shout it….HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful cohost and cousin @alibastianinsta 🎉🎉 Your first as a mumma of two ❤️❤️❤️ I so miss our chats, cannot wait to catch up with you soon!
Throwing it back to some unseen footage of our chat about sleep! Season 14 episode 2, find it through the link in bio!
#sleep #babysleep #infantsleep #toddlersleep #newmum #sleepdeprivation #sleepdeprived
