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“I was one of the unlucky ones developing tokophobia and HG. I could not hold any food or water down, I lost a lot of weight, I felt terrible…“ Pregnancy. That all-natural state of being for young women with uteri. A time where a woman blooms into full flower, the climax of her existence. Or at least, these are the problematic messages teenage girls and young women receive about their place in the world, their bodies and their identity. So as a young woman I was eager to tick the boxes in the recipe of a fulfilled life of a woman. I wanted children, ohRead More…

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“After being locked in for over three months I felt like I needed a total makeover. So I headed to Alfie’s and then to People and Skin …“ After being locked in for over three months I felt like I needed a total makeover. I wanted to feel refreshed and revitalised and “alive” again. I started with a visit to my regular hairdresser Bianca at Alfie’s. There I got myself a cut, colour and blow-dry. I also snuck in a quick consultation for a moisturizer with beautician and makeup artist Bianca’s sister Francesca Scerri Rizzo who is always so kind and helpful and never pushyRead More…

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“2020 was the year in which I turned 34 and it is this year that I was finally officially diagnosed with stage three endometriosis …“ The start of my teens brought about the biggest changes in my life. This change for many was a normal and a smooth transition, everyone was expecting it. My friends and I were all expecting our periods, so was I. As expected, at 13 I got my period, I thought it was not going to be a big deal, I was in secondary school and like the rest of my friends I just took it in my stride. However, forRead More…

Mariposa's Blog

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“And right then I knew I was screwed! I had failed in calculating ovulation well. I realised the very next day that I had gotten pregnant!“ Time changes, circumstances change. There’s a time for trying to conceive, and a time to avoid pregnancy altogether. Just over a decade ago I was anxiously trying to conceive for the second time, but was finding it really hard to do so! Later on, half a decade later, I was desperate to not get pregnant. But life sometimes doesn’t present us with what we want…  I will be sharing my experience with you – the struggles, the messing-up, theRead More…

raw motherhood blog

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I am a young mother living here in Malta with my partner and two superbly stubborn and extremely cheeky baby boys. My eldest is turning 3 this autumn and my youngest is only just 4 months old, so I am still relatively new to my role as a mother. Like many other women I have for a long time struggled with the expectations motherhood has burdened upon me. I have been stuck in a continuous conflict with myself for not achieving perfection. However, I have slowly begun to make peace with myself by accepting the reality of motherhood which is very different from what we often see displayedRead More…