Today marks 6 months of Jude. Six months of becoming parents, of motherhood, of a dream come true. Here are 6 things I've learned in the last 6 months that I really didn't know before.

I really didn't want to write this week. I'm exhausted, and for the first time in six months I asked my husband to come home, not for help, but because I needed him. So here are the things I'm reminding myself this week, while I'm completely shattered.

When I started IVF, one of the hardest things to adjust to was knowing I'd be doing this without my village. So I decided to manifest my mum friends — the unhinged, borderline-mental, say-the-hard-shit kind. Here's what I've learned about finding your people in motherhood.