Chloe Bridge

Chloe Bridge

Documenting family adventures and creating conversation about parenting - This is our family story.

From the writer of family blog, Sorry About The Mess - Chloe is mum to four: Arlo (11), Rory (8), Otto (5), and Bay (1). We live in London, UK.

OUR WEDDING DAY

OUR WEDDING DAY

WEDDING PLANNING Q&A

WEDDING PLANNING Q&A

ROME IN A DAY WITH KIDS

ROME IN A DAY WITH KIDS

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  • @victoriaide8935
    @victoriaide8935Ай бұрын

    I’m still having the emotional turmoil 4 years later. When does it go away. I’m in therapy already and no change.

  • @bashineka
    @bashinekaАй бұрын

    Which room is this? If you don’t mind sharing.

  • @oohlalaseoul
    @oohlalaseoul3 ай бұрын

    Your words are helping me so much as I go through this too.. ❤thank you

  • @sarabrothern2442
    @sarabrothern24423 ай бұрын

    Okay but I can’t keep coping with the nighttime wakings where my son needs me to hold him and then wakes up again when I try to lay him back down. I NEED to actually get some substantial sleep because I am going to lose it if I don’t. I KNOW that sleep training just extinguishes the cry response and doesn’t actually teach them to settle because they aren’t capable of self-soothing, but I don’t know what to do.

  • @user-ue4ov1bj3y
    @user-ue4ov1bj3y4 ай бұрын

    Love it Togo le 6h to get to France

  • @scottaznavourian3720
    @scottaznavourian37204 ай бұрын

    Imagine if a father made a video about being disappointed in having a girl, what the outrage would be 😢

  • @rosea164
    @rosea1645 ай бұрын

    This is my first and it is a girl. When I found out, I cried hard. I never had a brother and in the culture I come from, boys are always prioritized. I really wished to give my parents a boy and not be labeled as a girl birth family Now I'm feeling better I hope my daughter turns out to be a kind and strong woman

  • @carolynshelton952
    @carolynshelton9526 ай бұрын

    This is exactly what i am struggling with right now. When my daughter just turned 1, she brought home a terrible stomach bug from daycare where we ended up having to take her to the ER. Afterward both my husband and i both ended up getting it. Ive had emetophobia all my life and i thought this event would help with some exposure therapy, but i think it was just so traumatic for me that it just ended up making my fear even worse. I am just about to start ERP therapy in a few days and i am nervous, but hopeful. I want to be better so i can be the best parent for my daughter.

  • @milenacammilleri8726
    @milenacammilleri87267 ай бұрын

  • @christinakaay
    @christinakaay8 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @stevemiller123
    @stevemiller1238 ай бұрын

    Question: Everything I lookup says X(girl) sperm lasts longer then Y(boy) sperm. If this is the case, then sex, say 4 days before ovulation, as the theory says, would still increase your chances of having a girl due to less Y sperms?

  • @user-ir7vs8zx8p
    @user-ir7vs8zx8p9 ай бұрын

    Hi has this ever gone away completely for you? I’ve got 2 little boys 2 and 4 months, my 2 year old has had more sickness bugs than I can count and a fair few times we have caught them, I’m worried about possibly having a 3rd child in the future because there will be one extra person for it to pass on to

  • @tenerifegirl
    @tenerifegirl10 ай бұрын

    Hi Chloe that is great is there a to in there as I couldn’t see it?

  • @typower9
    @typower910 ай бұрын

    Can't you just be grateful they were born HEALTHY? Having children is not like shopping for a specific colour or style of dress/furniture; it is a natural process, so it's completely irrational to expect a specific sex.

  • @im1funkyfish
    @im1funkyfish10 ай бұрын

    We tried the Shettles method to sway for a baby girl after having 2 boys. I conceived on month 1 but miscarried within a week, 2 more attempts and I was pregnant again which stuck. I’ve always had regular predictable cycles so I knew when I ovulated, it was made even easier using OPK’s and temperature tracking. We stuck to the method completely, until one random month my body decided to ovulate early which meant that we had sex right on the day of ovulation. Oops! If Shettles method was accurate then that oopsie would have meant i’d have a boy. 38 weeks and 1 day later and our sweet baby Girl was born 🙂

  • @jessicaallen6319
    @jessicaallen63195 ай бұрын

    I love to hear this! I can’t wait to find out what I’m having. Bc I ovulated early as well. Being that it was the New Year we were only able to BD on my peak day. Like 2 days before ovulation. We shall see.

  • @muffinmuffin719
    @muffinmuffin7195 ай бұрын

    How u know u are ovulated early? Any idea?

  • @gemmaluke7689
    @gemmaluke76895 ай бұрын

    I was charting my cycles using my fertility friend. I was logging all symptoms like mucus, basal body temperature and ovulation tests. All these showed I ovulated a few days early on that cycle. All my previous cycles were incredibly predictable but this one just changed. Following what the sherries method states then I should have had a boy, and because I ovulated early I was convinced throughout the pregnancy that I was having a boy. Out popped our beautiful daughter. We would like another baby, hopefully a girl all she could have a sister (I know not a guarantee it will be a girl) Next time we will not be trying the shuttles method as now I don’t believe that it works

  • @gemmaluke7689
    @gemmaluke76895 ай бұрын

    @jessicaallen6319 please do update us when you find out what you’re having

  • @muffinmuffin719
    @muffinmuffin7192 ай бұрын

    @@jessicaallen6319 what baby?

  • @ColourwithClaire
    @ColourwithClaire10 ай бұрын

    Afraid of NAUSEA, not vomiting? I wonder if anyone on here is like me. I find severe nausea to be one of the worst feelings you can experience- I’m not just talking about feeling a bit sick, I mean feeling so incredibly nauseous you feel like you’re going crazy, you start clawing at your body trying to ground yourself (it’s usually my thighs that get the brunt of it) and basically feel like you’d rather die than continue feeling so desperately uncomfortable. Most emetophobics are scared of vomiting. I’d RATHER vomit & feel better than cope with just a few minutes of debilitating nausea. People also say “it’s okay, you won’t die!” as if being dead is somehow worse than living with this level of suffering. I don’t feel that I am irrationally phobic: the nausea truly is horrendous to experience and can’t be “calmed away”. If someone put their hand through a grinder you’d rightly expect that to be a horrific thing to feel- well this level of nausea is akin to that extreme scenario. It’s a strong feeling of unease equivalent to the worst pain imaginable. I’ve taken different anti-emetics but they only help sometimes and not always to a great extent. Unfortunately it’s very easy to stop someone vomiting, but far less is known and researched about stopping nausea and its various causes within the body. I’ve of course tried the usual things: ginger, peppermint, sea bands, breathing techniques, meditation, distraction… it’s too extreme for any of that. I suppose I just wondered if anyone was like me- not your typical emetophobic!

  • @pawsation7719
    @pawsation771910 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I needed this. Found out it's my third boy, then I had a lady saying you should bring your husband over to ask my husband how to make girls seeing they have two girls. People say such hurtful things.

  • @Jordi_Plays
    @Jordi_Plays10 ай бұрын

    Ive had emetophobia since I was 5. I was able to manage it pretty well from roughly age 13-25. 25 i caught the stomach flu for the first time as an adult and it all came back with a vengeance, and right before me and my husband were planning on having children. I know this video is old but it gives me hope. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤

  • @fluffy00123x
    @fluffy00123x11 ай бұрын

    Thankgod for videos like this . I'm 34 weeks struggling physically and house is a mess as we moved in few weeks ago.

  • @shandalove5360
    @shandalove5360 Жыл бұрын

    It worked for my I got a 3 year old daughter

  • @thepolarbear7733
    @thepolarbear7733 Жыл бұрын

    Didn’t work for me i am pregnant 17 weeks with a boy was trying for a girl this will be my 5 boy

  • @muffinmuffin719
    @muffinmuffin7195 ай бұрын

    Can u share what u did?

  • @renusingh-bx8ir
    @renusingh-bx8ir2 ай бұрын

    Plzz help me for a baby boy

  • @donikatod460
    @donikatod460 Жыл бұрын

    I think it's OK the dad gets to do some things to help the process :)

  • @riumudamc4686
    @riumudamc4686 Жыл бұрын

    Did you need air conditioning in August?

  • @DriftingFalconVids
    @DriftingFalconVids Жыл бұрын

    e

  • @sarracooper
    @sarracooper Жыл бұрын

    Just found the video and it’s exactly what my sanity needed. My second baby is now 8 months old. Up until 4 months he was a brilliant sleeper but since the first regression he stirs a lot. We did gentle sleep training with our first who is 4 now and a brilliant sleeper. I have felt like I’m failing because the things we did first time haven’t worked this time. Knowing it’s ok to have a baby who wakes up is ok is what I needed to hear. I’m wasting so much energy trying to come up with plans that I’m missing out on this wonderful moment. Thank you x

  • @saharahxxxx1251
    @saharahxxxx1251 Жыл бұрын

    Same here with two beautiful healthy girls and now pregnant don‘t know the gender yet but secretely my husband and me hope for a boy this time though it’s his second biological child I had my First daughter before we met but it’s like his own. My sister who only has one Child ( a Girl too) was the one saying when our second Girl came: „ oh aren‘t you dissapointed that it’s a girl again?“ that hit me somehow.. These expectations from other even people I don’t know personally. I always wanted a girl but honestly After two I just wish to experience having a son too. I think it’s human nature that we like to have both. And my husband would love to have a son one day too just as much as Most women want a girl we just Identify ourselves with our gender more and often share more interests.

  • @gamer_9906
    @gamer_9906 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 17 and I wear drynites nappies and I wear drynites nappies at school my teacher knows about it.

  • @gamer_9906
    @gamer_9906 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 14 and I wear drynites nappies

  • @summerhatch8350
    @summerhatch8350 Жыл бұрын

    This was so validating for me as we are doing most of these steps and taking it slow. My daughter is 16 months and the idea of getting her tired and going through the routine and having her watch something on her own before bed is such a good idea, because she hates when I leave the room, but doesn’t mind if she’s watching something so it might be worth a try. Thanks for the ideas!

  • @sandrakiuge9355
    @sandrakiuge9355 Жыл бұрын

    Omg, some of the comments here. So if Shettles worked for you that means that all the women or couples who didn't 'succeed' didn't do it correctly? Like wtf 🤦‍♀️😂 I strongly recommend this vid: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZ9rtY-cdtCwkdY.html The IUI part is quite convincing. If you know a lot of couples for whome the Shettles method worked- keep in mind that those who didn't get the sex they were trying for probably won't tell you ✌️

  • @cazj30
    @cazj30 Жыл бұрын

    Will a uk Double sheet and bed cover fit the big bed as bringing own from the uk fab video

  • @cryingissofun7432
    @cryingissofun7432 Жыл бұрын

    I really want to be a mother and an elementary teacher, but the thought of having to deal with them when they're sick? No way. I wouldn't be able to handle it.

  • @bookloverrrr
    @bookloverrrr Жыл бұрын

    I used to be really really calm, but growing up, I started developing Emetophobia. To the point that throwing up is all I can think about and it TERRIFIES me! Not just throwing up, also getting sick. Since I started thinking about getting sick all the time, I started feeling extremely nauseous all the time. To the point that I sleep with a bucket by my bed. I am still like that. I know this video was posted LONG ago, but pleaseeeee, do you have advice? 😭

  • @yaboinoname
    @yaboinoname Жыл бұрын

    🤮

  • @Mistyeyez2024
    @Mistyeyez2024 Жыл бұрын

    Whenever I'm older, I am going to try to limit myself and my partner to 3 kids. I'm wishing for two boys and a girl, like my older sister. It's ok if that never happens.

  • @rippinitupwithjamie1478
    @rippinitupwithjamie1478 Жыл бұрын

    This fear has almost taken most of my life from me, from the age of as I can remember 3 to 25 when I started to recover. Exposure therapy is the only way I found to get my life back. The outcome for me was just horrific , embarrassment , shame, guilt, could not look after my children. I left my children with their father for fear of them growing up with the same odd behaviour as me and I would not have wished that on them

  • @aqua5516
    @aqua5516 Жыл бұрын

    I've got 3 daughters and 3 sons. We usually have sex once or twice a month and always I track my ovulation. All of my 3 daughter should be boy and my oldest son should be a girl! So Shettles method is not for us.

  • @lagjnl2010
    @lagjnl2010 Жыл бұрын

    I made it to the end. Im absolutely desperate right now and need help!! I still feel like time will tell all. I have no help at night. Its just me and my 20 month old is exclusively breast fed and bed shares...im at my wits end. I have no idea what or how to do it. Im exhausted

  • @Plaid_Cat
    @Plaid_Cat Жыл бұрын

    Honestly even after watching this video I'm still hesitant, I have an extreme case of emetophobia, and honestly its taken over my life, I dont think I can ever have kids. Though someday I might want some... I just never ever can

  • @trishajones3121
    @trishajones3121 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video. I wouldn't wish this feeling on my worst enemy. I am not afraid of myself being sick I'm afraid of other people throwing up. I was always afraid of having kids. I have a one and 6 year old and I obsess over it every night. I can't escape it because they are my kids. I'm a single mom. Thankfully when it happens my mom instincts take over and I handle it but I'm an absolute wreck inside. If it's anyone else I cover my ears, cry uncontrollably, Humm as loud as I can and run away. I have passed out in the past when I was trapped on a boat and couldn't get away from a friend getting sick

  • @SoFineTv
    @SoFineTv Жыл бұрын

    I know this video is 5 years old but Iv just come across it while searching for some reassurance. I can relate to everything you said in this video. I have Emetaphobia too and 2 children, one of whom is unwell at the moment and so I’m struggling right now but your video has really helped me so thank you! It can be very isolating as others don’t always understand the depth of the phobia, your video gives some reassurance and comfort to know I’m not alone in feeling like this.

  • @lucasmcdougallawesomeman9494
    @lucasmcdougallawesomeman9494 Жыл бұрын

    My favourite is the dinosaur fight scene until the meteorite comed

  • @lavoltare6307
    @lavoltare6307 Жыл бұрын

    Not a private club no more!!

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 Жыл бұрын

    In the end, as long as they're health and happy, and your three boys certainly are very healthy and happy looking.

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 Жыл бұрын

    Your two older boys look like twins.

  • @lesliewheeler7071
    @lesliewheeler7071 Жыл бұрын

    Love those long flowy skirts and pants on you!

  • @theavocadocrew1546
    @theavocadocrew1546 Жыл бұрын

    I am at school, with emetophobia. The worst thing for me is when someone says, they are feeling sick. My heart rate speeds up, and I feel dizzy and sick myself. Then I get worried I am going to puke. Public toilets are also hard for me, especially when someone coughs in the stall next to me. BUT THE WORST is public/school transport. I have a school thing coming up soon, and it's an hour away. I am going to go by van. I'm really nervous about that. Thank you so much for sharing this video, I really needed it. I now know I am not alone, and I understand more about it. Thank you so, so much.

  • @notbb14
    @notbb14 Жыл бұрын

    When someone else was sick when I was in class a few years ago the girl next to me was like "oh my gosh are you ok you look really pale and you are shaking so much" and then we went outside and my seat had to be moved a few days later because even thought it was cleaned up days ago I still went out the other door and was always anxious for a few months but I have been watching some of these videos and it has calmed down. I still don't like going to school mainly for this reason. Some people think there is something really wrong with me

  • @ruthokpara7857
    @ruthokpara7857 Жыл бұрын

    Getting Rid of PCOS with *Doctor Alued on KZread* herbal medication was the best I'm so happy im pregnant

  • @kylieerynne
    @kylieerynne Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. I thought it was probably wrong because if it were true it would be more widely used. But I couldn’t find anything saying otherwise. My cycle is getting on track after being on birth control and I took an OPK test today and am randomly surging way earlier than expected and I’m over here wondering if I should skip this cycle because I missed the window for a girl. Sound like I should indeed still try to make the most of this random ovulation and accept that if I have another boy it’s going to be amazing.

  • @rosea164
    @rosea164 Жыл бұрын

    Updates pls!

  • @kylieerynne
    @kylieerynne Жыл бұрын

    @@rosea164 updates? The update is my husband cheated on me a few weeks after this and we are now separated 😅

  • @jeannie1592
    @jeannie15925 ай бұрын

    ​@@kylieerynne Aw really sorry to hear that update. I hope you're strivin' and thrivin' ✌️

  • @kylieerynne
    @kylieerynne5 ай бұрын

    @@jeannie1592 definitely thriving! Thanks 🥰

  • @FinanceDee
    @FinanceDee Жыл бұрын

    Thank you SO much! Definitely going for this one.