I went to quite a traditional Catholic secondary convent school. Our sex education was basically ' Dont do it until you're married' and then use the rhythm method if you dont want 10 children. On the upside, I know quite a lot about my cycle. I think part of that is breastfeeding as contraception as its 'natural family planning'.
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My very Catholic granny tried this and breastfed one until he was nearly three. She had 13 kids if that's any indicator as to how reliable it is!!!
Lol this could be where I've heard this
I'm also a convent school girl. I was taught about the benefits of breast feeding in home economics and our sex education was delivered in hushed tones, the word "intercourse" was mouthed.I was so sad about peaches. I knew who she was for years but hadn't been a big fan or anything but I loved her Instagram and liked her after following her. I'm never one for being interested in other people's kids and home life but the boys and all her animals were adorable and I really thought she was a great mum, I was so so shocked when I heard she had died. I even remember seeing the post the night before with her mum. So the next day I was gobsmacked and felt so sad.
I'm sure her Instagram went down pretty quickly, but her twitter stayed up.
I had thought she was secretly getting help and on methadone again but her husband didn't know so it was all a secret. I guess we won't ever know how long she had been using herion again. Its awful how that poor baby was left for hours alone, just like her mum and sister. As much as its awful what she did, I'm sure she would be devestated if she knew that her baby would be left like that, and I really do think she loved those boys very very much, it's sad her addiction beat her.
I'm sure her Instagram went down pretty quickly, but her twitter stayed up.
I had thought she was secretly getting help and on methadone again but her husband didn't know so it was all a secret. I guess we won't ever know how long she had been using herion again. Its awful how that poor baby was left for hours alone, just like her mum and sister. As much as its awful what she did, I'm sure she would be devestated if she knew that her baby would be left like that, and I really do think she loved those boys very very much, it's sad her addiction beat her.
Convent school girl here too. We had no sex education apart from being told that men and women ‘fit together like pieces of a jigsaw’.Lol this could be where I've heard this
I remember seeing her on tv not long before she died and she was getting quite snippy with people who criticised her attachment parenting. I was struck by how much weight she’d lost. She seemed really switched on so news of her death was so shocking and sad.
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I remember pictures with her first husband, they were obviously on something, she was quite curvy in those photos. Next time I saw her I was shocked how thin she was. Really liked her, although she didn’t come across well in the Fearne Cotton interview, I did wonder why she was like that. Was very sad when I heard she’d died. She always reminded me so much of Paula, who I though was great!
duck me, £400k? No wonder she was on heroin
Would there have been an internal review into it?
She *may* have been discharged by her midwife but as she appeared to be on a methadone programme, a health visitor and social worker would have been on speed dial and I would venture the kids were on an at risk register. Trust me when I say this is the least glamorous and most depressing part of public health. The life she was projecting was a total lie and she got away with a lot that your heroin addicted mum on a sink estate would never........ Regardless, the multi-disciplinary team that she was under would have had a huge review. For context, I have been to these crisis meetings before and there are often up to twenty professionals involved that have to attend. They will all been breathing a sigh of relief that nothing happened to that baby because the sh*t would really have hit the fan for everyone. I'm surprised she was allowed to be alone with them tbh.
I was very, very vaguely going to the same sort of places as she did back in the day (I'm a lot older though) so have a few uninteresting stories that I'll share later (I'm meant to be working hahaha).
Surely the fact that her father-in-law brought back the youngest child was completely against the rules then?
This is why I find it nuts that they left it 18 hours after last contact with her to get back to the house, I get that she was hiding her addition but they knew that she was struggling (rehab in Utah year before), Tom said that he wasn't surprised and Bob said he was half expecting it. All this doesn't matter and it's not their fault that she died but I just find it mad that a) they sent the youngest child back b) they took so long to get to her the next day.
Well it's impossible to know the ins and outs of the specific case. She may have been doing well and they were giving her more privileges but remember that addicts are extremely manipulative. While I don't think the family were very wise I also don't think they can be blamed. Nobody really knows what was going on except the family.
Doesn't it just show you how insidious that drug is, she clearly loved her children but the husband is quoted as saying "the children were not enough, she had to do it"
I don't know how she ever took it after what happened to her mum, I remember someone said she may have done so to experience what Paula did.
I don't know how she ever took it after what happened to her mum, I remember someone said she may have done so to experience what Paula did.
I’ve often thought this myself, maybe she was trying to emulate her mother in order to feel close to her. I do also wonder was it intentional in a way as she posted the last poignant photo. It’s so sad her babies were adorable
Unlike a lot of other drugs, heroin is not a social drug really is it. It's a very secretive habit.
I think concern was probably expressed by the family when the baby fell out of the pram https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...s-baby-Astala-buggy-hitting-pothole-road.html
She was on the phone & managed to continue the call whilst getting the baby up off the floor. She blamed the terrible pavements.
That level of ho hum attitude would have set alarm bells off. For me.
She was on the phone & managed to continue the call whilst getting the baby up off the floor. She blamed the terrible pavements.
That level of ho hum attitude would have set alarm bells off. For me.
sorry if it's been posted already but has anyone seen this before? it came out a few years ago absolutely mad stuff
Peaches Geldof's Heroin-Fueled One-Night Stand at Hollywood's Scientology Center—With Pictures
Rockstar progeny and Brit scenester queen Peaches Geldof makes a cameo in a Reddit forum for "WTF one-night stand stories." A commenter describes an alleged heroin-fueled Thanksgiving Eve sex party—and waking up in the Hollywood Celebrity Scientology Center.
gawker.com
That could happen to anyone though, I probably would have dropped my phone in a blind panic. My kids have all had accidents and I've never taken drugs.
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Exactly. When I was 4 years old my dad righltly or wrongly had been to the pub and had a few pints, come back and was lay on the couch reading the paper and I jumped on his stomach, bounced back and hit my head on the side table. I was bleeding profusely, my mum and dad rushed me to A&E where my dad was questioned extensively, no harm found of course but my dad has told me in later life they were asking the questions as if he had meant to cause the injury. I actually remember it happening which is weird. But the point is accidents do happen with kids, even though my dad had had a couple of pints he wasn’t exactly incapable.
I do agree with you, but l had a dysfunctional family life and l have made sure l haven't passed it on to my children. It isn't a given and it's definitely not an excuse.
I agree with you that there would have been multi agency involvement, including SS. There could have been an agreement that the dad would remove the kids/not leave them with her if he knew she had used? So he might not have breached it?
As said before addicts are manipulative. It would’ve been very difficult to confront her on suspected use & he was in a damned if you do damned if you don’t position.
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