At my 19-week anomaly scan, I was prepared for the words: "I’m not happy with his top lip". I knew then, with certainty, that our little blessing did in fact have a cleft.

I haven't shared my story before as I feel some mommies have had it much harder, but I still feel that it might encourage others.

My experience with my baby refusing to breastfeed and how we got our breastfeeding journey back on track.

I had many plans about how I was going to raise my baby. I was very much prone to following protocol; you do A, and B happens.