Well, we’ve had just over two weeks now for the news to sink in and we are feeling much more positive about the new little life that will (hopefully) be joining our gang. There are still a million uncertainties about finances and the house – we live in a small two bedrom house that, in [...]
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As the dust starts to settle…
Posted in Being pregnant, Family life, First trimester, tagged baby, early scan, pregnant on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Encouraging signs?
Posted in Being pregnant, Labour and birth, Third trimester, tagged 40+6, Chester Zoo, consultant, contractions, early labour, false labour, labour signs, minutes apart, overdue, pain, period pains, pregnant, sleep, sweep, timing, walk, walking on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, here we are at 40+6 and baby has not made her appearance yet! Yesterday, Tony, Lilly and I went to Chester Zoo for a family outing. We thought we’d try some tempting of fate, and go as far away from the hospital as we dared! (However, as we now have the hospital bag and [...]
27 weeks 1 day
Posted in 2-3 years, Being pregnant, Second trimester, tagged 27 weeks pregnant, baby's position, big girl's bed, bump, growth spurt at 24 weeks, kicks, midwife, movements, moving from cot to bed, potty training, pregnant, toddler bed on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it’s been a little while since I updated this. I am now 27 weeks pregnant, and bump has grown quite a bit. I seem to remember last time there was a bit of a growth spurt from about 24 weeks on, and that has certainly been the case again this time. This bubba is [...]
13 weeks three days – still feeling sick
Posted in Being pregnant, Second trimester, tagged 13 weeks pregnant, 20 week scan, 2nd birthday, birth, breech, caesarian, Christmas, failure to progress, general anaesthetic, hospital, labour, morning sickness, overdue, pregnant, swine flu, VBAC, Work on December 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, I am now totally “out of the closet” at work, in the family and with friends, which feels good! But just as I thought the morning sickness was fading a little it seems to have reared its head again – I felt terrible all day yesterday. However, I’m starting to think it might have [...]
Seven weeks four days – feeling bleuurrrghhhh!
Posted in Being pregnant, First trimester, tagged 12 week scan, ate, baby, believing I'm pregnant, bloated, boy, Center Parcs, coffee, constant nausea, different from last pregnancy, disliking food, early scan, eating, expecting, feeling sick, gone off tea and coffee, hunch, I'm pregnant, icky, impatient, lunch, morning sickness, nap, news sinking in, ovulation, patience, predicting gender, predicting sex, pregnant, pregnant while looking after toddler, queasy, realise, sandwich, shattered, sick, sleep, symptoms, tea, tired, toddler, useful on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the last few days I’ve also felt ill at the thought of tea and coffee – something which never happened last time. I know it must be so obvious in work when I’m turning down teas and coffees – usually I’m a caffeine monster – but I don’t really care if people work out what the reason might be – the thought of a cup of coffee makes me feel really sick!
The news is sinking in…
Posted in Being pregnant, First trimester, tagged 12 week scan, 4 weeks pregnant, asking, baby, bedtime, cold, disturbed sleep, drunk sister, expecting, feeling cold, hungry, mum, needing to wee often, pregnant, scotland, second baby, sister, telling family I'm pregnant, telling work i'm pregnant, thirsty, tired, wedding on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One thing we didn’t prepare ourselves for was people asking us the “when are you going to have another one then?” question. Both times we were asked we stammered and made lame jokes… it must’ve been pretty obvious! But hey, never mind…



