Buying maternity clothing is for me something of an investment, the prices of most maternity clothing can be super expensive, however I have found some really great bargains over the last 8 months, however now being 8 months pregnant I have been wanting to invest in some key pieces, namely tops that ...
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Cravings And Me
Pregnancy cravings have been something of a frustration over recent weeks, mainly as this pregnancy I hoped to crave something interesting ... OK maybe not coal or tarmac or toilet tissue or anything equally as ridiculous. However this time round I keep craving the same thing pretty much on and ...
Pregnancy Update: December …. 8 Months Pregnant
I have to say I can't quite believe I am 8 whole months pregnant ... With this my third pregnancy I am a little blown away at just how quickly it has gone, with my first I seemed to be pregnant forever and with my second I had so many complications it was like a rollercoaster of ups and ...
Glucose Tolerance Testing In Pregnancy
It's not any secret that I am a large lady and due to my BMI I have had to be monitored for diabetes and the glucose tolerance test is the one test I have dreaded from the beginning of the pregnancy, not because I dreaded being diagnosed with diabetes (although I certainly would rather ...
Pregnancy Update: November Now I am 7 Month Pregnant
Wow where has the last month gone? In fact its hard to believe I am just over 7 months pregnant and in around 5 weeks time we will be getting our date from the Consultant on when we will be meeting out new arrival for his caesarean section date! It would be fair to say it has ...
Bottle Feeding, Breast Feeding Or Both?
My breastfeeding journey started almost 15 years ago with my daughter. I was 21 and after a terrifying labour and painfully scary emergency section I had intended to breast feed my daughter from birth to toddler, however there certainly was very limited support out there. Latching on for the ...
Pregnancy Update – October … 6 Months In
In the grand scale of this pregnancy it seems I may have just tipped into the 6 months bracket and I am super excited, although up until this point I have had no pictures of me while pregnant I am all be it painfully going to change that going forward ... after all this will be my last baby so I ...
Five Things They Didn’t Tell Me About Pregnancy
My first pregnancy 15 years ago at age 20 we a very steep learning curve, with no real idea of what happens, although through time it became obvious that actually frequent peeing, stretch marks and leaking boobs were par of the course! Being 6 months pregnant with my third baby I think it ...
Our Essential Picks For Buying For A Newborn
Buying For A Newborn can be quite a complex job, the baby product market really is incredibly vast and with masses of products out there to suit every budget and lifestyle it really is about choice. However with 15 years of love for all things baby related and a somewhat growing obsession that ...
Depression In Pregnancy
I like to think I am super happy person but I have been lying. Over the last 3 months I fear I have not been the most honest about me, nor do I think I have taken on board the physical issues I have been having with this pregnancy or the emotional issues that my daughter leaving to live ...
Pregnancy – 20 Week Anomaly Scan
I can't quite believe it has almost been 2 weeks since we were back at the hospital having our anomaly scan for this pregnancy, it's almost like we kind of got to 12 weeks scan and it became real and then life has been so busy we have almost forgotten again about the fact we are having another ...
The Baby Bed & Bedding Dilemma
Now that the nursery is almost completed, I am getting my head into gear about the essentials we need to buy for this baby. First on the list is what will we do about where his little lordship will sleep? With my previous two children, I had a second-hand Moses basket with stand and hated both ...
Pregnancy Update – September
Phew these last few months have been up and down on the morning sickness front and I have discovered a few things ... If I am tired and have worked too hard (ok decorating a bedroom, down stairs toilet and the hall stairs and landing single-handedly may fall in that statement) It seems to make it ...
The Big Reveal – Is The Newest Oliver A Boy Or Girl??
I can't help myself, after finding out what my other 2 children were at the earliest opportunity it would be fair to say baby number 3 was going to be identified as soon as possible. Since finding out on the 5th June that we were expecting again both Ollie and I have been utterly convinced that ...