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You may remember the amazing fun I had on my pampering day in my last weeks of pregnancy. The lovely Mona spent a couple of hours adorning my bump with a special body painting- a cheeky monkey to symbolise the little bump dweller that was keeping us all on our toes, as he was flipping [...]
. As I sat watching a recorded part of the BBC documentary The Midwives last night a tear sprang to my eyes. They had just shown a baby being born, shown this most miraculous moment of life… and then the baby is floppy and needed assistance to start breathing: The midwife cuts the cord (a [...]
. After the shock of my waters breaking very suddenly, the frightening amount of amniotic fluid gushing out and it containing meconium I created a different type of bubble for myself than the serene homebirth bubble I had envisaged… and here is the story, including the tweets: Came into hospital for check up & my [...]
. Just an image that sums up your week, no words… the rest you decide… Comments are always welcome. Silent Sunday was started by Jay Mountford, photographer. For more pictures search Twitter for the #SilentSunday hashtag . .
. Over the past months I have expressed on here and different forums my hopes for a very serene labour and birth. I had a birth plan and real (secret) desire to end up giving birth at home, in my own little “bubble”. Part of my plan was to keep the labour and birth a [...]
. Medically all is ready, decisions are made, plans in place- I have updated my birth plan (cut out the waffle and bullet pointed it). The consultant midwife has given me a copy of their care plan. The core of my birth plan: to have as natural birth with minimal intervention, spend most of my [...]
. I am just over 39 weeks pregnant. In the last weeks, I’ve been enjoying the pregnancy in a sort of carefree way. (Probably helped by my parents moving in with us for the next couple of weeks. A relief, despite the inevitable friction between a hormonal pregnant woman and a couple in their 60s [...]
. I mentioned last week I am finally enjoying this pregnancy and having some fun with it… I know, just as it’s about to finish. I was reading another blog- one of Mothergeek – and stumbled on a fun idea (she actually has a prize for this): As lots of you have asked about when Sticky [...]
. I’ve reached 38 weeks of pregnancy. This is the final stretch. Sticky Bean can decide to come any time now, though, thankfully, he is deciding to stay in for now. As I mentioned last week I have some wonderful midwives looking after me, so I am feeling more and more relaxed. Over the last [...]
. Over the last weeks Sticky Bean has been confirmed as on the 97th percentile (macrosomnia) with excess amniotic fluid (polyhydramnia) too. Thankfully the consultant and the midwives I have been seeing have a much more relaxed approach than those early on in my pregnancy. The scare-mongering is over! We have a birth plan (my [...]
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...AND to add to the challenge I have a grueling 11 week bootcamp leading up to the skydive- I have to loose 2 stone/ 18 kg/ 28 lb
