Well, I never thought I’d get to 37 weeks but here I am. I have had a much better week with less appointments and more family time and it really has made all the difference to my mood. We even got a sneaky family trip to Knowsley Safari Park this weekend which was lovely and…
After last week’s rotter, you would be forgiven to think I would get a good week but unfortunately it was not to be. Bear with me though, it does get better. After being admitted for raised blood pressure, they wanted to monitor me even more closely. I now know the inside of the antenatal day…
I didn’t do a pregnancy update last week because nothing happened. I joked that a quiet week always leads to an eventful one and I wasn’t wrong. Can you tell by the look on my face above? I was booked in with my community midwife to have my blood pressure checked but I knew it…
Seeing as I haven’t got long left with this pregnancy, I am going weekly with my updates. I have had another antenatal appointment and the baby has moved from being transverse to being head down which, on the face of it is good. I saw my consultant and, following on from last week’s scan, where…
It’s been four weeks since my last pregnancy update. A lot seems to have happened since then and it feels like an age ago and, to be honest, I am closer to 33 weeks than 32 but I thought I had better press publish before the baby actually makes an appearance. We’ve had Boo’s birthday…
I’m a bit late with my 28 week update as it fell right over Christmas. However 28 weeks I am and *klaxon* I am officially in the third trimester. Yipee. I had a 28 week appointment at antenatal this week as well as the first of three growth scans to check that the baby is…
I am all for heralding our amazing NHS and the great work they do but this week, I was so annoyed with one of my community midwives. I am 27 weeks and went off for a check with the midwives at my doctor’s surgery. Little G and I arrived in time for my appointment but…
Six months pregnant sounds a bit official really, doesn’t it? I like to think of it as the time you can use it to your advantage-you know make excuses for things like forgetting your name and you children’s date of birth. Since my last update, I feel like the bump itself has blossomed. At my…
Gestational diabetes is on the rise. With ageing parents and the lifestyles we lead, more and more women are being diagnosed. I had polycystic ovaries in my early 20s which is also more of a risk factor-something to do with how you produce insulin. I wasn’t particularly over weight when I got pregnant with Boo…
If there’s one thing I learnt during my pregnancies, it is not to plan anything. Things happen. Plans can lead to disappointment and, as a new mother, this disappointment can really affect your mood and your life. So Thankfully Boo’s birth plan was relatively short: I do not want an epidural I want skin on…
