A very Happy Christmas to all my readers. And this is for my lovely friend Sophie who has gone into labor this morning with her fourth boy, ten days early. It was so what she was not hoping for, but Christmas presents don’t come much better than a tiny Christmas baby! (Not broody, honestly.)
Although I’m [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Pregnancy'
‘Twas the night before Christmas, baby
December 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Babies, Pregnancy
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Ass Botox and anal fissures
August 22nd, 2008 · 11 Comments · All Gone Wrong, Pregnancy
There is no way of putting this politely. Despite a near-perfect birth and a pretty perfect baby, I have another not quite so fun legacy of my recent childbirth experience: my backside is in bad shape. For those of you who know me personally I’M SO SORRY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU and please feel [...]
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Thirty-eight weeks pregnant. And that’s enough.
March 6th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Pregnancy
So tomorrow is Friday. Hmmm, what shall I do?
I know. LET’S GO HAVE A BABY.
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Tomorrow I am being induced because of the diabetes, because the scans say the baby is getting too big.
The registrar two weeks ago reassured me in his lilting Nigerian accent, ‘no need to worry, you can go to forty weeks before [...]
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Packing a labor bag
February 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Pregnancy
So I’ve been having irregular contractions for a couple of days. But last time round I had the same thing for several weeks before my due date and Ben ended up being fifteen days overdue. Even then he only came out because I was induced. Lazy boy.
So I’m not worried.
But I have packed a labour [...]
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Third trimester: thirty-five weeks pregnant
February 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Pregnancy
From behind, you can hardly tell I’m pregnant (until I start to move and then the pregnant waddle gives it away). I carry my babies all out the front and it kills my back. And at thirty-five weeks I am carrying ALOT of baby out front. And I’m hurting.
The last few weeks of pregnancy are [...]
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So, yes, I’ve had to find out what the Glycemic Index is
February 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Healthy Eating, Pregnancy
I’m feeling better than I have been in ages. The crazed, sugar withdrawal days are over and I am feeling better for eating healthily. Who knew?
The nausea has also gone, probably because the massive high blood sugar/low blood sugar swings have gone, cast out with the refined carbs. Who knew? Clearly not me.
In fact the [...]
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Thirty-two weeks pregnant: glucose tolerance test and gestational diabetes.
January 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Pregnancy
Bugger, I can’t reach my water, I think lethargically.
‘Please could you pass me my water?,’ I ask Matthew beseechingly, necessitating him getting up, crossing half the room to pass me my glass which is only centimetres out of my reach. He does so – not for the first time – ungrudgingly, seeing first-hand how overwhelmingly [...]
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Seven months pregnant: the black dog
January 10th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Post-Partum Depression, Pregnancy
I catch sight of two dark streaks on the car window only to realise with horror that they are big black stripes under my eyes. As I peer more closely at myself, I realise how bloated I look by this pregnancy, how tired, fed-up. Shocked by what I see, I wonder if I scare animals [...]
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Fetal tachycardia
December 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Pregnancy
Matthew and I went out to the pub for a rare meal out. All I wanted to do was lie down – the pain I had been feeling for a couple of days on the right side of my stomach was bad enough to make me push my plate of chocolate cake and ice cream [...]
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Sixteen weeks pregnant
October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Pregnancy
It’s been a crappy week but that’s nothing to do with being pregnant (for a change).
Although I still feel slightly nauseous I am feeling so much better. I have energy to do things. I have a bit more of an appetite. I can go out and about, feeling good and looking better than I have [...]
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